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Two Thousand Miles Under the Sea/ Questions prepared by _徐英_ PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION (50%): A. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (25%)Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions from [1] to [25] 1. When did the monster become not a problem to be solved but an actual danger to be avoided? N A Chap.1(part I) [A]on March 5, 1867 [B]on July 23, 1866 [C]on July 20, 1866 2. When did the author arrange to sail to France? N A Chap.1 [A]at the beginning of May. [B]at the end of May. [C]in mid-May. 3. When did the monster appear before the ship Abraham Lincoln? N C Chap.2 [A]Nov. 4 [B]Nov. 2. [C]Nov. 5 4. What language did Conseil speak to the two men when the author and Ned failed to communicate to them in French and English? N B Chap.3 [A]Chinese [B]German [C]Japanese 5. What was the name of the submarine “monster”? N B Chap.3 [A]Nemo [B]Nautilus [C]Governor Higginson 6. How many books did the Captain keep on his book shelves? N C Chap.4 [A]6,000 [B]7,000 [C]12,000 7. When did Nemo begin to live a submarine existence? N A Chap.4 [A]probably in 1865 [B]probably in 1864 [C]probably in 1867 8. When was the island of Crespo discovered by the Captain Crespo? N A Chap.5 [A]in 1801 [B]in 1800 [C]in 1802 9. When did they begin their expedition to the bottom of the sea? N B Chap.5 [A]at noon [B]in the morning [C]in the afternoon 10. How many miles have we done from our starting-point in the Japanese seas? N A Chap.6 [A]11, 340 miles [B]11, 430 miles [C]11, 304 miles 11. When was Nautilus stranded? N A Chap.6 [A]in the afternoon [B]in the morning [C]at noon 12. Where was the man wounded? N C Chap.7 [A]his leg [B]his arm [C]his head 13. Who saved Captain Nemo’s life from the shark? N B Chap.1 (part II) [A]the author [B]Ned Land [C]Conseil 14. Which language did Captain Nemo write on the gold bars? N A Chap.2 [A]modern Greek [B]modern English [C]modern French 15. Who was most eager to leave Nautilus? N B Chap.3 [A]Conseil [B]Ned Land [C]the author 16. Wha