Christopher likes to travel. He is a businessman and an adventurer. An adventurer likes to do things nobody else does. He is the captain of a ship. He wants to travel from Europe to India. The journey is very long. It takes many months to sail from Europe to India. He wants to travel faster. India is in the east. He decides to go west. Nobody goes to the west. He gets money. He asks sailors to go with him. He tells them the journey is dangerous. But they don’t mind.
克里斯托弗喜欢旅行。他是一个商人和探险家。一个冒险家喜欢做一些别人不做的事情。他是一艘轮船的船长。他想从欧洲到印度旅行。旅程很长。从欧洲到印度要花几个月的时间。他想更快地旅行。印度在东方。他决定去西部。没有人去西部。他得到钱。他请水手们和他一起去。他告诉他们旅途是危险的。但他们不介意。
They like adventure. Christopher and his sailors leave Europe. They sail west. Their map says if they go far enough, they will get to India. They are at sea for many weeks. They are afraid that their food and drinking water supply may not be enough. There are many storms because the weather is not always good. Some sailors want to go back. Christopher tells them that they will soon arrive in India. They go on. After a long time they get to India. But they are wrong. It is not India. Christopher and his men discover a new world. They stay for a while and trade with the local people. They take gold, tobacco and other unusual things back to Europe. Christopher comes back many times. He has just discovered the American continent.
他们喜欢冒险。克里斯托弗和他的水手离开欧洲。他们向西航行。他们的地图显示，如果他们走得足够远，他们会到印度。他们在海上航行了几个星期。他们担心他们的食物和饮用水供应可能不够。有许多风暴，因为天气不会总是好的。一些水手想回去。克里斯托弗告诉他们，他们很快就会到印度的。他们继续。经过很长一段时间，他们来到印度。但他们错了。那不是印度。克里斯托弗和他的人发现了一个新的世界。他们待了一会儿，和当地人进行交易。他们把黄金、烟草和其他不寻常的东西带回欧洲。他回来很多次。他刚刚发现了美洲大陆。
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Where does Christopher want to travel?
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Christopher and his men don't mind the ______ journey.
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They do the following things in the new world EXCEPT that _______.
A.
they take silver back to Europe
B.
they stay there for a while
C.
they trade with the local people
D.
they take tobacco back to Europe
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What can we learn from the passage?
A.
They get a lot from the American continent.
B.
Christopher will never come back again.
C.
Christopher and his men have discovered India.
D.
Christopher kill the local people in India.
