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2．Joseph Banks was born in 1743，the only son of a wealthy land-owning family．From an early age，he was interested in natural history，and in particular，botany．In the early 1760's he chose to make this dream to the full．In 1766 he travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador to collect plants，animals and rocks．
For him，joining Captain Cook's 1768 expedition to Tahiti was like a present-day scientist being given the chance of a trip to another planet，a chance to study new plants in unknown lands．
They made collections and observations in South America，Tahiti and New Zealand before reaching Australia．His major landfalls on the eastern coast of Australia were at Botany Bay and at the Endeavor River．He thought collection of plants was grown so large that it was necessary that some extraordinary care should be taken of them in case they should destroy．The plant material collected and sorted on the voyage was huge，with the herbarium specimens（標(biāo)本）about 1300 new species．
After returning from this voyage，Banks travelled to Scotland，Wales，Holland and Iceland，collecting more and more curiosities．Among many other activities，without thinking running out of his money，he controlled the Royal Botanic Gardens，Kew and was a Trustee of the British Museum．Although Linneaus'suggestion of naming the new country of Australia"Banksia"was not accepted，Banks'name was bestowed（贈送）upon Australian plants and he made his mark upon Australian history in other ways，later he became the well-known authority （公認(rèn)的權(quán)威）on matters relating to New South Wales．He had a great impact on the study of natural history in both Britain and Australia．He died in 1820．
41．When Banks was youngB
A．he was only fond of botany
B．he travelled to many places
C．his family was not very rich
D．he hadn't much dream about his future
42．The underlined word"curiosities"（in Paragraph 4）refers toD
A．money
B．time*
C．many kinds of animals         
D．new species of plants
43．Which of the following can be inferred from the passage？C
A．Australian people loved Banks．
B．Banks died at the age of 76．
C．Banks'trips to many places laid foundation for his achievements in botany．
D．Both Banks and Linneaus devoted their whole loves to investigating plants．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了Joseph Banks，從小他就對自然歷史感興趣，長大后他開始到世界各地旅行，并且收集各種植物、動物和巖石，他的旅行為他在植物學(xué)上的研究奠定了基礎(chǔ)，使他在植物學(xué)上獲得了巨大的成就．

解答 41．B  推理判斷題，根據(jù)第三段They made collections and observations in South America，Tahiti and New Zealand before reaching Australia．His major landfalls on the eastern coast of Australia were at Botany Bay and at the Endeavor River．可知在Banks 年輕的時候他曾經(jīng)去過很多地方，故選B．
42．D  詞義猜測題，根據(jù)第四段After returning from this voyage，Banks travelled to Scotland，Wales，Holland and Iceland，collecting more and more curiosities．可知在這次航行歸來后Banks先后去了蘇格蘭、威爾士、荷蘭和冰島，他也有了越來越多的好奇心，聯(lián)系上下文可知"curiosities"的意思為好奇心，故選D．
43．C  推理判斷題，根據(jù)第三段His major landfalls on the eastern coast of Australia were at Botany Bay and at the Endeavor River．He thought collection of plants was grown so large that it was necessary that some extraordinary care should be taken of them in case they should destroy．可以推知Banks的旅行為他在植物學(xué)上的成就奠定了基礎(chǔ)，故選C．

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