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Unit 3 Sea Exploration
单元综合练习
一.完成句子
1. Fleets ________ (撤回) from the northeast of the country last March.
2. Some merchants are n________ deals on spice in the conference room.
3. India and Denmark signed agreements to strengthen maritime b________.
4. Life of Pi was an absorbing t________ about a young man’s survival against all the odds.
5. The shipping route was ________ (延长) to the west coast of Peru because of the development of trade.
6. The ________ (皇家的) Marine Dive team have years of diving experience with exceptional skills in underwater construction, repairs, and inspections.
7. The English C________ is the narrow piece of water between southern England and northern France, which French people call “La Manche”.
二.翻译句子
1. 那个男人在一艘船上被逮捕并被指控谋杀。 (arrest, murder)
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2. 人们认为急需开发爱尔兰海的资源以满足需求。 (exploit)
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3. 科学家们在印度洋深处发现了一种神秘的生物并将其详细信息记录在电脑里。 (log)
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三.阅读理解
The US Ambassador to the UK officially launched a ship named Mayflower on Wednesday, 400 years to the day after a wooden ship with that name sailed from an English port and changed the history of two continents.
Unlike the merchant ship that carried a group of European settlers to a new life across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, the new Mayflower named by U S Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson has no crew or passengers. It will cross the sea powered by sun and wind, and controlled by artificial intelligence (AI).
Johnson said the high-tech ship, developed jointly by British-based research organization ProMare and US tech giant IBM, showed that “the pioneering spirit of the Mayflower really lives on”. “We're heading out with the same spirit of adventure and determination and hope for the future as the original colonists (殖民者),” said Johnson.
Like the Mayflower in 1620, the new ship will travel from Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachuse