Greenwich is on the River Thames.It is five miles from the middle of 21 .The first English people were fishermen there,22 they named the place Greenwich,meaning “green village”.Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful palaces.
The 23 of the earliest palace was Placentia.Henry VIII lived there .He knew that England must be 24 at sea.So he started two big shipyards at Greenwich,and for 350 25 the ships made there were the best in the world.
But trouble was coming to Greenwich.In 1649,a war 26 in England and a for eleven yesrs there was no king.The men who worked for him at Placentia 27 to live in the palace themselves.28 sold all its beautiful things and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money.29 ,the war ended and King Charles II came 30 .But Placentia was falling down.So King Charles II built a new and 31 palace,which is now open to the public.
At this time,Charles was 32 about losing so many of its ships at sea.So in 1675,Charles 33 John Flam Steed,the first astronomer in England,try to find the34 .Flam Steed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park.35 it,with a telescope which he made himself,Flam Steed could look all around the 36 .And he did night after night,for twenty years.Carrying on Flam Steed’s work a hundred years 37 ,an astronomer called Garrison finally made a 38which told the time at sea,and help 39 to know there they were .Because of Flam Steed’s work,every 40 in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time.
21．A．London B．Paris C．Berlin D．Brussels
22．A．because B．and C．but D．so
23．A．title B．shape C．name D．form
24．A．great B．helpful C． strong D．brave
25．A．months B．days C．weeks D．years
26．A．started B．found C．needed D．wanted
27．A．moved B．rushed C．hurried D．decided
28．A．He B．They C．We D．She
29．A．Unfortunately B．Finally C．Mainly D．Gladly
30．A．back B．out C．around D．along
31．A．smaller B．higher C．stronger D．bigger
32．A．interested B．worried C．excited D．puzzled
33．A．got B．helped C．made D．forced
34．A．key B．answer C．question D．problem
35．A．From B．On C．at D．over
36．A．sea B．palace C．park D．sky
37．A．ago B．later C．before D．after
38．A．clock B．computer C．compass D．beacon
39．A．drivers B．workers C．sailors D．farmers
40．A．watch B．country C．ship D．scientist