Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 1
In 1866, sailors on a German ship called Paula threw a bottle with a message into waters hundreds of miles off the western coast of Australia. One hundred and thirty-one years later,(76) the bottle was found on an Australia island.
It's believed to be the oldest-known message in a bottle, in terms of the amount of time that has passed between when it was written and when it was found. Before this discovery, Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records said that the oldest was 108 years old, found in Germany in 2015.Aus-tralian and German researchers worked together to check whether the note is real or not.
Tonya IIlman was walking on the beach in January when she spotted the old bottle. “I picked it up thinking it might look nice on display in my home, " Illman says, according to an account on her husband's website.(77)The bottle was partially filled with wet sand. Shortly after, Illman's son's girlfriend poured out the contents and found a tightly rolled note covered in a piece of string.
Too damp to open initially, according to the account, the group waited for it to dry and were amazed to see that it was carefully handwritten in German. "The first thing that caught my eye was the year 1866,” said Illman's husband Kym. "It seemed totally unlikely to us that the note and bottle could have lasted that long."
The pair reached out to the Western Australia Museum, which set out to study the document, "Extraordinary finds need extraordinary evidence to support them, so we contacted colleagues in Germany for help to find more information,”Ross Anderson, who is in charge of words of art in the museum, said in a statement.
But this message is no SOS or love letter.
1、According to Guinness World Records, the second oldest message was found ___.
A in 2014
B in 2015
C in 2017
D in 2016
答案解析：
题目:据《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》记载，世界上第二古老的文字是在去年发现的。
A:在2014
B:在2015
C:在2017
D:在2016
2、Which of the following is TRUE?
A A sailor named Paula threw the old bottle into waters in 1866.
B Kym found the old bottle first.
C This oldest message was found in Germany.
D The oldest message was 131 years old.
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个选项是正确的?
A:1866年，一位名叫保拉的水手把这个旧瓶子扔进水里。
B:Kym先发现了旧瓶子。
C:这条最古老的信息是在德国发现的。
D:最古老的信息有131年的历史。
3、From the passage, we learn that ___.
A Tonya found the bottle first
B Tonya and Kym contacted researchers in Germany for help
C Illman 's son broke the bottle to take out what was inside
D the note was written in English
答案解析：
题目:从文章中，我们得知……
A:汤娅先找到了瓶子
B:Tonya和Kym联系了德国的研究人员寻求帮助
C:伊尔曼的儿子打破了瓶子，把里面的东西拿了出来
D:这张便条是用英语写的
4、The word damp in Paragraph 4 is closet in meaning to ___.
A wet
B dry
C cool
D hot
答案解析：
题目:第4段“潮湿”一词的意思是“接近”。
A:潮湿的；有雨的
B:干的；口渴的；
C:凉爽的
D:热的
5、Which of the following is probably the best title for this passage?
A The Oldest-Known Message Found in Australia
B The Oldest-Known Message Found in Germany
C An Extraordinary Evidence of History
D A Guinness Beer Bottle
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个可能是这篇文章最好的标题?
A:这是在澳大利亚发现的最古老的信息
B:这是在德国发现的最古老的信息
C:一个非凡的历史证据
D:吉尼斯啤酒瓶
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 2
A handwritten note from Albert Einstein sold for more than $1. 5 million at an auction(拍卖会).He gave the note to a hotel porter in Japan in 1922. Einstein was not carrying money when the porter came to his room.(78) He was unable to give a cash tip, as a guest normally would. in-stead he gave a tip on how to live life.
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness,” Einstein wrote. The note was written in German. It was written on notepaper from the Imperial Hotel in Ginza, Tokyo, where Einstein was delivering a series of lectures.
He was traveling to Asia when news that he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics reached him via telegraph. Einstein was unable to attend the prize-giving ceremony in Stockholm
Gal wiener is head of the auction house in jerusale israel where the note was sold. He Said Einstein told the hotel porter to keep the note since it "will probably be worth more than a reg-ular tip”.
Bidding(拍卖中的出价) on the note began at$2,000. It was expected to sell for no more than $8, 000. But 25 minutes later, the auction house made the major sale.
(79 )A second Einstein note was also sold at the auction. It went for more than $200, 000. “Where theres a will, theres a way,” the note says.
The identity of the person or group that sold the notes has not been made public. Nor has that of the buyer or buyers.
6、The word tip in Line 4, Paragraph 1 probably means ___.
A advice
B trick
C news
D trend
答案解析：
题目:第1段第4行“tip”一词的意思可能是“……”。
A:n. 建议；忠告；劝告；通知
B:n. 诡计；恶作剧；窍门；花招；骗局；欺诈
C:n. 新闻，消息；新闻报导
D:n. 趋势，倾向；走向
7、The note was written in ___.
A English
B Japanese
C German
D French
答案解析：
题目:这封信是用英语写的。
A:英语
B:日语
C:德语
D:法语
8、Albert Einstein went to Japan to ___.
A visit some friends
B do some sightseeing
C receive the Nobel Prize
D give a series of lectures
答案解析：
题目:阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦去了日本。
A:访问一些朋友
B:做一些观光
C:获得诺贝尔奖
D:做一系列讲座
9、The estimated sale value of the first note is about ___ .
A S2,000
B $8,000
C $200,000
D 1.5 million
答案解析：
题目:第一张纸币的估价大约是多少?
A:S2,000
B:8000美元
C:200000美元
D:150万
10、According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
A Einstein gave the porter the note instcad of a tip
B The buyer of the second note was a Japanese businessman
C Einstein learned that he had won the Nobel Prize during his trip to Japan
D Einstein told the porter to keep the note since it might become valuable
答案解析：
题目:根据短文，下列哪个陈述是不正确的?
A:爱因斯坦给了搬运工一张纸条作为小费
B:第二张纸币的购买者是一位日本商人
C:爱因斯坦在日本之行中得知他获得了诺贝尔奖
D:爱因斯坦告诉搬运工留着这张纸条，因为它可能会变得很有价值
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 3
In 1950, Helena Rubinstein was one of the richest women in the world. She started with nothing. She had no money, no education, and no one to help her. All she had were 12 jars of face cream and a lot of energy and ambition. She turned them into a multimillion-dollar cosmetics(化妆品) empire.
Helena Rubinstein was born in 1870 in Krakow, Poland. She was the oldest of eight girls. Helena's mother thought that beauty was very important She used a special skin cream that a foreign chemist made for her. Helena's mother made all of her daughters use it too.
Helena's father wanted her to be a doctor. But she hated medicine and left school. Her father was very angry. Then he wanted her to get married, but she refused. In 1992, she went to Melbourne, Australia, to live with a cousin and an uncle. She took only her clothes and 12 jars of face cream.
Helena didn't speak English. She had no money and no plans. After she arrived, everyone noticed her beautiful skin. In Australia, the hot and dry weather is very bad for the skin. When she told some of the women about the face cream, they all wanted some. Helena sold them her cream,they wanted some, Helena sold them her cream and then ordered more.
Helena borrowed $1, 500 and opened a shop to sell the cream.(80)She worked 18 hours a
day, seven days a week. She lived simply and saved all of her profits. She also learned how to make different kinds of creams and showed women how to take care of their skin. it was the first shop of this kind in the world.
In less than two years, Rubinstein had paid her loan and saved $ 50,000. She made more and more money every year. All this time, she thought only of work and success. A newspaper reporter named Edward Titus was in love with her. But she was not interested in him. She left Australia and went to Europe to learn more about the science of beauty.
11、Which of the following is TRUE?
A Helena Rubinstein became the richest person in the world in 1950.
B Helena's father helped her to start her business.
C Helena was an energetic and ambitious person.
D Helena's mother supported her with valuable business ideas.
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个选项是正确的?
A:赫莲娜·鲁宾斯坦在1950年成为世界上最富有的人。
B:海伦娜的父亲帮助她创业
C:海伦娜是一个精力充沛、雄心勃勃的人
D:海伦娜的母亲用宝贵的商业理念支持她
12、From the passage, we learn that __ .
A Helena had 8 sisters
B Helena was born in Poland
C Helena's mother made skin cream for her daughter
D Helena's father was a doctor
答案解析：
题目:从文章中，我们得知……
A:海伦娜有8个姐妹
B:海伦娜出生于波兰
C:海伦娜的母亲为她的女儿做了护肤霜
D:海伦娜的父亲是个医生
13、Which of the following is TRUE?
A Helena went to Australia to study medicine.
B Helena went to Australia to do business.
C Helena's uncle and cousin worked for her.
D The weather in Australia is very bad for the skin.
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个选项是正确的?
A:海伦娜来到澳大利亚学习医学。
B:海伦娜去澳大利亚做生意。
C:海伦娜的叔叔和表妹为她工作。
D:澳大利亚的天气对皮肤很不好。
14、Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A Helena was a hardworking businessman.
B Helena saved all the money she made.
C Helena could make a variety of creams.
D Helena was in love with Edward Titus.
答案解析：
题目:下列哪个选项是不正确的?
A:海伦娜是个勤奋的商人
B:海伦娜把她赚的钱都存起来了
C:海伦娜会做各种各样的面霜
D:海伦娜爱上了爱德华·提图斯
15、Which of the following is probably the best title for this passage?
A The Science of Beauty
B The Story of Helena
C A Story of Love
D A Business Empire
答案解析：
题目:下面哪个可能是这篇文章最好的标题?
A:美的科学
B:海伦娜的故事
C:爱的故事
D:一个商业帝国
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