Question

【题目】 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 (实验). 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】

一对夫妇在澳大利亚西部的一片海滩上发现了世界上最古老的漂流瓶，这个瓶子是从德国保拉号上扔到海里的，那时德国的船从澳大利亚海岸穿过印度洋，进行为期69年的试验，将数千个瓶子投入海中以追踪洋流，他们的发现得到了德国海军天文台专家的证实。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“The world's oldest message in a bottle has been found on a beach in Western Australia.”可知在澳大利亚西部的一片海滩上发现了世界上最古老的漂流瓶，故选C。

【2】题细节理解。根据第二段“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”可知托尼娅捡起瓶子是因为她觉得它很漂亮，可以摆放在书架上，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段“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”可知船上德国的人把瓶子扔进海里因为他们想更多地了解洋流，故选A。

【4】推理判断题。根据第三段“Some experts at the German Naval Observatory said the bottle had been thrown into the sea from the German ship Paula”可知托尼娅找到的瓶子是保拉号船上的，故选C。