# PTE Listening MCM #9: Captain Cook's Voyages and...

Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers #9 - Level 3 - Feeds Listening

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Which of the following are presented in the text as being among Cook's major achievements?

- He was able to achieve great things, despite little formal education.
- He improved the health of seamen through diet and hygiene.
- He initiated extensive contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Pacific.
- He undertook an apprenticeship at Whitby.
- He surveyed the coast of Newfoundland as a member of the Royal Navy.

## Answer

- He improved the health of seamen through diet and hygiene.
- He initiated extensive contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Pacific.

## Explanation

The correct choices highlight the explorer's lasting impact on maritime welfare and global cultural exchange, which are explicitly framed as significant outcomes of his work.

## Hints

- Focus on the long-term consequences of the voyages rather than the explorer's personal history.
- Look for mentions of crew well-being and the significance of meeting new populations.

## Transcript

Cook, as some of you might already know, was the son of a Yorkshire agricultural labourer, but what you might not know is that he had little formal education. After an apprenticeship to a firm of ship owners at Whitby, he joined, in 1755, the Royal Navy, and surveyed the St Lawrence Channel and the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1768, Cook was then given command of the Endeavour and sailed on an expedition to chart the transit of Venus. He returned to England in 1771, having also circumnavigated the globe and explored the coasts of New Zealand, which he accurately charted for the first time, and East Australia. Cook next commanded an expedition to the South Pacific of two ships, the Resolution and the Adventure. On this voyage, he disproved the rumour of a great southern continent, explored the Antarctic Ocean and the New Hebrides, visited New Caledonia. Cook's introduction of the observance of strict diet and hygiene prevented scurvy, which had been the scourge of long voyages in this era of exploration. It was one of the seminal turning points in seamen's health and welfare. His other key claim is that he was one of the first Europeans to make extensive contact with a wide variety of indigenous peoples.

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