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Captain James Cook was a great explorer(探测者). Before he started exploring(探测), maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born in England In 1728. His parents were poor farm workers. When James was 18, he found a job on a coastal ship. He worked on ships until he was 27 years old, and then he joined the navy(海军). He fought in Canada in a war against France, and he mapped some of the eastern coasts of Canada. In 1768 King George Ⅲ made him captain of a ship and sent him to the Pacific. He was gone for nearly three years. When he returned, he was a national hero.
He started his third voyage(航海)in 1776. On this trip he was the first European to visit Hawaii. Then he mapped the eastern coast of North America. After that, he returned to Hawaii. There was some trouble between the Hawaiians and the white men and they started fighting. Captain Cook was killed. The Hawaiians were very sorry for the wrong fighting.
1.In which order did James Cook do the following things?
a. Fought against France
b. Made maps of some of the eastern coast of Canada
c. Mapped the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand
d. Mapped the west coast of North America
e. Was made the captain of a ship
f. Worked on a coastal ship
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2.He started exploring when ________.
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A.he worked on a coastal ship
B.he was 27 years old
C.he was sent to the Pacific
D.he served in the navy
3.Which of the following is not true?
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A.He made maps of the Pacific Ocean
B.He went on three long and important voyages in his life.
C.He was the first Englishman to reach Hawaii.
D.He was respected by his people.
4.He was considered a national hero because of ________.
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A.his experience in Canada
B.his being the first European to visit Hawaii
C.his heroic death
D.his devotion to his exploring
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In 1728 there arrived in Philadelphia a penniless young man, eager for work and for knowledge. As the years passed, this man, Benjamin Franklin, contributed greatly to his city and to his country. He became a printer and a publisher, and a learned man in many subjects. He also helped to spread learning by establishing a public library and by founding the American Philosophical Society, which is an important academy of great scholars to this day.
Franklin initiated many improvements in the city of Philadelphia, making it one of the world's first cities to have paved and lighted streets as well as a police force and a fire-fighting company. He also made many practical inventions such as the Franklin stove, which was a very efficient heater, and the lightning road to protect buildings in electric storms. His scientific work with electricity earned Franklin world fame.
Franklin played an important role in the early history of the United States. He took part in drawing up the Declaration of Independence and tile Constitution. He was the first ambassador to France,and he helped negotiate the treaty of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War.
As an active member and as president of the Abolitionist Society, Franklin devoted the last years of his life to the movement to end slavery.
1.When Franklin arrived in Philadelphia, he had _____.
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A.a little money but no work
B.no money and no work
C.a job and a lot of knowledge
D.a job and a lot of money
2.The American Philosophical Society is an important academy of great scholars _____.
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A.at Franklin's time
B.until he died
C.up to now
D.before the birth of the USA
3.Franklin became famous because he _____.
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A.invented the lightning road to protect buildings in electric storms
B.was the first ambassador to France
C.took part in drawing up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
D.was president of the Abolitionist Society
4.“He also made many practical inventions…”means he _____.
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A.imagined lots of useful things
B.made clever things
C.invented a lot of useful objects
D.invented a lot of expensive things
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