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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