首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What did Selous want to be when he was young?
What did Selous want to be when he was young?
admin
2014-06-20
71
问题
What did Selous want to be when he was young?
W: Thank you for joining out talk about Mr. Frederick Selous. What was his background?
M: Frederick Selous was born in 1851 to a London Stock Exchange official and a poet who loved adventure. From the early age, he had a fascination with David Livingstone, the great British explorer, who had made his name exploring Lualaba river in Southern Africa. At the age of 9, he was said to have been found sleeping in the nightshirt on the floor of his boarding school, Rugby, and when asked what he was doing there, he replied, "One day, I’m going to be a hunter in Africa, and I’m just hardening myself to sleep on the ground". Selous first visited Southern Africa in 1871 and then spent the next twenty years exploring and hunting between Transvaal and Cango Basin.
W: Why is he famous?
M: As one of the few white men, the travel in the Africa interior at the time, Selous was instrumental in opening up Southern Africa for Ceil Rhodes and British, negotiating with many of the great indigenous leaders. He documented the progress of gold industry of Zimbabwe and invited US president Theodore Roosevelt on the hunting expedition. That was to effectively kick-start these foreign industries for travelers who want to follow in Roosevelt’s foot steps.
W: What did he contribute to geography as a discipline?
M: Selous was a typical example of the Victorian image of a great white hunter. However, he was also an enthusiastic naturalist and conservationist at the time when such interests were considered unfashionable. While his fellow hunters rested during the afternoon heat, Selous would be out with a net catching butterflies and taking detailed notes. His precise observations provided a valuable, historical record. And today, the British Museum houses hundreds of specimens.
选项
A、His notes.
B、His diaries.
C、His collection.
D、His records.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/r5Xd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Answerquestionsbyreferringtotheintroductionof3languageinstitutionsinAmerica.Note:Whenmorethanoneansweris
Peoplewhoareextremelycarefuland"finishwhattheystart"mayhaveareducedriskofdevelopingAlzheimer’sdisease,accordi
Dr.WilsonandMr.Wanghavemetbefore.
WhyisthequestionoftradeunionpowerimportantinBritain?Whatbasicproblemsarewetoldmosttradeunionsface?
WhyisthequestionoftradeunionpowerimportantinBritain?Becauseoftheirout-of-dateorganizationsomeunionsfinditdi
Whatdoboththeoriesassumetobetrue?Whatisthebasicdifferencebetweenthetwoclassesoftheories?
ProfessorWangwentonalecturetourtoEdinburgh.
Iamextremelyimportant.Soimportantthatallkindsofpeoplemightneedtocommunicatewithme24hoursaday.Merephonecal
WhatdidSelouswanttobewhenhewasyoung?
WhatdidSelouswanttobewhenhewasyoung?
随机试题
对颅内肿瘤的描述正确的是
为了保证设计指导思想连续地贯彻于设计的各个阶段,一般不单独进行( )招标,由中标的设计单位承担该任务。
根据劳动合同法律制度的规定,下列关于无效劳动合同法律后果的表述中,不正确的是()。
在社会服务机构中,以没有钱作为出发点,根据机构在来年的实际需要而作出预算的是()财务预算方法。
求助者一般资料:某女,24岁,由父母陪同前来进行心理咨询,独生女。父母叙述:女儿整天上网到很晚,经常与家长吵架,脾气很暴躁。咨询师了解到的资料:求助者长得白净、漂亮,衣着得体,她自诉自己主要是情绪低落,后悔上学的时候学习不用心,只读了一
对小班幼儿进行常规教育时,下列哪一种语言描述最合适()
下列属于市场机制构成要素的是()。
ThereasonswhywomenbossareunpopularincludeallofthefollowingEXCEPTthatpeoplethink______.
Breakfastisthefirst______oftheday.
Mostpeoplecanrememberatimeintheirliveswhentheylearnedsomethingalmostbyaccident,thatis,withoutconsciously(有意识地
最新回复
(
0
)