Question

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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】本文为介绍说明文。文章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。

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。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题不仅要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分——推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分——推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。如第2小题What is probably the boy's last name?要求我们找出男孩可能姓什么，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（Maria Panula放弃了救生艇上的座位，去寻找她的五个孩子——包括13个月大的Eino）可知，Maria Panula是男孩的妈妈，而在西方社会，当女人结婚后，会跟随丈夫的姓氏，由此可推断Panula是孩子的妈妈姓，那么小男孩也应该姓Panula。