Leif Erickson reached North America around the year 1000, but the attempt to explore was started slowly. It would be five centuries __1__ other Europeans landed on that continent.
Why were Europeans the ones to __2__ to the American? The Chinese and Arabs had the __3__ and technology to sail across the seas. __4__ of them tool regular voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Asian Pacific for trade. But exploration? By the mid-15th century China had followed the closed-door policy to __5__ itself from the rest of the world. The Arabs, with access to the minerals and spices (香料) of Africa and the Far East, saw no __6__ to journey into the unknown.
Europe, on the other hand, needed gold and silver; its mines could not __7__ the demand for coinage (鑄幣). Ottoman Turks blocked the routes across the land to Asia. Only the sea held the promise of new wealth.
__8__ the return of Magellan’s ships in 1522 from its voyage around the world, the belief was __9__ that the oceans were interconnected, promising the age of discovery. The English, as well as the Spanish, Portuguese and French, __10__ themselves to finding the “river of the west” through North America to the east.
A. after B. since C. before D. when
A. push B. pull C. draw D. drive
A. sources B. resources C. substances D. matters
A. Neither B. Both C. Any D. None
A. prevent B. protect C. isolate D. differ
A. need B. chance C. choice D. regret
A. create B. meet C. raise D. develop
A. As B. For C. With D. At
A. extended B. estimated C. accepted D. made
A. contributed B. referred C. devoted D. connected
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第二節(jié):完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分, 滿分30分)
Last week I was invited to a doctor’s
meeting at the Ruth Hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.
“Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 36 , as I knew, but all the time pressing his foot against mine.
My 37 raced back more than thirty years ---to the 38 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The place was air-raid shelter, in which I and about one hundred other people 39 every night. Two of the 40 were Mrs West and her son Frank.
41 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 42 each other very well. Frank West 43 me because he wasn’t 44 not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby he has. His“ 45 ”considered of rough sounds---sounds of pleasure or anger---and 46 more. Mrs West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, 47 she had to be of course, because Frank 48 on her entirely. He needed all the 49 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She lost everything she owned.
50 that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 51 ones. So before we 52 that morning, I stood 53 Frank and 54 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 55 to me was always the same.
36.A.answer B.speak C.smile D.laugh
37.A.minds B.memories C.thoughts D.brains
38.A.better B.dark C.younger D.high
39.A.slept B.worked C.studied D.lived
40.A.customers B.regulars C.visitors D.mornbers
41.A.Discussion B.Solving C.Sharing D.Suffering
42.A.learn from B.talk to C.help D.know
43.A.needed B.recognized C.interested D.encouraged
44.A.normal B.common C.unusual D.quick
45.A.word B.speech C.sentence D.language
46.A.not B.no C.something D.nothing
47.A.though B.yet C.as D.so
48.A.fed B.kept C.lived D.depended
49.A.attention B.control C.treatment D.management
50.A.While B.Until C.Unless D.When
51.A.lost B.unlucky C.angry D.unpopular
52.A.separated B.went C.reunited D.Returned
53.A.beside B.against C.at D.on
54.A.push B.tried C.showed D.measured
55.A.speaking B.greeting C.meeting D.Acting
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