【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 tion, Oliver Pitt had to appear in court. He was accused （指控） of knowingly making a false statement of the value of a picture so as to cheat the Customs Department.Pitt was not happy, “I told the truth as I knew then,” he said. “What else could I say?”And then the judge agreed with him. “The Customs Department is responsible (to blame),” he said, “for making a true valuation of goods brought into the country, so that the correct amount of duty may be charged. Mr. Pitt did not cause or try to cause the mistake that was made. He paid the duty that was demanded. If, now, the Customs Department finds that its valuation was not correct, it cannot be allowed to have another try. Pitt is not guilty(有罪).”40. When Oliver Pitt bought the picture____A. it was unframed B. Maveleone signed the dealC. he suggested that it was valuableD. it was the frame the attracted him.41. Pitt met the customs officer ____where the officer was employed to ____.A. at the railway station or airport: examine people’s baggageB. at the airport or port。 examine people’s baggage.C. at the bus stop or port。 help people enter the USA.D. at the airport or port。 help people enter The USA.42. From the passage we can infer that if Maveleon had been a wellknown artist____A. the painting would have cost much more than $ 140B. he wouldn’t have sold his painting at such a low price.C. the customs officer would have valued the painting at $140 or less.D. Pitt wouldn’t have had the intention to buy any of his paintings.43. Pitt took off the frame in order to____A. look for the artist’s signatureB. find the painting’s true valueC. use it for his wife’s photographD. clean the painting to put it up for sale44. Which of the following statements is true to the story? In the end____A. Pitt was asked to pay the correct amount of dutyB. Pitt sold the frame of the painting at an even higher priceC. the Customs Department had no right to revalue the painting.D. Pitt’s wife was regarded as an expert because of her wise suggestionC The modern sailing ship was developed by a man who never went to sea. He was Prince Henry of Portugal, the younger son of the Portuguese King and an English princess. Prince Henry lived in the fifteenth century. As a boy he became devoted to the sea, and he dedicated himself to improving the design of ships and the methods of sailing them. In 1416, when he was twentytwo, Henry founded a school for mariners, to which he invited everyone who could help himJewish astronomers, Italian and Spanish sailors, and Arab mathematicians and map makers who know how to use the crude pass of the day and could improve it.Henry’s goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to keep close to the shore. The caravel (多桅小帆船) ， which he helped design, carried more sails and was longer and slimmer than any ship then made, yet was tough enough to stand up against gales at sea. He also developed the carrack (寬身帆船), which was a slower ship, but one that was capable of carrying more cargo.The world woes credit to Prince Henry for the development of the craft that made oceanic exploration possible. He lives in history as Henry the Navigator.45. Prince Henry started his school for the purpose of _____________. A. helping mariners B. improving ship design and sailing methods C. studying astronomy and mathematics D. improving his own skill as a sailor46. The teacher in Prince Henry’s school seem to have been __________. A members of the royal family B. astronomers, sailors and map makers C. shipbuilders D. All of the above47. Prince Henry’s goal was to design vessels that could ________________________.A. make longer deepsea voyages B. travel faster t