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40. The first English pilgrims landed on the new continent...
A) hoping to find refuge from religious pursuit.
B) to establish friendly relations with aboriginals.
C) to grow crops and hunt in the forests.
D) hoping to find gold.
41. Most of the pilgrims couldn’t survive the first winter because...
A) they shared their food with Indians.
B) they didn’t have enough popcorn.
C) the Indians didn't teach them how to survive.
D) they couldn't grow many crops.


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Read the text. Then choose the correct answer to
question 1-3.
In the past, before technology was used to monitor the
weather accurately, people looked at the skies, watched how animals and plants behaved, and relied on signs and superstitions to forecast the weather Indeed, some people still believe that, when cows lie down or a cat sneezes, it is going to rain Nowadays, scientist who study the weather, called meteorologists, use many different methods to make their forecasts Satellites monitor our weather and send information to computers at special processing stations. On the ground, weather stations all over the world record wind speeds and directions, temperature, clouds and pressure.
1. It is clear from the passage that reasonably accurate weather forecasting ....
A) does not require much technological assistance
B) in just one stage in an effort to control the climate
C) is now available worldwide.
D) is of little importance to most people in the world