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 (遗产中心) 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
导读本文讲述的是泰坦尼克号沉没时,当时年仅19岁的耶 利米•伯克将一个装有信的漂流瓶扔进了大海,一年后,漂 流瓶被海水卷上了岸边,如今这封信被遇难者家人捐赠给了 爱尔兰科克市的一个遗产中心。
详析
1. A 细节理解题。由第一段“ A boy named Jeremiah Burke ,
19. threw a water bottle”可知,扔下这个漂流瓶的是耶 利米•伯克。
2. D 细节理解题。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•伯克去美国看望 姐姐。
3. B推理判断题。根据最后一段“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。由此可以计算出,1503名游客失去了生命。
4. C细节理解题。最后一句提到“on its first trip”,由此可知,这是泰坦尼克号第一次出游。
C项与这一信息 一致。
障碍句分析
She said Jeremiah Burke was traveling to America with his cousin Nora Hegarty,18.to meet his two sisters.她说耶利 米•伯克当时正与十八岁的表弟诺拉赫加蒂一起前往美 国去看望两个姐姐。
该句为“She said +宾语从句”结构。在宾语从句中, Nora Hegarty,18.是cousin的同位语;动词不定式短语to meet his two sisters作状语,表示目的。
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