阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。 

according, compass, good, as, use, between, 

well, east, same, bowl, south, necessary

  The compass is very 1     for guiding ships and  planes. Hikers often need  a 2        ,too. A compass will always make it possible for you  to know where is the     north.    

  The compass is a special magnet (磁体). The  Chinese were the first people to use the magnet 3      a compass. They first used compasses to guide their ships 4      the years 100 BC and AD 100. Their compasses were simple and not convenient.

  To make their compass,these early Chinese people placed the magnet needle (磁针)on soft wood and then put them in a 5      of water. The floating (不固定的) magnet turned easily,and made itself with the directions,north and 6     

Later the Chinese invention was put together with a Babylonian (巴比伦人的)invention,the degree. A compass points out directions 7      to degrees. There are sixteen main points on a compass. Each main point is the 8        as a certain number of degrees. North on the compass,for example,is 0°C,east is 90Tl , and so on.

  Compasses worked 9      on wooden ships. But when metal ships appeared in the 1800s,the simple magnetic compass was not correct any more. Many kinds of new compasses begin to be 10      for sailing.

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  Many  people think that Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents in the history of the USA. He passed laws against slavery (奴隶制)and kept the  United States united.

1      His father was a carpenter (木匠)and [farmer. Lincoln often played the piano when he was a  child. And he was so interested in reading that he always borrowed books from his neighbors.

  In 1830,Lincoln moved to Illinois,one of the  states of America. From 1834 to 1840 he was a member [of the Illinois government. 2      At the same time,he I studied to become a lawyer. And he became one in 1836 ). and was very successful.

  From 1846 to 1849,he was a member of the US :government. He spoke against slavery. From 1849 to I 1860,he made a great many of his famous speeches.  In 1861,Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. 3      

  In 1865 Lincoln was shot by Wilkes Booth. Booth hated Lincoln because Lincoln had passed laws freeing  the slaves.

      4  He helped end slavery in the United States. He won the Civil War and kept the United States united.

5      He is also famous because he came from a poor family,but through hard work,became President of the United States.

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺,内容完整,并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

 A. He had many jobs in Illinois.

 B. People remember Lincoln for a great many things.

 C. Lincoln was bom in a poor family in 1809.

 D. In 1862,he announced the end of slavery.

 E. He also gave many speeches and wrote many famous letters.

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