高三英语第一学期Unit2 reading

Unit2.Howmanycontinentsarethereintheworld?Whatarethey?..MarcoPolo.Columbus...Whydidtheearlyexplorerssetsailtoreachoutacrosstheocean?(Para1)(1).Tradeandcuriosity…(2).Worldmapwasagreatpuzzle…(3).…inspiredexplorerstosearchfor….2.Whichoceandoes“westernocean”referto?ItreferstopartofthePacificOceanwestofBruneiandpartoftheIndianOceanalongthecoast..WhichcountriesormerchantsexploredthewesternoceanbeforeColumbus?(Para2-6)(1).Intheearlisttimes:

(Para2)(2).Overthenextfewhundredyears:

(Para3-4)(3).Inthe11thcentury(Para5-6):Africa,ArabmerchantsChina,GanYingArabiccountriesEgypt,Greece,India,Ceylon,China,(DuHuan),Swahilikingdoms,AfricaAfricans.WhichcountriesormerchantswereexploredthewesternoceanbeforeColumbus?(Para2-6)(4).Intheyearsbetween1405-1433:(Para7-9)ZhengHe,MingdynastyAfrica.betweenChinaandAfricaoverthecenturiesthecoastaltownswerereachingtheheightoftheirpowerhadalargenavyandthewilltouseitThecontacts:InEastAfrica:TheMinggovernment:(Para.6)WhataretheconditionsforZhengHe’sexpeditions?.wasaChinesenavigatorintheMingDynasty.HemadesevenvoyagestotheIndianOceans.HewentuptoeasterncoastofAfrican.ZhengHe.AfricaTheRedSeaIndiaCeylon(SriLanka).Carefulreading:Fillinthecharts.Period

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GanYingIn751-762Inthe11thcenturyZhengHeIn97ADOverlandrhinoceroshornsDuHuanbylandandbyboatTheAfricansByseaBronzestatueofalionIn1405-1433ByseaGiraffes,zebras,shells,elephantivory,rhinoceros-hornmedicine,etc..IIICarefulreading:

JudgethefollowingsentencesTrueorFalseTheEuropeanswerethefirstExplorerstotraveltoothercountries.2.AccuratemapsofthecountriesaroundtheIndianOceanweremadebeforethefifteenthcentury.3.Intheyearsbetween1405and1433,ZhengHesailedwestwardsonlyonvoyagesofexploration.4.ZhengHeinvitedAfricancountriestosendambassadorstoChina.

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FFT.Post-readingWhowere(was)theearliestexplorer(s)oftheWesternOcean?A.MarcoPoloB.ChristopherColumbusC.EuropeanexplorersD.Bravemerchants2.AnAfricanKinggaverhinoceroshornstoChinainorderto____.A.makemoneyB.stopthewarC.showhisfriendshipD.awardtheAmbassador.3.Whichofthefollowingbecametheworld’stradingcenteroverafewcenturiesafterHanDynasty?A.CeylonB.IndiaC.SwahiliD.Egypt.4.InDuhuan’sbook“RecordofMyTravels”youcanlearnabout____.A.MarcoPoloB.manyforeigncountriesC.ChristopherColumbusD.waystomakesilk5.Whodoes“TheChineseColumbusreferto”?A.TheMingemperorB.DuhuanC.TheChineseambassadorD.Zhenghe6.ThesmallbronzestatueoflionfoundinShangamostprobablycamefrom____.A.ChinaB.RomeC.GreeceD.London.MarcoPolo’sstories_______explorersto_________Asianlands.However,beforethemsomeweretherealexplorersofit.Firstly,fromtheearlisttimes,Africa______________IndiaandRedSeaCivilisations.SilkfromChinawas______________spicesandglass.AnditwasalsotradedalongthecoastofIndianocean.Chinesemerchants_________ArabmerchantsatCeylonforits______________.Secondly,theSwahilikingdomsandtheislandsofftheAfricancoast______________theworld’stradingcenteroverthenextfewhundredyears.inspiredsearchforhadcontactswithinexchangeformetwithcentralpositiondevelopedinto.BecauseofthecontactsbetweenArabandAfricancoast,DuHuanwas______________theArabicarmy.Butheescapedandwrotehis_________________.Inthe11thcentury,theAfricans____________________totheSongDynasty.takenprisonerbyRecordofMyTravelsmadeseveralvoyagesIntheyearbetween____and____,sevenfleets,____thecommandofZhengHe______fromtheSouthChinaSeatothe____oftheRedSea,andthentravelledfurthersouth,____theeasterncoastofAfrica1405underSetsail1433discoveringmouth..9、静夜四无邻，荒居旧业贫。。2023/1/102023/1/10Tuesday,January10,202310、雨中黄叶树，灯下白头人。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/20231:47:42PM11、以我独沈久，愧君相见频。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/10Jan-2310-Jan-2312、故人江海别，几度隔山川。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/10Tuesday,January10,202313、乍见翻疑梦，相悲各问年。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/202314、他乡生白发，旧国见青山。。10一月20232023/1/102023/1/102023/1/1015、比不了得就不比，得不到的就不要。。。一月232023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/202316、行动出成果，工作出财富。。2023/1/102023/1/1010January202317、做前，能够环视四周；做时，你只能或者最好沿着以脚为起点的射线向前。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/102023/1/109、没有失败，只有暂时停止成功！。2023/1/102023/1/10Tuesday,January10,202310、很多事情努力了未必有结果，但是不努力却什么改变也没有。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/20231:47:42PM11、成功就是日复一日那一点点小小努力的积累。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/10Jan-2310-Jan-2312、世间成事，不求其绝对圆满，留一份不足，可得无限完美。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/10Tuesday,January10,202313、不知香积寺，数里入云峰。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/202314、意志坚强的人能把世界放在手中像泥块一样任意揉捏。10一月20232023/1/102023/1/102023/1/1015、楚塞三湘接，荆门九派通。。。一月232023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/202316、少年十五二十时，步行夺得胡马骑。。2023/1/102023/1/1010January202317、空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/102023/1/109、杨柳散和风，青山澹吾虑。。2023/1/102023/1/10Tuesday,January10,202310、阅读一切好书如同和过去最杰出的人谈话。2023/1/102023/1/102023/1/101/10/20231:47:42PM11、越是没有本领的就越加自命不凡。2023/1/10