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A、To celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. B、To show respect for Queen Elizabeth. C、To honor his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbe
A、To celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. B、To show respect for Queen Elizabeth. C、To honor his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbe
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2009-08-19
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问题
England was the first country to compete with Spain for claims in the New World, although it was too weak to do this openly at first. But Queen Elizabeth of England supported such explorations as early as the fifteen seventies.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert led the first English settlement efforts but failed. Gilbert’s half brother Sir Walter Raleigh continued his work. Raleigh sent a number of ships to explore the east coast of North America. He called the land Virginia to honor England’s unmarried Queen Elizabeth.
In 1585 .about one-hundred men settled on Roanoke Island, off the coast of the present day state of North Carolina. These. settlers returned to England a year later. Another group went there the next year. This group included many women and children. But the supply ships Raleigh sent to the colony failed to arrive. When help got there in 1590, none of the settlers could be found.
History experts still are not sure what happened. Some research suggests that at least some of the settlers became part of the Indian tribe that lived iii the area.
One reason for the delay in getting supplies to Roanoke was the attack of the Spanish Navy against England in 1588. King Phillip of Spain had decided to invade England. But the small English ships combined with a fierce storm defeated the huge Spanish fleet. As a result, Spain was no longer able to block English exploration.
England discovered that supporting colonies so far away was extremely costly. So Queen Elizabeth took no more action to do this. It was not until after her death in 1603 that England began serious efforts to start colonies in America.
选项
A、To celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s birthday.
B、To show respect for Queen Elizabeth.
C、To honor his half brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
D、To make the name of land sound more beautiful.
答案
B
解析
Why did Sir Walter Raleigh call the land Virginia?
由选项预测可知,此题针对目的设问。由文章首句:England was the first country to compete with Spain for claims in the New World, although it was too weak to do this openly at first可知,此文叙述的是历史事件——英国船舰大败西斑牙的无敌舰队。由文章第二段可知,Sir Walter Raleigh派了船队去北美洲东梅岸探索,并把那块地方叫作Virginia为了honor England’s unmarried Queen Elizabeth,因此答案是B)。
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