Over a hundred years ago people in London were surprised to see a very unusual boat e sailing up the Thames River. The boat was eighty feet long, flat-bottomed, with big wooden eyes on both sides in the front and was colorfully painted at the back.
People came to know that it was a sailing boat from Fuzhou in distant China. The boat had sailed round the Cape of Good Hope(好望角), up the western coast of Africa, and finally to England. It had covered(航行) fifteen thousand miles — more than half of the distance round the world.
Although it was unexpected, the Chinese were warmly weled. The boat carried goods such as silk and tea as well as a number of gifts from the Emperor of China for the Queen of England.
People had always mistakenly thought of the Chinese as a people not used to the sea. However, from centuries of trading and sailing in dangerous seas, the Chinese had learned how to build good boats and sail them well. The ing of this sailing boat to London proved once again that the Chinese could sail to distant countries in the world.
【小题1】 The Chinese sailing boat arrived in London .A．before she sailed to AfricaB．in the nineteenth centuryC．hundreds of years agoD．in the twentieth century【小题2】The boat was considered unusual because .A．it was a small wooden boatB．it carried Chinese silk and teaC．it had travelled fifteen thousand milesD．it looked strange in several ways【小题3】According to this article, which of the following is true?A．The distance round the earth measures less than thirty thousand miles.B．The Chinese Emperor gave silk and tea to the English Queen as gifts.C．The Chinese boat came to London by accident.D．The Chinese people were not good at sailing in dangerous seas.【小题4】The writer wants to prove that a long time ago the Chinese .A．carried silk, tea and other goods to EnglandB．could reach many parts of the world by seaC．could sail along the Thames RiverD．surprised Londoners with an unusual boatB
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