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  Our world is getting smaller and smaller.We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours.The newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour.You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.

  But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world.Magellan's(麦哲伦)men were the first to make that trip.They went by ship and it took them more than two years.On September 20, 1510, he left Spain(西班牙)with five ships and 240men.He was killed in the Philippines(菲律宾).More than two years later, on December 21, 1512, only one of the five ships with just 31 men returned to Spain.Magellan's trip taught us that the world was round and that people could go around the world.

(1)

People can fly around the world in ________.

[  ]

A.

just 50 hours

B.

less than 50 hours

C.

more than 50 hours

D.

more than 40 hours 5

(2)

“You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.” means that ________.

[  ]

A.

people can have breakfast and supper in Tokyo

B.

people can have breakfast and supper in Paris

C.

people can have breakfast and supper both in Tokyo and in Paris

D.

the world is becoming smaller

(3)

Magellan's men were the first to make the trip around the world, which took them ________.

[  ]

A.

more than two years

B.

two years

C.

less than two years

D.

three years

(4)

The trip taught people that the world was ________.

[  ]

A.

poor

B.

rich

C.

strong

D.

round

答案:1.B;2.D;3.A;4.D;
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