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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.
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Do you laugh every day? Most people______. Scientists say that people laugh about 17 times a day. That is ______ laughter.
In India, there are ______ laughter clubs. The people in these clubs get together every morning. First they stretch their hands above their heads. Then they pretend to laugh. Soon everyone is laughing naturally. People say they feel good after ______ together.
Scientists believe that laughter is good ______ you. ______ ? For one thing, laughter is ______ good exererse. When you laugh, you exercise many muscles in your body
Scientists say that one hundred laughs is the same______ ten minutes of running. When you laugh, you ______ breathe deeply. This makes you ______
Why do we laugh? That is a hard question ______ We know that people laugh _______ in a group. They don't laugh very often when they are alone. Many scientists believe that we use laughter to make friends with ______. Laughter helps us feel part of a group.
In English, people say that laughter is the best ______. Some think that laughter helps sick people get ______. Do you think so, too?
1.A. laugh B. do C. does
2.A. a lot B. many C. a lot of
3.A. hundred of B. hundreds of C. hundred
4.A. laugh B. to laugh C. laughing
5.A. for B. at C. with
6.A. Why B. What C. How
7.A. a B. the C./
8.A. as B. like C. for
9.A. oo B. also C. either
10.A. relaxed B. to relax C. relaxing
11.A. answered B. to answer C. answer
12.A. less often B. more often C. never
13.A. another B. others C. other
14.A. magazine B. knowledge C. medicine
15.A. well B. good C. bad
I'll spend as much time as I can ______ in an old people's home.
A. help B. to help C. helping
_______ they were quite tired, _______ they continued working.
A. Though, / B. Although, but C. Because, so
We had_______awful weather_______ we couldn't finish the work on time
A. so, that B. such, that C. such an, that
Don't come into the office_______you are allowed
A. if B. when C. until
