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四、阅读短文，从短文后所给的七个选项中选出五个能填入空白处的最佳选项
They say that “travel is the best teacher” and there is no better example of this idea than the Ming Dynasty travel writer and geographer Xu Xiake (1587–1641). His book, The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake, not only encourages a love of travelling among Chinese people, but provides important scientific information about the country's land and geography.
Born into a wealthy Jiangyin family, Xu became interested in books about different places at an early age and wanted to travel. 1 He then was responsible for the family farm and taking care of his 60-year-old mother as the tradition required.
2 Understanding her son's love of travelling and valuing the knowledge he could get from such experiences, this modern-thinking woman refused to keep her son at home. She agreed that Xu could travel for three months every year, when there was less farm work.
So at the age of 20 and with his mother's support, Xu set off for the first time, leaving behind not only his mother but his new wife as well. 3 During this time, he travelled throughout the Ming kingdom, carefully studying the lands he passed through and recording his experiences and many discoveries in a diary. This diary, which once had over 600,000 words, would eventually become The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake.
4 This way he could research the environment in detail and get a true picture of the natural world. Many of his trips were to hard-to-reach mountain areas, and through wild forests where few people lived. His willingness to face hardships came at a cost, however. Progress was slow and tiring and he was frequently sick, robbed and beaten during his journeys.
Sadly, Xu became seriously ill during his last and longest journey, a four-year trip through the south-west of China. 5 When his diary was finally printed years after his death, much of it had been destroyed or lost. Although incomplete, it still made Xu a travelling legend (传奇) around the world.

A. But his mother had different ideas.
B. Although rich, Xu avoided comfortable travel, preferring to go almost everywhere on foot.
C. The journey was short but difficult.
D. When he was 18, however, Xu's father died and so, it seemed impossible for his travelling dreams.
E. He would repeat this goodbye each year for most of the next 30 years.
F. Xu was asked by the emperor to collect information about wild animals.
G. He died in 1641, soon after returning to his hometown for the last time.
1. D
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. G

答案： 1.D 2.A 3.E 4.B 5.G