Unit5 Humans and Nature 语篇素养提升-2022-2023学年高一英语练好基础（北师大版2019必修第二册）

Unit5 Humans and Nature语篇素养提升 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe.In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America.The man who eventually found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan sailed from Seville in September 1519 with five ships and about 266 men.Thirteen months later, after spending a severe winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan's Strait.In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rocks and storms, during which two ships were lost, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America. They then continued, hoping to reach Asia.But they did not see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia.Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, his men were dying of starvation.While they were staying in the Philippines, Magellan was killed in battl