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Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him "our baby." In their
home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby"s grave (墓),
carved with the words:"To the memory of an unknown child." He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from
Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. "This is our baby," says Magda Schleifer, 68, a
banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic
for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula
gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from
whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing."We thought they were all lost in the
sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby"s grave, scientists have compared the DNA from
the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and
never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the
family sees: no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They"ve taken
care of him for 90 years."
Adapted from People, November 25, 2002
B. parents
C. aunt
D. relatives
B. Eino.
C. Magda.
D. Panula.
B. 1954
C. 2002
D. 2004
B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
C. people found out who the unknown baby was
D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years
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试题【阅读理解。 He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people 2 , from the moment I woke up to the time I
went to sleep. I 3 to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially-a few calls each day. It seemed 4 , just a quick chat. Gradually though, the 5 got
worse. Soon it was 6 use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect(影响) my 7 . During the day I would disappear for 8 call. If I couldn"t make a
call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more 9 , in the end, I would ring
someone, then someone else, 10 myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and 11 messages to make sure 12 calls would see me through the day. I used to
arrive at friends" homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the 13 "Is it OK if I
just use the phone…?" At work, I became 14 when my fellow workers tried to 15 me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss (with the phone). Finally, the police caught me 16 a phone box that had taken my
last one pound coin, and I was 17 to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven"t 19 a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it"s several days 18 I used a phone box. I
try not to watch TV because there are 20 people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am
an addict.
( )1. A. face ( )2. A. now and then ( )3. A. tried ( )4. A. polite ( )5. A. condition ( )6. A. frequent ( )7. A. friends ( )8. A. a quick ( )9. A. hopeful ( )10. A. forcing ( )11. A. leaving ( )12. A. long ( )13. A. saying ( )14. A. careful ( )15. A. save ( )16. A. destroying ( )17. A. offered ( )18. A. missed ( )19. A. as ( )20. A. always | B. find B. all the time B. asked B. important B. situation B. regular B. study B. a secret B. delighted B. telling B. taking B. immediate B. demands B. mad B. reduce B. using B. guided B. had B. when B. just | C. accept C. at home C. waited C. fine C. result C. unusual C. family C. an expected C. frightened C. giving C. passing C. enough C. wish C. determined C. protect C. stealing C. ordered C. received C. if C. more | D. notice D. at work D. invited D. special D. effect D. particular D. work D. an extra D. anxious D. limiting D. recording D. surprising D. words D. helpless D. stop D. emptying D. reminded D. fixed D. since D. different | ||||||||||||||
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Say you are a 17th century construction worker who"s worked long and hard to build a splendid tower for the dead wife of your emperor. Now say that the emperor orders your fingertips cut off so you can never build another one. Yes, that is the Taj Mahal, one of the most famous buildings in the world. And the tale behind the construction is just as impressive (印象深刻的) as the building itself. First, there"s the emperor of northern India, Shah Jehan, also called the King of the World. In 1612, Shah Jehan married Mumtaz Mahal. Madly in love, they had 14 children over the next 20 years. But then sadness came. As Mumtaz was about to give birth to child number 14, she said she had heard her unborn baby cry out. It was a sign of death. And as Mumtaz lay dying, she asked Jehan to build a lasting memorial (纪念物) to celebrate their love. When the heartbroken Jehan appeared eight days after his wife"s death, his people were shocked to see that his coal-black hair had turned snow-white. Putting away his sadness, Jehan ordered his wife"s dying wish carried out. More than 20,000 workers labored nearly 22 years to complete the construction. In 1653, Jehan placed Mumtaz"s remains in the center under the building. And then, son number five, Aurangzeb, murdered his brothers and took over the power from his aging father. Hehan lived the rest of his days-eight years, to be exact-imprisoned not far from the Taj Mahal. Jehan was only allowed to climb onto the top of his prison to see the timeless treasure from a distance. But never again would he be allowed to visit it-until he was buried next to his wife. Today 25,000 people visit the Taj Mahal each day. Though the reason for building the tower was a strange, sad story, those who see its breath-taking beauty are reminded of the happiness that inspired (激发……的灵感) its construction. | |||||||||||||||||
1. The first two paragraphs were written to show that _____. | |||||||||||||||||
A. the Taj Mahal is an unusual historic building B. ancient Indian emperors were cruel C. construction workers led a hard life in ancient India D. India has some of the most famous buildings in the world | |||||||||||||||||
2. The Taj Mahal was first built as _____. | |||||||||||||||||
A. a prison B. a gift to Mumtaz C. a memorial building D. a tourist attraction | |||||||||||||||||
3. We learn from the text that Mumtaz probably died in _____. | |||||||||||||||||
A. 1626 B. 1632 C. 1634 D. 1653 | |||||||||||||||||
4. The underlined word "happiness" in the last sentence refers to _____. | |||||||||||||||||
A. The married happiness of the emperor and his wife B. The great pleasure jehan once found in excercising his power C. The happiness jehan found on completing the Taj Mahai D. The pleasure tourists experience when visiting the Taj Mahai | |||||||||||||||||
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I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 1 . He had gone out of the study for some 2 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see 3 was on his desk. In the 4 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 5 "English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物传记)." A(n) 6 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 7 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 8 until the start of the exam so I could not 9 reading it. When the headmaster 10 , I was looking out of the window. I should have told him what had 11 then. It would have been so 12 to say:"I"m sorry but I 13 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You"ll have to 14 it." The chance passed and I did not 15 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn"t 16 to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow. That was thirty-eight years 17 when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, 18 have I tried to explain to myself why not. The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title 19 admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. 20 there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境). | |||||||||||||||||
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