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Long ago people knew very little about the world.
The ___1___
was thought to be flat. Hence, if a person ___2___ long
enough in
one direction, he would finally ___3___ the edge of the
world and ___4___ off.
Today, we ___5___ that the earth is not a flat
rectangular block;
it is round. We owe ___6___ knowledge to the explorers
who made
long voyages to find ___7___ routes and discover new
lands. They
___8___ accurate records of the oceans they
___9___
and the strange lands they visited. From these
records, they drew up a map ___10___ the world. In this
way, they ended ___11___ belief of a flat world.
Though we know the earth ___12___ better today, the
spirit of
exploration has not as a result come to an end. The
___13___ for
adventure, the urge to set foot ___14___ a wild shore
and the
curiosity for far-flung ___15___ are still alive.
Besides, not all places
on earth have been fully ___16___. Places like deserts,
mountains,
oceans and polar regions ___17___ have secrets and
mysteries to amaze
___18___ surprise us. It is fortunate for us that
___19___
are still many things to be discovered which ___20___
that the earth remains rich and wonderful. |
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earth
2. walked 3. reach 4. fall
5. know 6. this 7.
new 8.
kept 9. crossed 10. of 11.
the 12. much 13.
desire 14. on 15. places/lands 16.
explored
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Long ago people knew very little about the world.
The earth
was thought to be flat. Hence, if a person
walked long
enough in
one direction, he would finally
reach the edge of the
world and fall off.
Today, we know that the earth is not a flat
rectangular block;
it is round. We owe this knowledge to the explorers
who made
long voyages to find new routes and discover new
lands. They
kept accurate records of the oceans they
crossed
and the strange lands they visited. From these
records, they drew up a map
of the world. In this
way, they ended the belief of a flat world.
Though we know the earth
much better today, the
spirit of
exploration has not as a result come to an end. The
desire for
adventure, the urge to set foot
on a wild shore
and the
curiosity for far-flung
places/lands are still alive.
Besides, not all places
on earth have been fully
explored. Places like deserts,
mountains,
oceans and polar regions
still have secrets and
mysteries to amaze
and surprise us. It is fortunate for us that
there
are still many things to be discovered which
means
that the earth remains rich and wonderful. |
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