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听录音，选出你所听到的单词（） A . head B . hand C . nose 答案：B 　　Our world is getting smaller and smaller. We can fly around the world in less than 50 hours. The newest planes go 600 miles an hour. You can have breakfast in Beijing and supper in Paris. But before people had to take a lot longer. Magellan's（麦哲伦）men were the first to make that trip. It took them more than two years by ship. On September 20,1519,he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. He was killed on the Philippine Islands. More than two years later, on December 21,1521, one of the five ships with only 31 men returned to Spain. 　　Magellan's trip told people the world was round and people could go around the world. (1) It takes ________ to fly around the world now. [　　] A．more than 50 hours B．nearly 50 hours C．no more than 50 hours D．50 hours (2) Magellan made his trip by ________. [　　] A．bike B．bus C．ship D．plane (3) Magellan and his men spent ________ on their trip around the world. [　　] A．more than 1519 years B．more than two years C．less than 50 hours D．about two weeks (4) From where did Magellan begin his trip? [　　] A．China. B．Japan. C．Spain. D．America. (5) What happened to Magellan at last? [　　] A．He told people that the earth was round after he came back to Spain. B．He died during his trip. C．The king of Spain made him a high officer when he was back. D．He returned to Spain after two years.