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In the
sixteenth century, an age of great marine and
terrestrial
exploration, Ferdinand
Magellan led the first expedition to sail around
the world. As a young Portuguese noble,
he served the king of Portugal,
but
he
became
involved
in
the
quagmire
of
political
intrigue
at
court
and
lost the king’s favor. After he was
dismissed from service to the king
of
Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor
Charles V of Spain.
A papal decree
of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World
west of
50 degrees W longitude to Spain
and all the land east of that line to
Portugal. Magellan offered to prove
that the East Indies fell under
Spanish
authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set
sail from Spain
with
five
ships.
More
than
a
year
later,
one
of
these
ships
was
exploring
the topography of
South America in search of a water route across
the
continent. This ship sank, but the
remaining four ships searched along
the
southern peninsula of South America. Finally they
found the passage
they sought near a
latitude of
50
degrees S. Magellan named
this passage
the
Strait
of
All
Saints,
but
today
we
know
it
as
the
Strait
of
Magellan.
One
ship
deserted
while
in
this
passage
and
returned
to
Spain,
so
fewer
sailors
were
privileged
to
gaze
at
that
first
panorama
of
the
Pacific
Ocean.
Those
who
remained
crossed
the
meridian
we
now
call
the
International
Date
Line in the early spring of 1521 after
ninety-eight days on the Pacific
O
cean. During those long
days at sea, many of Magellan’s men died of
starvation and disease.
Later Magellan became involved in an insular
conflict in the
Philippines
and
was
killed
in
a
tribal
battle.
Only
one
ship
and
seventeen
sailors under the
command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to
complete the westward journey to Spain
and thus prove once and for all
that
the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.
sixteenth century was an age of great
___exploration.
A. cosmic
B. land
C. mental
D.
common man
E. none of the above
2.
Magellan
lost
the
favor
of
the
king
of
Portugal
when
he
became
involved
in a political ___.
A. entanglement
B. discussion
C.
negotiation
D. problems
E. none of the above
3.
The
Pope
divided
New
World
lands
between
Spain
and
Portugal
according
to their location on one side or the
other of an imaginary geographical
line
50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a ___
direction.
A. north and south
B. crosswise
C.
easterly
D. south east
E. north and west
4. One of
Magellan’s ships explored the ___ of South America
for a
passage across the continent.
A. coastline
B. mountain range
C. physical features
D.
islands
E. none of the above
5. Four of the ships sought a passage
along a southern ___.
A. coast
B. inland
C. body of land
with water on three sides
D. border
E. answer not available
6.
The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ___.
A. Greenwich
B. The equator
C. Spain
D. Portugal
E. Madrid
7. In the spring
of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the
International Date Line.
A.
imaginary circle passing through the poles
B. Imaginary line parallel to the
equator
C. area
D. land
mass
E. answer not found in article
答案：
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6.
(B) 7. (A)
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Marie Curie was one of the most
accomplished scientists in history.
Together with her husband, Pierre, she
discovered radium, an element
widely
used
for
treating
cancer,
and
studied
uranium
and
other
radioactive
substances.
Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later
helped to
unlock the secrets of the
atom.
Marie was born in 1867 in
Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a
professor of physics. At the early age,
she displayed a brilliant mind
and
a
blithe
personality.
Her
great
exuberance
for
learning
prompted
her
to
continue with her studies after high school. She
became disgruntled,
however,
when
she
learned
that
the
university
in
Warsaw
was
closed
to
women.
Determined to receive a higher
education, she defiantly left Poland and
in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French
university, where she earned her
master’s degree and doctorate in
physics.
Marie
was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with
some of the
greatest scientists of her
day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and
Pierre were married in 1895 and spent
many productive years working
together
in the physics laboratory. A short time after they
discovered
radium,
Pierre
was
killed
by
a
horse-drawn
wagon
in
1906.
Marie
was
stunned
by this horrible misfortune and endured
heartbreaking anguish.
Despondently
she
recalled
their
close
relationship
and
the
joy
that
they
had shared in
scientific research. The fact that she had two
young
daughters to raise by herself
greatly increased her distress.
Curie’s feeling of desolation finally
began to fade when she was
asked to
succeed her husband
as
a
physics professor at the
Sorbonne. She
was the first woman to be given a
professorship at the world-famous
university. In 1911 she received the
Nobel Prize in chemistry for
isolating
radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a
fatal
illness
from
her
long
exposure
to
radium,
she
never
became
disillusioned
about
her
work.
Regardless
of
the
consequences,
she
had
dedicated
herself
to science and to
revealing the mysteries of the physical world.
Curies’
____
collaboration
helped
to
unlock
the
secrets
of
the
atom.
A.
friendly
B. competitive
C.
courteous
D. industrious
E. chemistry
2. Marie had a bright
mind and a __personality.
A. strong
B. lighthearted
C.
humorous
D. strange
E.
envious
3. When she learned that
she
could not
attend the university
in
Warsaw,
she felt___.
A.
hopeless
B. annoyed
C.
depressed
D. worried
E.
none of the above
4. Marie ___ by
leaving Poland and traveling to France to enter
the
Sorbonne.
A. challenged
authority
B. showed intelligence
C. behaved
D. was
distressed
E. answer not available in
article
5. _____she remembered their
joy together.
A. Dejectedly
B. Worried
C. Tearfully
D. Happily
E. Sorrowfully
6. Her ____ began to fade when she
returned to the Sorbonne to succeed
her
husband.
A. misfortune
B.
anger
C. wretchedness
D.
disappointment
E. ambition
7. Even though she became fatally ill from working
with radium, Marie
Curie was never
____.
A. troubled
B.
worried
C. disappointed
D.
sorrowful
E. disturbed
Answer Key:
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4.
(A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7.(C)
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The victory of the small Greek
democracy of Athens over the mighty
Persian empire in 490 B. C. is one of
the most famous events in history.
Darius, king of the Persian empire, was
furious because Athens had
interceded
for the other Greek city-states in revolt against
Persian
domination. In anger the king
sent
an enormous
army to
defeat
Athens. He
thought it
would take
drastic steps to
pacify the rebellious
part
of the
empire. Persia was ruled by one
man. In Athens, however, all citizens
helped to rule. Ennobled by this
participation, Athenians were prepared
to
die
for
their
city-state.
Perhaps
this
was
the
secret
of
the
remarkable
victory at Marathon, which freed them
from Persian rule. On their
way to
Marathon, the
Persians tried to fool some Greek city-states by
claiming
to
have
come
in
peace.
The
frightened
citizens
of
Delos
refused
to
believe
this. Not wanting to
abet the conquest of Greece, they fled from their
city and did not return until the
Persians had left. They were wise, for
the Persians next conquered the city of
Etria and captured its people.
Tiny
Athens
stood
alone
against
Persia.
The
Athenian
people
went
to
their
sanctuaries.
There
they
prayed
for
deliverance.
They
asked
their
gods
to
expedite
their
victory.
The
Athenians
refurbished
their
weapons
and
moved
to
the
plain
of
Marathon,
where
their
little
band
would
meet
the
Persians.
At
the
last
moment,
soldiers
from
Plataea
reinforced
the
Athenian
troops.
The
Athenian
army
attacked,
and
Greek
citizens
fought
bravely.
The
power
of the
mighty Persians was offset by the love that the
Athenians had for
their city. Athenians
defeated the Persians in archery and hand combat.
Greek
soldiers
seized
Persian
ships
and
burned
them,
and
the
Persians
fled
in
terror.
Herodotus,
a
famous
historian,
reports
t
hat
6400
Persians
died,
compared with only 192 Athenians.
had ____the other Greek
city-states against the Persians.
A. refused help to
B. intervened on behalf of
C. wanted to fight
D.
given orders for all to fight
E. defeated
2. Darius took
drastic steps to ___ the rebellious Athenians.
A. weaken
B. destroy
C. calm
D. placate
E. answer not available
3.
Their participation___to the Athenians.
A. gave comfort
B. gave
honor
C. gave strength
D.
gave fear
E. gave hope
4.
The people of Delos did not want to ___ the
conquest of Greece.
A. end
B. encourage
C. think about
D. daydream about
E.
answer not available
5. The Athenians
were ___by some soldiers who arrived from Plataea.
A. welcomed
B.
strengthened
C. held
D.
captured
E. answer not available
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B)