Question

He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.

    But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.

    Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the

DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees: no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They've taken care of him for 90 years."

Adapted from People, November 25, 2002

The baby travelled on the Titanic with his___________.

     A. mother               B. parents          C. aunt       D. relatives

What is probably the boy's last name?

     A. Schleiferi           B. Eino.                C. Magda.          D. Panula.

Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5__.

       A.  1912              B. 1954            C. 2002            D. 2004

This text is mainly about  how______________.

     A. the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic

     B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia

     C. people found out who the unknown baby was

     D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】C

解析:

本篇讲述死于“泰坦尼克号”沉船事件的一名婴儿最终被认定身份的故事。

【小题1】从第二段第四句之后可知：这个婴儿叫Eina，它的母亲叫Maria Panula。Maria带着孩子们去与丈夫团聚。

【小题2】本题问孩子的姓氏（Last name），孩子的姓氏与父亲相同，在西方多数国家，妇女结婚后将姓氏改为夫姓，那么孩子也就与母亲婚后的姓氏相同，这个婴儿的母亲叫Maria Panula（即姓Panula），婴儿也就姓Panula。

【小题3】细节理解题，第一段提到1912年这个婴儿被埋葬。全文最后一句“They（the people of Halifax）have taken care of him for 90 years”可知：1912＋90=2002。

【小题4】归纳推理题，全文从婴儿被打捞、埋葬、亲属祭奠、科学检验，最终证明婴儿的身份，所以选C。