Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探險(xiǎn)者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(艦隊(duì)). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men. When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

1.Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

2.Captain Cook was born in Canada.

3.He was an explorer before he worked on ships.

4.He took new plants to the Pacific islands.

5.He made three trips to the Pacific.

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