Question

【題目】 The world's oldest message in a bottle has been found on a beach in Western Australia.

A couple found the 134-year-old bottle. At first, Tonya, the wife, regarded it as rubbish. But she thought it was beautiful and might look good on the bookshelf. So she picked it up. Inside she found a piece of paper. The message dated back to 12 June 1886 and it was written in German. "We are really lucky. It won't get better than this," said Kym, the husband.

Some experts at the German Naval Observatory said the bottle had been thrown into the sea from the German ship Paula, as it crossed the Indian Ocean, 950 km from the Australian beach. At that time, German ships were doing a 69-years experiment (實(shí)驗(yàn)). To know more about ocean currents (洋流), thousands of bottles were thrown into the sea. In each bottle. there was a piece of paper with the ship's location, the date and the name of the ship. The previous (先前的) record for the oldest message in a bottle was 108 years.

【1】Where did the couple find the bottle?

A.In Germany.B.In America.C.In Australia.

【2】Why did Tonya pick up the bottle?

A.Because she knew it had a long history.

B.Because she thought it was beautiful.

C.Because she wanted to throw it away.

【3】Why did people in the German ships throw the bottles into the sea?

A.Because they wanted to know more about ocean currents.

B.Because they wanted to ask for help.

C.Because they wanted to play some jokes.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Kym and Tonya are ship experts.

B.Kym was worried after he got the bottle.

C.The bottle Tonya found was from the ship Paula.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

一對(duì)夫婦在澳大利亞西部的一片海灘上發(fā)現(xiàn)了世界上最古老的漂流瓶，這個(gè)瓶子是從德國(guó)保拉號(hào)上扔到海里的，那時(shí)德國(guó)的船從澳大利亞海岸穿過(guò)印度洋，進(jìn)行為期69年的試驗(yàn)，將數(shù)千個(gè)瓶子投入海中以追蹤洋流，他們的發(fā)現(xiàn)得到了德國(guó)海軍天文臺(tái)專(zhuān)家的證實(shí)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“The world's oldest message in a bottle has been found on a beach in Western Australia.”可知在澳大利亞西部的一片海灘上發(fā)現(xiàn)了世界上最古老的漂流瓶，故選C。

【2】題細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段“At first, Tonya, the wife, regarded it as rubbish. But she thought it was beautiful and might look good on the bookshelf. So she picked it up”可知托尼婭撿起瓶子是因?yàn)樗�覺(jué)得它很漂亮，可以擺放在書(shū)架上，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“At that time, German ships were doing a 69-years experiment. To know more about ocean currents, thousands of bottles were thrown into the sea”可知船上德國(guó)的人把瓶子扔進(jìn)海里因?yàn)樗麄兿敫�多地了解洋流，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“Some experts at the German Naval Observatory said the bottle had been thrown into the sea from the German ship Paula”可知托尼婭找到的瓶子是保拉號(hào)船上的，故選C。