2019高中英语unit2sailingtheoceanssectionⅰwarmingup

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1、Unit2SailingtheoceansJamesCookwasbornin1728inMarton，England.Hisfather，aScottishmigrantfarmworker，allowedJamestoworkoncoalcarryingboatsateighteen.Cookspenthisfreetimelearningmathandnavigation.Thisledtohisappointmentasmate(大副)．Searchingforsomethingmoreadventurous，in1755hevoluntee

2、redfortheBritishRoyalNavyandtookpartintheSevenYearsWarandplayedanactivepartinchartingSt.LawrenceRiver，whichhelpedEnglandNavycaptureQuebecfromtheFrench.TheFirstVoyage.Followingthewar，CookwasgiventhemissiontoleadanexpeditiontoobservetherarepassageofVenusacrossthefaceofthesuninord

3、ertodeterminetheaccuratedistancebetweentheearthandsun.HesetsailfromEnglandinAugust,1768andstoppedatTahitiwherehedidtheobservation.HeproceededtotheWestIndiesandacrosstheIndianOceantotheCapeofGoodHopeatthesoutherntipofAfrica.TheSecondVoyage.TheRoyalNavypromotedJamesCooktoCaptainf

4、ollowinghisreturnandhadanewmissionforhim，tofindtheUnknownSouthernLand.CookledtwoshipsandheadedtoCapeTowninJuly,1772.HeproceededsouthfromAfricaandturnedaroundafterencounteringlargeamountsoffloatingpackice.Actuallyhecamewithin75milesoftheAntarcticaatthattime.Buthefoundnohabitable

5、southerncontinentandarrivedbackinBritaininJuly,1775.TheThirdVoyage.TheNavywantedCooktodetermineiftherewasaNorthwestPassage，amythicalwaterwaybetweenEuropeandAsiaacrossthetopofNorthAmerica.CooksetoutinJulyof1776androundedthesoutherntipofAfricaandheadedeastacrosstheIndianOceanunti

6、lhisnavigationoftheBeringSeawasstoppedbytheimpassibleArcticice.Uponyetagaindiscoveringthatsomethingdidnotexist，hecontinuedhisvoyage.HislaststopwasinFebruary,1779atHawaiiwherehewaskilledinafightwithislandersoverthetheftofaboat.Cook'sexplorationsgreatlyincreasedEuropeanknowledgeo

7、ftheworld.Asashipcaptainandskilledcartographer，hefilledinmanygapsonworldmaps.Hiscontributionstoeighteenthcenturysciencehelpedfurtherexplorationanddiscoveryformanygenerations.True(T)orFalse(F)：1．JamesCookledtheBritishRoyalNavyandcapturedQuebecfromtheFrench.(　　)2．TheaimofCook'sla

8、stvoyagewastofindaNorthwestPassagebetweenEuropeandAsia