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1、Unit2SailingtheoceansJamesCookwasbornin1728inMarton，England.Hisfather，aScottishmigrantfarmworker，allowedJamestoworkoncoalcarryingboatsateighteen.Cookspenthisfreetimelearningmathandnavigation.Thisledtohisappointmentasmate(大副)．Searchingforsomethingmoreadventurous，in175

2、5hevolunteeredfortheBritishRoyalNavyandtookpartintheSevenYearsWarandplayedanactivepartinchartingSt.LawrenceRiver，whichhelpedEnglandNavycaptureQuebecfromtheFrench.TheFirstVoyage.Followingthewar，CookwasgiventhemissiontoleadanexpeditiontoobservetherarepassageofVenusacro

3、ssthefaceofthesuninordertodeterminetheaccuratedistancebetweentheearthandsun.HesetsailfromEnglandinAugust,1768andstoppedatTahitiwherehedidtheobservation.HeproceededtotheWestIndiesandacrosstheIndianOceantotheCapeofGoodHopeatthesoutherntipofAfrica.TheSecondVoyage.TheRoy

4、alNavypromotedJamesCooktoCaptainfollowinghisreturnandhadanewmissionforhim，tofindtheUnknownSouthernLand.CookledtwoshipsandheadedtoCapeTowninJuly,1772.HeproceededsouthfromAfricaandturnedaroundafterencounteringlargeamountsoffloatingpackice.Actuallyhecamewithin75milesoft

5、heAntarcticaatthattime.ButhefoundnohabitablesoutherncontinentandarrivedbackinBritaininJuly,1775.TheThirdVoyage.TheNavywantedCooktodetermineiftherewasaNorthwestPassage，amythicalwaterwaybetweenEuropeandAsiaacrossthetopofNorthAmerica.CooksetoutinJulyof1776androundedthes

6、outherntipofAfricaandheadedeastacrosstheIndian20OceanuntilhisnavigationoftheBeringSeawasstoppedbytheimpassibleArcticice.Uponyetagaindiscoveringthatsomethingdidnotexist，hecontinuedhisvoyage.HislaststopwasinFebruary,1779atHawaiiwherehewaskilledinafightwithislandersover

7、thetheftofaboat.Cook'sexplorationsgreatlyincreasedEuropeanknowledgeoftheworld.Asashipcaptainandskilledcartographer，hefilledinmanygapsonworldmaps.Hiscontributionstoeighteenthcenturysciencehelpedfurtherexplorationanddiscoveryformanygenerations.True(T)orFalse(F)：1．James

8、CookledtheBritishRoyalNavyandcapturedQuebecfromtheFrench.(　　)2．TheaimofCook'slastvoyagewastofindaNorthwestPassagebetweenEuropeandAs