高普考/三四等/高員級◆英文題庫下載題庫

        While the merchants of Europe were looking for a sea route to India and the Far East, the admiral Cheng Ho set out from China to travel west. He took with him a huge   47   that included 62 treasure ships and 250 smaller vessels. He made seven journeys across the China Sea and the Indian Ocean, visiting thirty countries and gathering information about   48  . Their vessels carried up to 30,000 people, including doctors, translators, merchants, craftspeople, and priests. The ships stayed at sea for months   49  . On his seventh voyage, Cheng Ho’s ships sailed a distance of over 12,600 miles. In the journeys, they knew more about keeping healthy at sea than the Europeans did. Cheng Ho’s   50   grew vegetables on board, and doctors looked after the sick. Nevertheless, the journeys were full of hazards, and many people did not survive them.