A. SEQUENCE B. SYSTEM C. PROGRESSION D. SUCCESSION QUESTION 7....

10. A. sequence

B. system

C. progression

D. succession

Question 7. Read the text below and then choose the best answer. ( 5 points)

Piracy began before the days of the Roman Empire when captured sailors and passengers were sold as

slaves. Around the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries, piracy became legitimized when famous English

buccaneers were licensed by the government to attack Spanish fleets and merchant ships while Spain and

England were not at war. The hiring of pirates caught on because the governments had difficulty protecting

their ships and citizens from foreign pirates. In 1668, Sir Henry Morgan, one of the best known captains of a

conglomeration of pirate ships, practically declared a war on Jamaica. His lootings of Porto Bello, the Cuban

coast, Maracaibo, and Panama earned him his title and the post of lieutenant governor of Jamaica. Numerous

legends associated with his marine and coastal conquests have remained as part of the folklore both in England

and in the Caribbean.

One of the most

brutal

pirates was Edward Teach, nicknamed “Blackbeard” for his long, thick beard,

which he tied back over his ears with a ribbon. After the war between England and Spain ended and his services

were no longer needed, he turned to piracy and terrorized the Virginia and Carolina coasts. In 1713, Teach lost

a marine battle between his ships and the Virginia fleet and was never heard from again.

Piracy vanished gradually with the onset of steam-powered seaboats that were too fast and too well equipped

for a pirate frigate to overtake. The last strongholds of piracy were Pacific islands and coastal havens where

boats with long galleys rowed by slaves engaged in plundering villages and capturing prisoners. British and

Dutch navy patrols finally did away with these enclaves in 1863. However, till this day, piracy can be a profitable

endeavor in remote parts of the world.