阅读理解。
Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The
newest plane can fly at 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris.
But hundreds of years ago, it took people a long time to go around the world. Magellan's (麦哲伦)
men were the first to make that trip. They went by ship and it took them more than two years. On
September 20th, 1510, he left Spain (西班牙) with five ships and 240 men. He was killed in the
Philippines (菲律宾). More than two years later, on December 21st, 1512, only one of the five ships
with just 31 men returned to Spain. Magellan's trip taught us that the world was round and that people
could go around the world.
1. People can fly around the world in _____.
A. just 50 hours
B. less than 50 hours
C. more than 50 hours
D. more than 40 hours
2. "You can have breakfast in Tokyo and supper in Paris." means that _____.
A. people can have breakfast and supper in Tokyo
B. people can have breakfast and supper in Paris
C. people can have breakfast and supper both in Tokyo and in Paris
D. the world is becoming smaller
3. Magellan's men were the first to make the trip around the world, which took them_____.
A. more than two years
B. two years
C. less than two years
D. three years
4. Magellan was killed in _____.
A. Japan
B. China
C. the Philippines
D. Spain
5. The trip taught people that the world was _____.
A. poor
B. rich
C. strong
D. round
