11.In April 2014,the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea.It had spent 101years lost in the ocean!The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.
A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel,Germany.He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net.Then he noticed something inside.
The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps,dated May 17,1913.Although dampness had made most of the writing hard to read out,the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin.It even contained two stamps to pay for postage.
From the address,researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard Platz,who was 20years old when he wrote the message.While he was hiking on the Baltic Sea coast with a nature appreciation group,he threw the bottle into the sea.Then the researchers began a search for any living relatives of his.Sure enough,they were able to find his 62-year-old granddaughter,Angela Erdmann,who still lives in Berlin.
"It was almost unbelievable,"Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message."That was a pretty moving moment.Tears rolled down my face."
Erdmann never knew her grandfather,who died in 1946,but she said that the discovery of the bottle had made her want to learn more about him.
The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg until May 1st.After that,the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message.
Previously,the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98years at the sea and was discovered in April 2012,according to Guinness World Records.
1.When Konrad Fischer picked up the bottle from the sea,D.
A.he thought it would bring him good luck
B.he noticed the postcard inside immediately
C.he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle
D.he wanted to throw it into the sea at first
2.Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea?B
A.He expected his granddaughter could find the postcard.
B.He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.
C.He believed his postcard would be kept secret at the sea forever.
D.He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.
3.What can be the best title for this passage?C
A.The finding of the floating bottle at the sea.
B.A one-century-old letter to a granddaughter.
C.The world's oldest message in a floating bottle.
D.The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle.
分析 本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道.主要是對(duì)最古老的瓶中信被發(fā)現(xiàn)這一事件的時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、經(jīng)過以及后續(xù)發(fā)展的描述.
解答 1.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的"…h(huán)e nearly threw the bottle back into the water…"可知,Konrad Fischer原本打算把瓶子扔掉.故選D.
2.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段"…the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return…"可知,他希望找到的人可以把明信片寄給家里.故選B.
3.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文可知,文章主要敘述了漂流瓶中的信息,故選C.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道類閱讀,題目涉及多道主旨大意題,細(xì)節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題.做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測(cè).