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1、湖北黄冈市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮精练(29)及(解析)答案2016高考英语阅读理解集训。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。 In April 2014,the worlds 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 authors granddaughter. A German fisherm
2、an 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. Althoug
3、h 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 wa
4、s 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,wh
5、o still lives in Berlin. “It was almost unbelievable,”Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfathers 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 wan
6、t 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
7、 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 ba
8、ck into the sea at first2. 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 co
9、uld make friends with the finder of the bottle.3What 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 worlds oldest message in a floating bottleD. The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle参考答案1.D 2.B 3.
10、C 阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Morocco is located at the northwest of Africa and is bordered in the north by the strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea.The Atlantic Ocean keeps the west and the north of the country more temperate (温和的)The country also offers the broadest plains,so
11、me of which run along the Atlantic Ocean and the highest mountains in North Africa including the Atlas Mountains. Starting with the symbol of Morocco,Marrakech is a beautiful city that has remained unspoiled by the volume of tourists that flock there each year.One of the finest monuments in Morocco
12、is greatly benefited by this amount of tourism.Actually their high volume contributes in a positive way to preserving one of the greatest monuments of Morocco. Fes is the third largest city in Morocco and is the capital of the FesBoulemane Region.It is separated into three parts,Fes el Bali more com
13、monly known as the old walled city,now classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site,FesJ did and the Ville Nouvelle.Fes el Bali is believed to be the largest carfree urban area in the world.Fes is a splendid place to visit to heighten the senses with the colors,smells and sounds. Casablanca is an enor
14、mous city which is near the capital of Morocco and a place where any European would feel at home.Casablanca was made famous by the movie and gives the impression of being a romantic place.Unfortunately like many other popular cities around the world,it is crowded,noisy,and polluted,a far city from t
15、he romantic ideal of the film.Because it has the biggest port,Casablanca,the important city of Morocco,has everything that the tourists need. Asilah is a city situated on the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the most stunning (出色的)old cities of Morocco.The city is set along the cliffs which make it beau
16、tifully presented and an ideal place to continue adding to its economy by the fishermen.The economy is also reliant on the trading of cattle,sheep and cereal.If you are having a holiday in Morocco during August then you will be fortunate enough to experience one of Asilahs cultural festivals where you can enjoy the lively music and wonderful