Question

【题目】Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探险者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(舰队). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men. When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

【1】Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

【2】Captain Cook was born in Canada.

【3】He was an explorer before he worked on ships.

【4】He took new plants to the Pacific islands.

【5】He made three trips to the Pacific.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】T

【2】F

【3】F

【4】T

【5】T

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是英国著名探险家库克船长的故事。他三度奉命出海前往太平洋，为所经之地绘制地图，与各地人们进行贸易。在1779年，库克和他的船员在第三次探索太平洋期间，与夏威夷岛上的岛民发生打斗，他在事件中遇害身亡。

【1】T 细节理解题。句意：Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.库克船长是一位太平洋探险家。根据短文内容，英国国王三次派他出海到太平洋，故本句正确。

【2】F细节理解题。句意：Captain Cook was born in Canada.库克船长生于加拿大。根据短文内容，库克船长是英国人，他生于英国。故本句错误。

【3】F细节理解题。句意：He was an explorer before he worked on ships.他在轮船上工作前是一位探险家。根据短文第二段，他18岁到船上工作，27岁进入舰队，后来再受命去探险。故本句错误。

【4】T细节理解题。句意：He took new plants to the Pacific islands.他带了新的植物到太洋岛。由最后一段的：He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. 可知，本句正确。

【5】T细节理解题。句意：He made three trips to the Pacific. 他三次航海到太平洋。根据短文内容他于1768、1772和1776三年到太平洋。故正确。