【题目】根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer, "They've taken care of him for 90 years."
Adapted from People, November 25, 2002
(1)The baby traveled on the Titanic with his __________.
A.aunt
B.parents
C.mother
D.relatives
(2)What is probably the boy's last name?
A.Schleiferi.
B.Panula
C.Magda.
D.Eino..
(3)This text is mainly about how _________.
A.the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic
B.people found out who the unknown baby was
C.the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Sotia
D.people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years
【答案】
(1)C
(2)B
(3)B
【解析】本文讲述了在泰坦尼克号的沉船上发现的一个无名婴儿的尸体,在过了90年后通过DNA鉴定被确定身份的故事。
(1)推理判断题。根据第二段中的a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children-including a 13-month-old boy named Eino-from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing.可推知,这个孩子是和他的母亲一起上船的。故选C。
(2)推理判断题。根据第二段中的Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children-including a 13-month-old boy named Eino-from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing.可知,孩子的妈妈姓Panula,西方女人结婚后跟随丈夫的姓氏,那么孩子和母亲是一个姓。故选B。
(3)主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是现在的人们用最先进的DNA技术确认了在泰坦尼克号沉船中死去的孩子的来历。故选B。
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