Question

    A boy named Jeremiah Burke,19, threw a water bottle with a note in it while the Titanic sank (下沉) . Now the note is in the Heritage Centre (遺產(chǎn)中心) in Cork.

   Jeremiah Burke's mother gave the bottle to him before he left for the US. As the Titanic sank in the early hours of 15 April,1912,he threw the bottle with the note into the sea.

  The bottle was found a year later on the beach. The note read u From Titanic,goodbye all,Burke of Glanmire,Cork. ” Burke's family kept it for about a hundred years. Now one of Jeremiah’s nieces (侄女) ， Mary Woods,has given it to the Heritage Centre in Cork. She said Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America with his cousin Nora Hegarty,18, to meet his two sisters. But both Jeremiah Burke and Nora Hegarty lost their lives. The ship carried 2 ,208 people on its first trip,but only 705 people survived (幸存) at last.

1 . threw the bottle with the note into the sea when the Titanic sank.

   A. Jeremiah Burke   B. Mary Woods

   C. Nora Hegarty   D. Jeremiah's mother

2. Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America to

   A. find a job        B. meet his mother

   C. take a vacation   D. meet his sisters

3. people lost their lives in this accident (事故) .

   A. 705   B. 1,503

   C. 1,178   D. 2,208

4. From this passage we know .

   A. the note in the water bottle told the reason why the Titanic sank

   B. Jeremiah Burke traveled to America with his niece

   C. the Titanic was on its first trip when it sank

   D. the note in the water bottle was in the Heritage Centre in Cork in 1912

Answer 1

1. A 2. D 3. B 4. C

導讀本文講述的是泰坦尼克號沉沒時，當時年僅19歲的耶 利米•伯克將一個裝有信的漂流瓶扔進了大海，一年后，漂 流瓶被海水卷上了岸邊，如今這封信被遇難者家人捐贈給了 愛爾蘭科克市的一個遺產(chǎn)中心。

詳析

1. A 細節(jié)理解題。由第一段“ A boy named Jeremiah Burke ,

19. threw a water bottle”可知，扔下這個漂流瓶的是耶 利米•伯克。

2. D 細節(jié)理解題。由第三段“She said Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America with his cousin Nora Hegarty,18. to meet his two sisters. ”可知，耶利米•伯克去美國看望 姐姐。

3. B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“The ship carried   2. 208 people on its first trip but only 705 people survived at last. ”提供的信息可知，2 208名游客中只有705名幸存。由此可以計算出，1503名游客失去了生命。

4. C細節(jié)理解題。最后一句提到“on its first trip”，由此可知，這是泰坦尼克號第一次出游。

C項與這一信息 一致。

障礙句分析

She said Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America with his cousin Nora Hegarty,18.to meet his two sisters.她說耶利 米•伯克當時正與十八歲的表弟諾拉赫加蒂一起前往美 國去看望兩個姐姐。

該句為“She said +賓語從句”結(jié)構(gòu)。在賓語從句中， Nora Hegarty,18.是cousin的同位語;動詞不定式短語to meet his two sisters作狀語，表示目的。