問題詳情

Ferdinand Magellan was born in Sabrosa, Portugal, to a family of minor Portuguese nobility. At age 12 Ferdinand Magellan and his brother Diogo traveled to Lisbon to serve as pages at Queen Leonora’s court. While at the court Magellan (26) stories of the great Portuguese and Spanish rivalry for sea exploration and dominance over the spice trade in the East Indies, especially the Spice Islands, or Moluccas, in modern Indonesia. Intrigued by the promise of fame and riches, Magellan developed an interest (27) maritime discovery in those early years.In 1505, Magellan and his brother were assigned to a Portuguese fleet headed for India. Over the next seven years, Magellan (28) in several expeditions in India and Africa and was wounded in several battles. In 1513 he joined the enormous 500-ship, 15,000-soldier force sent by King Manuel to Morocco to challenge the Moroccan governor (29) to pay its yearly tribute to the Portuguese empire. The Portuguese easily overwhelmed the Moroccan forces, and Magellan stayed on in Morocco. While there he was seriously wounded in a skirmish (30) him with a limp for the rest of his life.
26.
(A) exposed to
(B) was exposed to
(C) expose to
(D) exposing to

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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