PHUKET, Thailand—— Narkis Koral, 23, and Oren Mesika, 24, had no sense of the terrible tsunami that hit Southeast Asia: They were having “a good time ”on the island of Koh Chang in Thailand and only learned of their present situation hours later, through friends who received phone calls from home.
Even though the pair, both from Arad, escaped the tsunami’ s anger, it did not change the fact that their parents were worried
“Our mothers worried a lot, ”says Koral. “They asked us to leave immediately and return to Israel. They offered to arrange flights, anything we wanted, just return. ”
Dana Kuchansky’ s father is also worried. Kuchansky, 28, and her partner were in Kofun, a small island hit hard by the tsunami. After a night spent on the top of the mountain in the center of the island, the two were taken for free to Bangkok, where they were expected to fly to Israel.
On the telephone, the worried father made sure his daughter received the replacement tickets lost in the tsunami 15 minutes later, he called her again, to remind her of the flight number.
Most of the Israelis visiting Thailand are young and on a limited budget. Their parents are used to having insufficient contact with their children. In most cases, this contact is when the phone call or the use of the Internet is cheap, even if the difference between "expensive" and "cheap" is less than 50 agorot, or cents.
In one case this past week, a mother called the mobile telephone of each of the six embassy（大使館）staff in Thailand, one after the other. The same duty officer answered all six.
The common reaction of both parents and children, once telephone contact was made, was sobbing with relief that the ordeal（嚴峻考驗）had left them unharmed.
小題1:According to the text, Narkis and Oren________.
| A．called their friends to tell them what had happened |
| B．had great fun even if they knew the tsunami had come |
| C．knew nothing about the tsunami until their friends rang them up |
| D．turned out calm in face of the tsunami |
小題2:Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
| A．Kuchansky and her partner had their tickets missing in the tsunami. |
| B．All the parents mentioned are worried about their children’ s safety. |
| C．Most embassy staff were too busy in their work to answer mobile phone calls. |
| D．The parents of the young Israelis don’ t have enough time to contact their kids. |
小題3:The underlined word “insufficient” in Paragraph 6 probably means________.
| A．unsuitable | B．not enough | C．unnecessary | D．irregular |
小題4: It can be inferred that ________.
| A．50 agorot is too little an amount for the ordinary Israelis |
| B．as an official in charge, the mother made so many calls |
| C．the writer may come from Israel rather than from some other country |
| D．all the young couples traveling in Thailand remained safe and sound |
產生于我們的理解不當，即misunderstanding，故選項B正確。
