Nearly a quarter-century after a German boy threw a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he’s received an answer.
A 13-year-old Russian, Daniil Korotkikh, was walking with his parents on a beach when he saw something lying in the sand.
“I saw that bottle and it looked interesting,” Korotkikh told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “it looked like a German beer bottle and there was a message inside. ”
It said, “My name is Frank, and I’m five years old. My dad and I are traveling on a ship to Denmark. If you find this letter, please write back to me, and I will write back to you.” The letter, dated 1987, included an address in the town of Coesfeld.
The boy in the letter, Frank Uesbeck, is now 29. His parents still live at the letter’s address.
The Russian boy and the German man met each other earlier this month through an internet video link. The Russian boy said he did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea. He believed it had been hidden under the sand where he found it for a long time.
Uesbeck was especially happy that he was able to have a positive effect on a life of a young person far away from Germany. “It‘s really a wonderful story,” he said. “And who knows? Perhaps one day we will actually be able to arrange a meeting in person. ”
1.What is this passage mainly about?
A. Traveling on a ship. B. A beautiful beer bottle.
C. Message in a bottle. D. Meeting an old friend.
2.When the German boy threw the bottle into the sea, ________________.
A. he was going back home.
B. he was traveling to Denmark by ship with his dad.
C. he was walking with his parents on a beach.
D. he was already 29 years old.
3.According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Korotkikh’s parents still live in the town of Coesfeld.
B. The German boy did not believe that the bottle actually spent 24 years in the sea.
C. Frank Uesbeck and Daniil Korotkikh have met each other in person.
D. Daniil Korotkikh and Frank Uesbeck have got in touch with each other.
4.Why was Uesbeck very happy when he got the information of the 24 years’ beer bottle?
A. Because he could have a new friend.
B. Because the two boys could surf the internet together.
C. Because he could have a positive influence on a life of a young person.
D. Because he finally got what he had lost.
Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became to the village, hundreds of cheering stood in lines at the to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had money for.
Carly started helping when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm , she went door-to-door asking for coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them to the poor families with the baskets.
However, Carly wanted to do more—she wanted to “change these children’s with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school, .
She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience. her new braces(脚支架) made it to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to their lives better.”
That summer, Carly with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”
1.A. farther B. closer C. higher D. faster
2.A. adults B. farmers C. workers D. children
3.A. entrance B. centre C. top D. exit
4.A. collected B. borrow C. saved D. earned
5.A. another B. the others C. others D. the other
6.A. wearing B. putting on C. dressing D. taking off
7.A. houses B. beds C. clothes D. food
8.A. new B. beautiful C. used D. broken
9.A. out B. up C. back D. over
10.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
11.A. moods B. works C. studies D. lives
12.A. church B. village C. library D. school
13.A. either B. also C. too D. neither
14.A. Because B. Unless C. Although D. When
15.A. hard B. funny C. easy D. happy
16.A. remain B. make C. turn D. allow
17.A. set off B. take off C. turn off D. pay off
18.A. sick B. disabled C. crazy D. friendly
19.A. ceremony B. tradition C. currency D. condition
20.A. surprised B. pleased C. excited D. touched
Mrs. Green always helps her mother even though going to work _________most of her day.
A. takes out B. takes down C. takes up D. takes off
We have to admit that the biggest___________ facing the ecosystem is limited resources and the worsening environment.
A. mission B. challenge C. scale D. contribution
Your task will be to examine the___________ of constructing a new factory in the United Kingdom.
A. motivation B. appointment C. adjustment D. possibility
His friends were ___________and encouraged him to publish his ideas, but Copernicus was cautious.
A. technical B. official C. educated D. enthusiastic
