高中英语阅读——新闻报道类
1、NEW YORK－Australian mining enterprise Clive Palmer on Tuesday unveiled(公布)blueprints for TitanicⅡ, a modern copy of the doomed ocean liner, although he
didn't call the ship unsinkable any more.
The ship will largely recreate the design and decoration of the fabled original, with some m odifications to keep it in line with current safety rules and shipbuilding practices, and the addition of some modern comforts such as air conditioning, Palmer said at a press conference in New York.
The three passenger classes, however, will be prevented from mingling(混杂), as in 1912, Palmer said. “I'm not too superstitious(迷信的).”Palmer said when asked whether recreating a ship bestknown for sinking was tempting fate.
White Star Line, the operator of the original ship, had said the Titanic was designed to be unsinkable. About 1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New Y ork after the ship collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
Palmer, who created the company Blue Star Line last year, refused to make a
similar boast.
“Anything will sink if you put a hole in it, ” Palmer said. “I think it would be very cavalier to say it.”
Unlike the original, TitanicⅡwill have more than enough space in its lifeboats for every person on board and will have additional escape staircases. Markku Kanerva, sales director at Deltamarin, the Finnish company designing the ship, said it would be the “safest cruise ship in the world”．
Palmer refused to answer questions about the project's cost. Although the Titanic
was the world's largest ship in her time, she would be smaller than many of today's modern cruise ships.
“It’s not about the money，” Palmer said. “I've got enough money for it.
I think that’s all that matters.”
Forbes estimated Palmer's net worth to be $795 million in 2012.He describes
himself as a billionaire.
TitanicⅡwill be built by Chinese state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard, which has
already built four ore carriers for Palmer’s mining business, he said. The contract to build TitanicⅡhas not yet been signed, Palmer said.
【小题1】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “maiden” in Paragraph 4?
A．First. B．Trial. C．Second. D．Last.
【小题2】What can be inferred about TitanicⅡfrom the passage?
A．TitanicⅡwill have more space in its lifeboats than the Titanic.
B．TitanicⅡwill be the largest cruise ship in the world.
C．TitanicⅡwill allow different classes of passengers to mingle.
D．TitanicⅡwill be a real unsinkable cruise ship.
【小题3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．1, 500 people died on Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.
B．The Titanic collided with an iceberg in the South Pacific.
C．The Titanic was equipped with air conditioning.
D．The Titanic was the world’s largest ship at that time.
【小题4】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A．To tell us the story of the Titanic.
B．To tell us TitanicⅡwill cost a lot of money.
C．To tell us about the future TitanicⅡ.
D．To tell us a Chinese Shipyard will build TitanicⅡ.
2、A
Two workers was rescued 188 hours after they trapped in a coal mine collapse(倒塌)in the south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region The two were among 18 miners trapped after the mine, collapsed midday on July 2 because of days of heavy
rain.
A total of 71 miners were working underground when the accident occurred on July 2---49 managed to escape. Rescuers have got eight bodies so far.
Ye Fangyong, commander of the rescue headquarters, said that the place where
the survi- vors were found was at 320 meters underground. It was filled with mud
