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.