Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa of Italy. His father was a wool weaver. When he was in his twenties, he began to make merchant voyages. The farthest countries he (A) reached were Iceland and Guinea back then.
(B)在那时, 很多欧洲国家变得越来越强大。Their ships reached Africa and Asia. They got gold, silver, silk, tea and (C) __________things. Columbus wanted to make another way to China and India.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus left Spain and began his first voyage. After two months' (D) hard sailing, on October 12, (E) they got to an island in the Bahamas. On October 28, they reached Cuba. But a few days later, one of his ships left them. Fortunately, the ship that left rejoined them. They went back on March 15,1493. Although they didn't get to rich orient countries, they found a new place that nobody had gone to. Columbus thought it was India and called the islands the West Indies.
From 1492 (F) __________1504, he completed four voyages. He reached most of the cast of southern America and set up many colonies.
On May 20,1506, Columbus died because of disease.
