Question

Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS told them they could drive from the mainland to an island, failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between.

As they drove their hired car from Moreton Bay in Queensland to nearby North Stradbroke Island, they started to notice the firm gravel（沙石）surface they were driving on giving way to the renowned bay mud．However, being confident that their GPS would direct them to a road soon, they decided to plough on, managing to travel around 500 metres before their Hyundai Getz（现代汽车）was up to its axles tires in mud．To make matters worse, the tide started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle．Just four hours later the car was trapped in two metres of water —— to the great amusement of onlookers on the shore and passengers on passing boats and ferries.

Yuzu Noda, 21, said she was listening to the GPS and “it told us we could drive down there．It kept saying it would navigate us to a road．But we got stuck…there’s lots of mud.” She and her travel companions Tomonari Saeki, 22, and Keita Osada, 21, instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck（吊车）driver who was called to the trapped car．No such luck for the hired car though – after assessing the situation, no attempt was made to recover it．The students from Tokyo, who are due to return home tomorrow, said the experience would not put them off returning to Australia for another visit．“We want to come back to Australia again．Everyone is very nice, even today.” Ms Yuzu said.

Remaining excited, Mr. Tomonari joked that the car may have got stuck because it was built in Korea．“Maybe if it was Japanese it would be okay,” he said．He added, “It has rained every day on our six day holiday．Hopefully next time we come back it will be sunny.” The car was covered by insurance, but the tourists will have to pay up to about $1500 in extra charges.

1.The three Japanese tourists got stuck because ______.

A．there was no way to the island

B．their GPS was broken during their journey

C．their GPS had given the wrong information

D．their car was made in Korea instead of Japan

2.They didn’t abandon their car until ______.

A．there came the tide

B．they got stuck in the mud

C．some onlookers went to save them

D．they managed to travel around 500 metres

3.How did these Japanese students get back?

A．They had to walk back to their living place.

B．They had to repair their GPS and drove back.

C．They had to take a lift from the tow truck driver.

D．They had to turn to passengers on passing boats and ferries.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．The car was left where it was trapped.

B．The passengers saved these students in the end.

C．Mr. Tomonari got very frustrated after the journey.

D．The car was covered by insurance so they didn’t have to pay any money.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述三位到澳大利亚旅游的日本游客由于汽车GPS的错误报告，使得车陷入了泥泞里，后由于涨潮，他们不得不遗弃车去寻求帮助，最后车未能救出，虽然有这个不幸的遭遇，但三位仍希望能再次来澳大利亚旅游的故事。

1.Three Japanese tourists taking a holiday in Australia got stuck when their GPS told them they could drive from the mainland to an island, failing to mention the 15 kilometres of water and mud in between.三位在澳大利亚旅行的日本游客被困住了当他们的GPS告诉他们能从大陆开往一个岛屿，但没有提及中间的15千米的水域和泥。可知三位游客的被困主要是由于GPS给出了错误的信息。故选C

2.To make matters worse, the tide started to come in and soon forced them to seek help and abandon the vehicle更糟的是，涨潮了不久就迫使他们去寻求帮助并遗弃了汽车，可知直到涨潮了他们才遗弃了汽车，故选A

3.instead had to give up their plans for a day trip to the island and headed back to the Gold Coast of a lift from the RACQ tow truck（吊车）driver不得不放弃他们的岛屿旅行计划，回到黄金海岸搭乘吊车司机的便车，故选C

4.No such luck for the hired car though – after assessing the situation, no attempt was made to recover it．然而租的车就没这么幸运了，在环境评估后，无法使车复原了，可知车无法弄出来只能留在被陷进去的地方，故选A

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