14．Greenwich （格林威治）is on the River，five miles from the middle of London，and its history is two thousand years old．The first English people were fishermen there，and they named the place Greenwich，meaning"green village"．Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places．
The name of the earliest palace was Placentia．Henry VIII lived there．He knew that England must be strong at sea．So he started two big ship-yards （船坞）at Greenwich．But trouble was coming to Greenwich．In 1649，a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king．The men who had worked for him at Placentia decided to live the place themselves．They sold all its beautiful things．Finally，the war ended and King Charles II came back．But Placentia was falling down．So King Charles built a new and bigger palace，which is now open to the public．
At this time，Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea：their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were．So in 1675，Charles made John Flamsteed，the first astronomer （天文学家）in England，try to find the answer．Flamsteed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park．From it with a telescope which he made himself，Flamsteed could look all round the sky．And he did，night after night，for twenty years．Carrying on Flamsteed's work a hundred years later，an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea，and helped sailors to know where they were．You can see Harrison's clock，still working，in Greenwich's museum of the sea．Because of Flamsteed's work，every country in the world now tells its time by Greenwich Time．
35．The first English people living in the"green village"wereC．
A．sailors B．King Charles and his family
C．fishermen D．The families of kings and queens
36．What kind of trouble came to Greenwich in 1649？D
A．Placentia was destroyed．B．King Henry died．
C．Ship-yards were built．D．A war started in England．
37．Charles made John Flamsteed try to findB．
A．how to build strong ships B．how to tell sailors'positions at sea
C．how to tell the exact time D．a place to set up a telescope
38．Who made the first clock which could tell the time at sea？A
A．Harrison B．Flamsteed C．Henry D．Charles．
分析 文章主要讲的是格林威治的历史．格林威治离伦敦市中心有五英里远，它有着两千年的历史．最初的英国人是生活在格林威治的渔民．现在，世界各地的时间都是依照格林威治时间制定的．
解答 35-38 CDBA
35．C．细节理解题．根据第一段中的"The first English people were fishermen there"，可知最初的英国人是生活在格林威治的渔民．故选C．
36．D．细节理解题．根据第二段中的"But trouble was coming to Greenwich．In 1649，a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king．"，可知1649年英国爆发了战争，这给格林威治带来了麻烦．故选D．
37．B．细节理解题．根据第三段中的"At this time，Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea：their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were．So in 1675，Charles made John Flamsteed，the first astronomer （天文学家）in England，try to find the answer．"，可知查尔斯二世让天文学家John Flamsteed找到在海上判断方位的方法，因为查尔斯的水手们在海上无法判断方位．故选B．
38．A．细节理解题．根据第三段中的"an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea"，可知Harrison制作了第一台航海钟，故选A．
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断
