Columbus returned home with the news of his discovery of “Indian”
36 Columbus called it. Then he was considered as the hero who had given a new world to Spain. Never had so great
__37__ been shown to any
__38__man.But there were some who were jealous of the
__39__.”Who is this Columbus?” they asked, “and what has he done? Isn’t he a poor sailor from Italy？And could
__40__ other seamen sail across the ocean just as he has done?”
One day Columbus was at
41 and several of these fellows were
__42__ too. They tried to make Columbus
__43__.”You have discovered strange lands
__44__ the sea,”they said.“But we don’t see why there
__45__ be so much said about it. Anybody can sail across the ocean and anybody can coast along the islands
__46__ ,just as you have done. It is the
__47__ thing in the world.”
Columbus made no answer, but after a while he took an egg from a dish and said to the people at the table, “Who
__48__ you, gentlemen, can make the egg stand
__49__ ?” One by one they tried the
__50__．When the egg had gone
__51__ around and everyone had failed, all said that it could not be done, Then Columbus took the egg and
__52__the shell of the egg’s small end a little upon the table. After that there was no trouble in making it stand
__53__.“Gentlemen,”said he, “what is easy than to do this
__54__ you said was impossible ? It is simplest thing in the world. Anybody can do it-----AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHOWN
__55__.”
小题1:A. so B. when C as D. that
| 小题2: | | A．respect | B．response | C．reward | D．request |
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| 小题3: | | A．great | B．common | C．usual | D．noble |
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| 小题4: | | A．discovery | B．inventor | C．discover | D．bravery |
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| 小题6: | | A．palace | B．hotel | C．counter | D．dinner |
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| 小题7: | | A．friendly | B．present | C．rude | D．angry |
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| 小题8: | | A．uncomfortable | B．happy | C．satisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题10: | | A．could | B．would | C．should | D．might |
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| 小题11: | | A．on another side | B．on other side | | C．on the other side | D．on one side |
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| 小题12: | | A．easiest | B．simplest | C．content | D．convenient |
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| 小题13: | | A．besides | B．among | C．including | D．except |
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| 小题14: | | A．on end | B．in end | C．by end | D．to end |
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| 小题15: | | A．egg | B．experiment | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题16: | | A．entirely | B．eventually | C．fluently | D．frequently |
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| 小题17: | | A．supported | B．hit | C．broke | D．stuck |
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| 小题18: | | A．downward | B．upward | C．backward | D．inward |
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