The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire(開炮) into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship that had been floating since last year’s tsunami, sinking the ship into waters more than 305 meters deep in the Gulf of Alaska and removing the danger it created to shipping and the coastline on Thursday.
The cutter’s guns tore holes in the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru, and then it began to take on water and lean to one side. In about four hours, the ship disappeared into the sea, said Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow.
The ship had no lights or communications system, and its tank was able to carry more than 7,570 liters of diesel fuel. Officials, however, didn’t know exactly how much fuel was aboard.
“It’s less risky than it would be running into shore or running into other ships,” coast guard spokesman Paul Webb said.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency studied the problem and decided it was safer to sink the ship than let the fuel evaporate and pollute the sea environment.
Ryou-Un Maru was probably among the first wave of the 1.5 million tons of garbage of refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets heading toward North America since last March when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck Japan.
As the coast guard was ready to fire on the ship, a Canadian fishing ship, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters.
Plans to sink it were paused so the Canadian crew could have a chance to take the stricken ship. A Canadian official with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press that the Bernice C was unable to drag it.
Then the Canadian boat left, and once it was about 10 kilometers from the Japanese ship, the Coast Guard began to fire, first with 25 mm shells, then a few hours later with ammunition twice that size.
State officials have been working to test the danger of garbage including materials affected by a damaged nuclear power plant, to see if Alaska residents, seafood or wild animals could be affected.
小題1:Which of the following is NOT the reason for sinking the Japanese ship?
A．It had no lights or communications system.B．It might be washed up onto the shore.
C．It was a danger to other passing ships.D．The oil it carried could pollute the sea.
小題2:The plan to fire on the Japanese ghost ship was paused because ________.
A．the ghost ship was beyond the reach of the Coast Guard’s guns
B．the shells were not powerful enough to sink the ghost ship
C．state officials worried the ghost ship might give out radiation
D．a(chǎn) Canadian fishing boat wanted to save the ghost ship
小題3: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A．Japanese ghost ship arriving at USB．Tsunami garbage heading to US
C．Cannon fire sinking Japanese ghost shipD．Japanese ghost ship polluting the Pacific

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：本文敘述了一艘廢棄日本的ghost船被炮火擊沉，文中提到了擊沉的幾個(gè)原因，一是它可能會(huì)被沖到海岸帶來危險(xiǎn)。二是它對(duì)來往的船帶來危險(xiǎn)。三是它的燃料會(huì)給海洋帶來嚴(yán)重的污染。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It’s less risky than it would be running into shore or running into other ships和it was safer to sink the ship than let the fuel evaporate and pollute the sea environment.故選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)As the coast guard was ready to fire on the ship, a Canadian fishing ship, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters.一艘加拿大漁船想要救它，故選D。
小題3:標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire(開炮) into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship 故選C。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：標(biāo)題是文章中心思想的精煉表達(dá)，多為詞組或短語，涵蓋性強(qiáng)。做這類題目時(shí)，要在閱讀全文的基礎(chǔ)上，以文章話題為核心，通過比較選項(xiàng)的概括性或 覆蓋面，得出正確的標(biāo)題。正確標(biāo)題的歸納范圍要恰如其分，避免過于具體或斷章取義。錯(cuò)誤的干擾往往是局部信息，以事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)替代概括大意。
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