【題目】On June 2, 1886, a German threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean. Around 132 years later in January, the bottle was _________ on the Australian coast, making it the oldest-known message in a bottle in the world.

The bottle was thrown into the water to study ocean currents(洋流). But throwing messages in bottles into the ocean is not just for ________. People send out such messages for many reasons. Some people write information about themselves in ___________ of finding a pen friend. _________ write down secrets, hoping that waves will____________ those secrets. And still other people just write down some jokes, songs or anything else they think might be ___________.

The reasons and ways might be different, but the __________ is always the same: to reach out and try to connect __________ someone. This kind of shared feeling might be __________ this tradition has remained popular for so long. In 1989, the British band The Police wrote a song called Message in A Bottle that described this ___________: A hundred billion bottles washed up on the beach. “Seems I’m not alone at being alone,” the singer said.

1A. sold B. showed C. found D. made

2A. scientists B. tourists C. friends D. families

3A. fears B. hopes C. worries D. cares

4A. Another B. Other C. All D. Others

5A. put off B. wash away C. pick up D. call at

6A. fun B. dangerous C. terrible D. boring

7A. price B. speed C. plan D. goal

8A. with B. by C. into D. on

9A. what B. why C. how D. when

10A. result B. feeling C. situation D. accident

【答案】

1C

2A

3B

4D

5B

6A

7D

8A

9B

10C

【解析】本文介紹了漂流瓶很受歡迎的原因以及漂流瓶的類型。

1C

考查動(dòng)詞及語境的理解。A. sold出售; B. showed展示; C. found 找到; D. made制作;句意:在大約132年后的一月份,那個(gè)瓶子在澳大利亞海岸被找到。根據(jù) a German threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean.可知一個(gè)德國人把一個(gè)裝有信息的瓶子扔進(jìn)海里,此處應(yīng)是找到了那個(gè)瓶子,故選C。

2A

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. scientists 科學(xué)家; B. tourists 旅游者; C. friends 朋友; D. families家庭;句意:但是把帶有信息的瓶子扔進(jìn)海里不僅僅是為了科學(xué)家。根據(jù)The bottle was thrown into the water to study ocean currents(洋流).可知用于研究洋流,因此這是為科學(xué)家用的,故選A。

3B

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. fears 恐懼;B. hopes希望; C. worries 擔(dān)心; D. cares照顧;句意:有些人寫關(guān)于自己的信息,是希望找到一個(gè)筆友。in hope of希望,故選B。

4D

考查代詞及語境的理解。A. Another 另一個(gè); B. Other 其他的; C. All所有的; D. Others其他的(人或事);句意:其他的一些人寫下秘密,希望波浪沖走那些秘密。此處與some people相對應(yīng)的,是other people,故用others代指,故選D。

5B

考查動(dòng)詞短語及語境的理解。A. put off 推遲;B. wash away 沖走; C. pick up 撿起;D. call at拜訪;句意:其他的一些人寫下秘密,希望波浪沖走那些秘密。根據(jù)前文的The bottle was thrown into the water可知此處表示把漂流瓶扔進(jìn)海里,應(yīng)是沖走他們,故選B。

6A

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. fun 有趣的; B. dangerous 危險(xiǎn)的; C. terrible可怕的; D. boring無聊的;句意:仍有其他一些人寫下笑話,歌曲或者其他一些他們認(rèn)為可能有趣的事。根據(jù)some jokes, songs可知與笑話和歌曲相并列的,應(yīng)是有趣的事,故選A。

7D

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. price 價(jià)格; B. speed 速度; C. plan 計(jì)劃; D. goal目標(biāo);句意:原因和方法可能會(huì)不同,但是目標(biāo)總是一樣的。根據(jù)后文的to reach out and try to connect _____8_____ someone.可知此處表示目標(biāo),故選D。

8A

考查介詞及語境的理解。A. with ; B. by 憑借;C. into進(jìn)入; D. on……上面;句意:為了接觸并嘗試和某人聯(lián)系。connect with……聯(lián)系,故選A。

9B

考查代詞及語境的理解。A. what 什么; B. why 為什么; C. how 如何; D. when何時(shí);句意:這種共享的感情可能是這種傳統(tǒng)仍然受歡迎這么長時(shí)間的原因。此處表示這種扔漂流瓶的傳統(tǒng)受歡迎的原因,故選B。

10C

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. result 結(jié)果; B. feeling 感覺; C. situation 情況; D. accident事故;句意:在1989年,英國樂隊(duì)“警察”寫了一首名為《瓶中信》的歌曲,描述了這種情況。根據(jù)后文的A hundred billion bottles washed up on the beach.可知海邊上沖出來很多漂流瓶,這是在介紹漂流瓶受歡迎的情況。故選C。

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