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(1)A message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found 1,500 miles away. And it has been returned to his daughter. A long-last message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he was vacationing. Buffington says he found a soda bottle half-buried in the sand that looked like it had been there since the beginning of time. The note inside the bottle said, ‘Return to 419 Ocean Street, and receive a reward of $150 from Richard and Tina Pierce, owners of a beachcomber motel.’ The motel was owned by the parents of Paula Piece in 1960. Her father had written the note as a joke and had thrown it into the Atlantic Ocean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver the message to Paula Piece. (2)She held up to her father’s promise, giving Buffington that reward. But the biggest reward is the message in the bottle finding its way back home.

未听先知

预览两道题各选项,由return、 bottled message 和 history等词可以初步判断,该新闻与归还漂流 瓶里的便条有关。第1题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语,可能考查新闻的主旨;第2题各选项的主语均 She,结合 wanted to、 asked by her father to do so可推测,此题考查女士做某事的原因。

详解详析

1. What is the news report mainly about?

A)【精析】 主旨大意题。新闻开篇指出,新罕布什尔州的一位先生把一个装有便条的瓶子扔到海里,五十年后被人在1,500英里外的海滩捡到并归还给这位先生的女儿。由此可知,新闻的主要内容是漂流瓶中的便条归还主人女儿。


2. Why did Paula Piece give Clint Buffington the reward?

B)【精析】 事实细节题。新闻中提到,Buffington飞往新罕布什尔州,将便条送给了Paula Pierce。Paula Pierce坚守父亲的承诺,给予Buffington便条中所说的150美元的奖励。由此可知,Paula Pierce给Buffington奖励就是为了遵守父亲当年的承诺。