题目内容
The story of the Mary Celeste is a very famous unsolved mystery. The story is about a sailing ship called the Mary Celeste and the strange disappearance of all the people on board the ship.
The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy. It was carrying a cargo (货物) of 1,700 barrels of American alcohol which was worth 35,000 dollars. There were 10 people on board the ship: the captain, Briggs, his wife, Sarah, their two-year-old daughter, and seven crewmen. Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.
The mystery begins on 15th November, 1872. The Mary Celeste was between the Azores and the coast of Portugal when it was seen by the captain of another ship, Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor. There were no distress (求救) signals from the Mary Celeste and no reply when Morehouse tried to make contact, so he decided to take a small boat and climb on board the Mary Celeste. There was nobody on board!
There didn’t seem to be much wrong with the ship: it was not in danger of sinking, so there was no need for panic. However, the ship’s register and other paperwork were missing; the navigation instruments were missing; and everything on the ship, including the captain’s bed, was wet through. Another important fact is that there were no boats on board. And a strange fact is that when the cargo was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels of alcohol were missing. Can we find an explanation which fits all the known facts?
Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked. But why did they think it was sinking? It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic. The crew might have climbed into the boat and tied the boat to the main ship while they checked if the ship really was sinking. Perhaps a storm broke the rope and left them all in a small boat on stormy seas.
It seems that 92 now, but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions, and the only limit to these solutions will be the human imagination!
1.Which place did the Mary Celeste leave for?
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2.What do you know about Briggs besides having a family of three people?
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3.How did Morehouse feel when he saw the Mary Celeste was out of control?
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4.Why did Morehouse guess that the crew panicked at that time?
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5.What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?
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6.Where do you think all the people on the ship might go? Show your possible reason(s)!
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1.(For) the port of Genoa in Italy. 2.(He was) a good (famous) captain (sailor) and a religious man. 3.Worried and surprised. 4.Because the boat might sink./ The cargo alcohol might explode. ...
步步高达标卷系列答案EXCITING stories are everywhere in animation movies. Little villages, wild jungles and a faraway island…Get ready for trips to these places in some new films | ||
Name | Release date | Introduction |
Kung Fu Panda 3 | Jan 29 2018 In China | The chubby Panda Po is back! In the new movie Kung Fu Panda 3, Po finds the Secret Panda Village, and meets many other pandas. But not all is well. A new enemy Kai comes. He wants to beat all the kung fu masters around China and take away their power. Po has to stop him. He tries to teach kung fu to other pandas, and they try to save China. |
The Jungle Book | April 15 2018 In the US | This is a story about finding one's human nature while living in the wild. The boy Mowgli grows up with a family of wolves in the jungle. A tiger thinks humans are bad because they hurt him once. As a human, Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome there and decides to leave. The boy starts his trip of self-discovery in the jungle |
The Angry Birds Movie | May 20 2018 In the US | If you played the mobile phone game Angry Birds, you must remember those colorful little birds with angry faces. But why on earth are they so angry? That's the story The Angry Birds Movie wants to tell The birds live on an island far away from the rest of the world and they know nothing of the outside world. One day, the island meets its first visitors-the green Pigs. They are up to something. See how the conflict between the birds and the green pigs began in the 3-D animated movie |
1.The underlined word "animation" can be replaced by ___________.
A. play B. cartoon C. war D. opera
2.In order to destroy Kai's plan, Po tries to_____________.
A. find his father Li Shan for help
B. come to China to learn Kung Fu
C. go to his birth place to find villagers for help
D. teach villagers Kung Fu to fight against him
3.Why does Mowgli decide to leave in The Jungle Book at last? Because_____________.
A. he doesn't find humans' nature
B. he wants to start his trip of self-discovery
C. animals don't want to accept him any more
D. he likes living with wolves to find human's nature
4.From The Angry Birds Movie we can guess that__________.
A. living on an island far away from the rest of the world may be very boring
B. people who play the mobile phone game will remember the birds' angry face
C. the first visitors and the birds are up to something
D. the birds might not get along well with the pigs in the following story
5.The information most probably comes from____________.
A. a fiction B. a newspaper C. a note D. a book
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.B 【解析】这是三个卡通电影的上映时间以及简介。 1.根据这三卡通电影；可知是卡通的意思；故选B 2.根据Po has to stop him. He tries to teach kung fu to other pandas, and they try to save China.可知教村民功夫来对抗Kai；故选D ...