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[单项选择]Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who eventually found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.
Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the severe winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan’s Straits. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rooks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America.
They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. But they did not see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eig
A. to become famous at that time
B. to find navigation line from the Atlantic to the Pacific
C. to make a voyage to Asia
D. to carry men to the Seville
[填空题]______ (found) in early 16th century, this church became a historic site of this region.
[简答题]In the early 1860’s three men who knew nothing of each other were working towards a discovery which saved millions of lives, completely changed the way operations were carried out, made great changes to the food we eat and helped doctors to solve the mystery of hundreds of illness.
[填空题]Early men did not have clocks. They were told time by the 76. ______
sun and shadows of trees. At first time, they used 77. ______
sticks placing in the ground instead of trees. They made 78. ______
marks in the ground, and the shadows from the sticks told 79. ______
the time of day. Later, men began to use sundials. Some of 80. ______
sundials were boxes with sticks cast a shadow. Men were 81. ______
able to take the sundial box with them. The mark for noon 82. ______
was very important. The sundials always have to face the same 83. ______
way or the time was wrong. Sundials were good only on sunny 84. ______
days, not on cloud days. They were the first kind of clock. 85. ______