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 rescue 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, 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, Maria 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 the 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 100 years."
1.The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.
A. mother B. parents C. aunt D. relatives
2.What is probably the boy's last name?
A. Schleiferi B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula.
3.Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5 _______.
A. 1912 B. 1954 C. 2012 D. 2004
4.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word recover?
A. uncover B. find C. bury D. gather
5.This text is mainly about how______________.
A. the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic
B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
C. people found out who the unknown baby was
D. people took care of the unknown baby for 100 years
My teenage son Karl refused to communicate with others after his father died. As a parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card during his junior year, it said that he had been 95 times from classes and had six grades for the year. At this rate he never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so that I got down on my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything for my son. I'm at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has . It’ s out of my hands.” For a moment there was on the other end of the line. The headmaster said, “Thank you for your time, ” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his fourth year, I a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I . “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really me how much I was hurting you. That's I knew I had to make you proud.”
1.A. confident B. wise C. single D. busy
2.A. arrived B. finished C. returned D. proved
3.A. naughty B. troublesome C. absent D. present
4.A. failing B. satisfying C. disappointing D. surprising
5.A. must B. need C. would D. should
6.A. convinced B. forced C. persuaded D. begged
7.A. powerless B. useless C. homeless D. meaningless
8.A. better B. worse C. less D. more
9.A. described B. regarded C. introduced D. explained
10.A. Before B. When C. After D. While
11.A. speaking B. pouring C. running D. putting
12.A. continuedB. operated C. affected D. worked
13.A. silence B. anger C. sadness D. surprise
14.A. painfully B. happily C. seriously D. jokingly
15.A. progress B. advance C. improvement D. encouragement
16.A. attended B. joined C. arranged D. organized
17.A. concerned B. disturbed C. embarrassed D. astonished
18.A. shook B. nodded C. smiled D. replied
19.A. beat B. hit C. frightened D. confused
20.A. when B. how C. why D. where
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—______! I have been worrying about it for days.
A. What a reliefB. That's for sure C. How surprising D. I'm sorry to hear that
Mike apologized for _______ to inform her of the change in the working plan.
A. his being not able B. him not to be able C. his not being able D. him to be not able
It was Tom as well as two of his classmates that _______ invited to the party.
A. was B. were C. has D. have
The Chinese exploration ship will join in the search for______ seemed like parts of the missing plane.
A. whatB. whichC. thatD. it