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1、 2022年考研英语冲刺阅读理解专项训练152In the following text，some sentences have been removedFor Questions l-5，choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanksThere are two extra choices，which do not fit in any of the blanks The brave seamen whose great voyages of exploration o
2、pened up the world are iconic figures in European historyColumbus found the New World in l492：Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in1488；and Magellan set off to circumnavigate the world in l519(1) _ It seems more likely that the world and all its continents were discovered by a Chinese admiral nam
3、edZheng He，whose fleets roamed the oceans between l405 and l435His exploits，which are well documented in Chinese historical records。were written about in a book which appeared in China around1418 called“The Marvellous Visions of the Star Raft” (2) _It is a copy，made in l763，of a map，dated l418，which
4、 contains notes that substantially match the descriptions in the book“It will revolutionise our thinking about 15 th century world history，”says Gunnar Thompson，a student of ancient maps and early explorers The map will be unveiled in Bering on January l6th and at the National Maritime Museum in Gre
5、enwich a day laterSix Chinese characters in the upper righthand corner of the map say this is a“general chart of the integrated world”(3) _ The map was bought for about$500 from a small Shanghai dealer in 2022 by Liu Gan9，one of the most eminent commercial lawyers in China，who collects maps and pain
6、tingsMr Liu says he knew it was significant，but thought it might be a modern fake(4) _ Mr Liu was unsure of its meanin9，and asked specialists in ancient Chinese history for their advice， but none，he says，was forthcomin9Then，last autumn，he read“1421：The Year China Discovered the World”，a book written
7、 in 2022 by Gavin Menzies，in which the author makes the controversial claim that Zheng He circumnavigated the world，discovering America on the wayMr Menzies，who is a former submariner in the Royal Navy and a merchant banker，is an amateur historian and his theory met with little approval from profess
8、ionals(5) _ The detail on the copy of the map is remarkableThe outlines of Africa，Europe and the Americas are instantly recognisableIt shows the Nile with two sourcesCalifornia is shown as an island；the British Isles do not appear at allThe distance from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean is ten times
9、 greater than it ought to beAustralia is in the wrong place(though cartographers no longer doubt that Australia and New Zealand were discovered by Chinese seamen centuries before Captain Cook arrived on the scene) ANext week，in Beijing and London，fresh and dramatic evidence is to be revealed to bols
10、ter Zheng Hes case BThe consequences of the discovery of this map could be considerableIf it does indeed prove to be the first map of the world，“the history of New World discovery will have to be rewritten。”claims Mr Menzies CHe showed his acquisition to five experienced collectors，who agreed that t
11、he traces of vermin on the bamboo paper it is written on，and the de-pigmentation of ink and colours，indicated that the map was more than l00 years oldo DHowever，there is one difficulty with this confident assertion of European mastery：it may not be true EBut it struck a chord：his book became a bests
12、eller and his l 42 1 website is very popularIn any event，his arguments convinced Mr Liu that his map was a relic of Zheng Hes earlier voyages FIn the lower lefthand corner is a note that says the chart was drawn by Mo Yiton9，imitating a world chart made in 1418 which showed the barbarians paying tri
13、bute to the Ming emperor，Zhu DiThe copyist distinguishes what he took from the original from what he added himself GThe map makes good estimates of the latitude and longitude of much of the world，and recognises that the earth is round“The Chinese were almost certainly aware of longitude before Zheng He set sail，”says Robert Cribbs of California State University668 words
