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1、2018年5月12日北京地区成人学士学位英语考试PartⅠReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthisparteachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespond
2、ingletterontheAnswerSheet.Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:In1866,sailorsonaGermanshipcalledPaulathrewabottlewithamessageintowatershundredsofmilesoffthewesterncoastofAustralia.Onehundredandthirty-oneyearlater,(76)thebottlewasfoundonanAust
3、raliaisland.It’sbelievedtobetheoldest-knownmessageinabottle,intermsiftheamountoftimethathaspassedbetweenwhenitwaswrittenandwhenitwasfound.Beforethisdiscovery,Guinness(吉尼斯)worldRecordssaidthattheoldestwas108yearsold,foundinGermanyin2015.AustralianandGermanr
4、esearchersworkedtogethertocheckwhetherthenoteisrealornot.TonyaIllmanwaswalkingonthebeachinJanuarywhenshespottedtheoldbottle.“Ipickeditupthinkingitmightlookniceondisplayinmyhome,”Illmansays,accordingtoanaccountonherhusband’swebsite.(77)Thebottlewaspartially
5、filledwithwetsand.Shortlyafter,Illman’sson’sgirlfriendpouredoutthecontentsandfoundatightlyrollednotecoveredinapieceofstring.Toodamptoopeninitially,accordingtotheaccount,thegroupwaitedforittodryandwereamazedtoseethatitwascarefullyhandwritteninGerman.“Thefir
6、stthingthatcaughtmyeyewastheyear1866,”saidIllman’shusbandKym.“Itseemedtotallyunlikelytousthatthenoteandbottlecouldhavelastedthatlong.”ThepairreachedouttotheWesternAustraliaMuseum,whichsetouttostudythedocument.“Extraordinaryfindsneedextraordinaryevidencetos
7、upportthem,sowecontactedcolleaguesinGermanforhelptofindmoreinformation,”RossAnderson,whoisinchargeofworksofartinthemuseum,saidinastatement.ButthismessageisnoSOSorloveletter.1.AccordingtoGuinnessWorldRecords,thesecondoldestmessagewasfound________.A.in2014B.
8、in2015C.2017D.in20162.WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A.AsailornamedPaulathrewtheoldbottleintowatersin1866B.KymfoundtheoldbottlefirstC.ThisoldestmessagewasfoundinGermanyD.Theoldestmessagewas131yearsold3.Fromthepass
