牛津译林版（2019）选择性必修三高中英语 Unit 3 Back to the past 同步课时作业

In early November of 1503, during Christopher Columbus's fourth and final trip to America, his ship was seriously damaged in a storm. Columbus and his men had to live on a small island for several months while they tried to repair their ship and return to Spain.

At first, the local people on the island were very kind to the European visitors, giving them all the food and clothes they needed to survive. However, as months passed, the local people became more and more unhappy with their guests, who were tricking and stealing from them. Finally the locals decided to stop helping. Without food or any way to leave the island, Columbus's group was soon in serious trouble.

Luckily for Columbus, he had a book about the stars and planets on his ship. It described the movements of all the objects in the night sky. The book, written by a well-known German scientist, said there would be a total lunar eclipse(月全食) on the evening of February 29, 1504 and how long it would last.

Columbus worked out the difference in time between Germany and North America. He then had a meeting with the local leaders just before the eclipse would take place. In this meeting, Columbus told them his god was angry because the local people were no longer giving food. So his god would take away the moon to punish them. The moment Columbus finished talking, just as he had planned, the moon began disappearing.

The local leaders grew panicked and quickly agreed to provide Columbus with food and anything else he wanted. But first, Columbus's god had to return the moon. Columbus told them he would have to discuss the idea with his god on his ship. Knowing the moon would stay completely hidden for about 48 minutes, Columbus returned just before the moon began to reappear. From that day on, until they finally left, Columbus and his men no longer had any trouble getting the food they needed.

The story I'm going to tell you happened two years ago when I was in high school in Poland. I came to school early on a sunny day,1I felt that there was something wrong. Students of my class were behaving2.

  I noticed that Tom was absent from school that day. Later, I3what happened. Tom had got sick and had lung cancer, a very serious disease. It was4for my friends and me. I couldn't believe that this had happened to him. He was so5and he was good at sports.

  Anyhow he had lung cancer, so he had to have a(n)6. It was successful. After that, he returned to school and felt very good. Twice a month he went back to the7for medical examinations just to make sure that everything was going well.

One day, the doctors noticed that the cancer had8to his brain. When I heard this 9, I felt like bursting into tears, "Why does this happen to him? It is not10. "

A lot of my friends11their faith and hope, and they even thought that there was no12for him to live, but they were wrong. Tom was eager to live, and he said: "No way, I'm not going to13. I will fight!"

The doctors performed another operation on his brain. The operation14well and now he feels great and everything is fine. From Tom's15, I learned that whatever happens in our lives, we can't give up or lose heart.