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Martin Frobisher,born in Yorkshire,went to London as a boy to be educated by a relative.
He showed no talent for book learning,so his relative sent him to sea.Before reaching manhood,
Frobisher had been on two voyages to the Guinea Coast.On the second he was captured and
handed over to the Portuguese garrisoning (驻守) Sao Jorge da Mina (now Elmina,Ghana),who
allowed him to return to England.
By the 1570s,England had largely abandoned hope of finding a Northeast Passage to Asia,
and thoughts turned to the Northwest.Frobisher worked together with Michael Lok,a man of some
wealth and learning.Frobisher's first voyage,in 1576,took him to Frobisher Bay in Baffin Island.
English investors (投资者),including Queen Elizabeth,poured money into Lok's Company of
Cathay.Frobisher sailed again in 1577,this time to ship home what he mistakenly thought was
goldbearing minerals.Lok still felt hopeful and sent Frobisher back in 1578.This time the mariner
discovered the Hudson Strait.He followed the strait for nearly 200 miles,believing it to be a more
promising Northwest Passage than Frobisher Bay.He brought home more dirt and rocks,but English
confidence had gone；Lok went to a debtors' prison and Frobisher sought other employment.
Frobisher accompanied Sir Francis Drake to the West Indies in 1585～1586.When Philip Ⅱ's
Spanish Armada (无敌舰队) entered the English Channel in 1588,Frobisher's part in the fighting was
successful and he received knighthood (爵士爵位).He died of a wound received near Brest,where
he had been sent to relieve the siege (解除包围).He lived just long enough to be taken back to Plymouth.
1.The underlined word "abandoned" in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by .
A.kept alive
B.given up
C.seen
D.shared
2.From Paragraph 3 we learn that Frobisher at first .
A.brought gold to England
B.discovered a Northeast Passage
C.received strong support
D.had been put into prison
3.According to the passage,Frobisher died in .
A.Frobisher Bay
B.the West Indies
C.Brest
D.Plymouth
4.Which of the following shows the right order of the events relating to Frobisher?
a.He arrived in Baffin Island.
b.He voyaged to the Guinea Coast.
c.He went to the West Indies.
d.He discovered the Hudson Strait.
A.b,a,d,c B.b,c,d,a C.a,d,c,b D.a,b,c,d
