Question

  In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean,preparing for the worst,adventurer Peter Seiter wrote a farewell note to his family,put it in a wine bottle and threw it overboard. With a sense of bad feeling he wrote, " The ocean has a personality of its own. The place can be such a peaceful en?vironment to be in,yet it can be frightfully violent. I've experienced both."

  "I included my geographical coordinates (地理坐标) so if anything happened to me,they'd know my last place when I threw the bottle into the ocean”，says Peter. He also included some money with his message,asking whoever found it to use the money to post the letter to his family.

  Seventeen days later he reached his destination,having survived the dangerous seas. But he never thought that his message in a bottle could be found on shore,11 years later！

  Recently,American woman Katherine and a friend came across the bottle on a deserted beach in the Bahamas. Alongside it they found a life jacket. Assuming the worst,they broke the bottle open and spent 24 hours drying it out so they could read an adventurer's story and write to his family like he had requested.

  "I couldn't believe it―that after all these years my bottle turned up with its contents still undamaged," Peter said. Overjoyed,he wrote to the pair,saying he was alive and living in Australia with his wife and kids.

  Katherine posted him his letter,money and some broken glass from his bottle,placed in a tiny box as a special souvenir. The special souvenir now shares pride of place among photos of Peter's Atlantic voyage. "I can't express what this old letter means to me," Peter says, "It gives me a sense of hope and belief. It's something special to share with my children as they grow up."

(   ) 1. Why did Peter have the idea of a message bottle?

   A. He missed his family very much.

   B. He regretted running a risk on the ocean.

   C. He felt he might lose his life on the voyage.

   D. He hoped to share his experience with others.

(   ) 2. As for the survival of the message bottle,Peter         .

   A. gave up hope of finding it

   B. mentioned it in a novel

   C. did much research on it

   D. felt very certain about it

(   ) 3. Which of the following is true dbout the message bottle?

   A. Certain pieces of glass could be found in it.

   B. It had ever contained Peter's favorite wine.

   C. It was marked with a map of geographical coordinates.

   D. Perhaps there was water in it when Katherine found it.

(   ) 4. From the passage we can infer that         .

   A. it took Peter 17 days to finish his voyage

   B. in a way,Katherine is a very careful person

   C. without the life jacket,the bottle couldn't survive at all

   D. it was the first time Peter had traveled on the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 1

1-4   CADB      

A篇：本文是一篇趣闻——冒险家Peter Seiter惊喜地收到了他十多年前丢在大西洋上的漂流瓶。

1. C细节理解题。根据第一段"Peter Seiter wrote a farewell note to his family…"及"With a sense of bad feeling he wrote…"可知,皮特预感到他可能会有生命危险，因此他给家人写了一封告别信。

2. A细节理解题。根据第三段"But he never thought that his message in a bottle could be found on shore,11 years later!”可知，皮特没有想到这个漂流瓶能够(幸存下来并) 被找到。

3. D细节理解题。根据第四段"...spent 24 hours drying it out..."可知，漂流瓶被发现时瓶里可能有水。

4. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段"Katherine posted him his letter,money and some broken glass from his bottle,placed in a tiny box as a special souvenir."可以看出，凯瑟琳是一个细心的人。