2013年中考英语精品复习资料阅读理解篇（二）
记叙文（6）Zhe
gHe，theColumbusoftheEast，wasa
amazi
gma
．Hewasbor
i
1371a
d，11yearslater，wascaughtbythearmyofarichyou
gma
calledZhuDia
dmadetoworkforhim．Overtimetherichma
sawthatZhe
gHewasveryclevera
dstro
ga
dtheybecameclosefrie
ds．I
1403ZhuDiwasmadetheKi
gofChi
aa
dheaskedZhe
gHetojoi
his
ewgover
me
t．TheKi
gwa
tedtolear
moreabouttheworlda
dshowothercou
trieshispower．Heorderedma
y
ewshipstobebuilta
dmadeZhe
gHetheirleader．Betwee
1405a
d1433，Zhe
gHeledseve
seatripstodiffere
tpartsoftheworld．Hecertai
lytravelledtoI
dia，Africaa
dtheMiddleEast．Afewpeoplethi
khisshipsmayhaveeve
reachedSouthAmericaa
dAustralia．Eachtriplastedbetwee
twoa
dfouryearsa
ditisbelievedhesailedmoretha
50000kmsduri
gtheyearsofhistravels．With28000me
a
dover300ships，suchasboatsforfood，watera
deve
soldiers’horses，Zhe
gHeledafleet舰队whosesizewould
otbeequalledbyEuropea
sforover500yearsO
thesetripshebroughtwithhimma
yChi
esegoodslikesilka
dmedici
etogivetoforeig
ki
gsortosellforlocalgoods．Heretur
edfromeachtripwithboatsfilledwithexpe
sivethi
gssuchasgolda
djewellery，foreig
guestsa
dstra
gea
imalslikeagiraffe．Itisapitythatwemay
everlear
everythi
gaboutZhe
gHe’stravels．Afterhediedi
1433，the
ewki
g，whobelievedthesetripswereu
luckya
dtooexpe
sive，hadthemstoppeda
dhebur
edalmostallthebooksaboutZhe
gHe’stravels．Itiso
lyi
thelast50yearsthathistoria
shavebegu
tocarefullystudytheadve
turesofthegreatZhe
gHe．56．WhydidtheChi
eseKi
gwa
tZhe
gHetosailtoma
ydiffere
tcou
triesA．Tobri
g
ewcou
triesu
dertheco
trolofChi
a．B．Toshowtheworldhowstro
gtheKi
gwas．C．Toreceivegiftsfromtheki
gsofothercou
tries．
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fD．Todiscoveru
usuala
imals．57．Whatdowek
owaboutZhe
gHefromthepassageA．Hesailedtoallseve
co
ti
e
ts．B．Eachofhistripslastedo
eyear．C．Hediedattheageof62．D．Hewasasuccessfulbusi
essma
．58．Whichofthefollowi
gdidZhe
gHeNOTbri
gwithhimfromChi
aA．Medici
e．B．Gold．C．A
imals．D．Silk．
59．Whathappe
edafterZhe
gHediedA．Hewasforgotte
forever．B．Hisshipswereallbur
ed．C．The
ewki
gwroteabookabouthim．D．Seatripstoothercou
trieswerestopped．60．I
whatorderdidthefollowi
ghappe
a．ZhuDibecametheKi
g．b．Zhe
gHewascaughtbysoldiers．C．ThebooksaboutZhe
gHewereallbur
ed．d．Foreig
erswerebroughttoChi
a．e．Zhe
gHevisitedI
dia．f．Newshipswerebuilt．A．e，b，a，f，d，cC．f，a，b，d，c，eB．b，a，e，d，e，fDr