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 rescue 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, 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, Maria 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 the 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 100 years."

1.The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.

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

2.What is probably the boy's last name?

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

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

A. 1912 B. 1954 C. 2012 D. 2004

4.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word recover?

A. uncover B. find C. bury D. gather

5.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 100 years

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：一个泰坦尼克号沉没后发现的小男孩，让哈利法克斯市的人们感动，成为了葬在那里的“他们的孩子”。然而真相却在今年浮出水面，小男孩的身世之谜是什么？

1.。由“According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Maria 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. ”可知他是和妈妈一起坐的船。故选A。

2.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.和 Maria 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.可知，男孩的名字叫Eino Panula，他姓Panula。故选D。

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考点：故事类阅读。