Reading passages

300- From the passage, it can be inferred that it 
was King Alfred ------- .
A) who planned the growth of towns and villages 
in the Winchester region 
B) himself who had his statue set up in Winchester 
C) who wanted to make Winchester the capital of 
England 
D) who first had the idea of building a cathedral in 
the city 
E) who turned Winchester into a cultural and 
ecclesiastical centre 
George Vancouver was a famous naval explorer 
who served as a sailor on Captain Cook's second 
voyage round the world between 1772 and 1775 
and as a midshipman on his third voyage between 
1776 and 1780. He then saw service in the West 
Indies. In 1791 he was placed in charge of an 
expedition to the north-west coast of North 
America to seek for a passage to the interior of the 
continent which was rumoured to exist in those 
parts. On the outward voyage by the Cape of 
Good Hope, a portion of the south-west coastline 
of Australia was searched and Tasmania, New 
Zealand and Hawaii were visited. Vancouver 
spent about three years in carefully surveying the 
west coast of North America. He was the first to 
circumnavigate Vancouver Island, to which his 
name 
was 
given 
by 
the 
Spaniards 
to 
commemorate his achievement. The standard of 
his survey was exceptionally high and worthy of 
his old captain, James Cook and his voyage 
proved that the existence of a water-passage to the 
interior along these coasts was not true.
301- From the text it is understood that by the 
time George Vancouver was sent to explore the 
north-west coast of North America, ------- .
A) he had already had a basic knowledge of the 
area with Captain Cook 

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