Question

In April 2014，the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101 years lost in the ocean！The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter.

A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel，Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside.

The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps，dated May 17，1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible（字迹模糊的），the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage.

From the address，researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard Platz，who was 20 years old when he wrote the message. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group，he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researchers began a search for any living relatives of his. Sure enough，they were able to find his 62-year-old granddaughter，Angela Erdmann，who still lives in Berlin.

“It was almost unbelievable，”Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message.“That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face."

Erdmann never knew her grandfather，who died in 1946，but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him.

The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg until May 1．After that，the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message.

Previously，the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was discovered in April 2012，according to Guinness World Records.

1.When Konrad Fischer picked up the bottle from the sea，        ．

A.he thought it would bring him good luck

B.he noticed the postcard inside immediately

C.he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle

D.he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first

2.Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea?

A．He expected his granddaughter could find the postcard.

B．He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.

C．He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.

D．He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.

3. What can be the best title for this passage？

A．The finding of a floating bottle at the sea

B．A one-century-old letter to a granddaughter

C．The world's oldest message in a floating bottle

D．The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是对最古老的瓶中信被发现这一事件的时间、地点、经过以及后续发展的描述。

1.D考查细节理解题。根据第二段的he nearly threw the bottle back into the water他几乎就把瓶子扔回到水中，可知，Konrad Fischer原本打算把瓶子扔掉。故选D。

2.B考查判断理解题。根据文章第三段the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage瓶子中的纸条上的信息是让任何找到这个瓶子的人把它送到柏林的一个地方，里面并有邮票。据此推断答案选B。

3.C考查主旨大意题。本文是一篇记叙文，通读全文，并根据文章的首段的In April 2014，the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea 2014年4月,世界上已知最古老的瓶中信被发现漂浮在波罗的海，可判断答案选C。

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