【題目】The story of the Mary Celeste is a very famous unsolved mystery. The story is about a sailing ship called the Mary Celeste and the strange disappearance of all the people on board the ship.

The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy. It was carrying a cargo (貨物) of 1,700 barrels of American alcohol which was worth 35,000 dollars. There were 10 people on board the ship: the captain, Briggs, his wife, Sarah, their two-year-old daughter, and seven crewmen. Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.

The mystery begins on 15th November, 1872. The Mary Celeste was between the Azores and the coast of Portugal when it was seen by the captain of another ship, Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor. There were no distress (求救) signals from the Mary Celeste and no reply when Morehouse tried to make contact, so he decided to take a small boat and climb on board the Mary Celeste. There was nobody on board!

There didn’t seem to be much wrong with the ship: it was not in danger of sinking, so there was no need for panic. However, the ship’s register and other paperwork were missing; the navigation instruments were missing; and everything on the ship, including the captain’s bed, was wet through. Another important fact is that there were no boats on board. And a strange fact is that when the cargo was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels of alcohol were missing. Can we find an explanation which fits all the known facts?

Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked. But why did they think it was sinking? It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic. The crew might have climbed into the boat and tied the boat to the main ship while they checked if the ship really was sinking. Perhaps a storm broke the rope and left them all in a small boat on stormy seas.

It seems that 92 now, but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions, and the only limit to these solutions will be the human imagination!

【1】Which place did the Mary Celeste leave for?

______________________________________________________________________.

【2】What do you know about Briggs besides having a family of three people?

______________________________________________________________________.

【3】How did Morehouse feel when he saw the Mary Celeste was out of control?

______________________________________________________________________.

【4】Why did Morehouse guess that the crew panicked at that time?

______________________________________________________________________.

【5】What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?

______________________________________________________________________.

【6】Where do you think all the people on the ship might go? Show your possible reason(s)!

______________________________________________________________________.

【答案】

【1】(For) the port of Genoa in Italy.

【2】(He was) a good (famous) captain (sailor) and a religious man.

【3】Worried and surprised.

【4】Because the boat might sink./ The cargo alcohol might explode. / There might be an explosion.

【5】it is impossible for us to find the real solution to the mystery of the Mary Celeste./ There is still no solutions. / Nobody knows the answer (solution). / There isn’t an answer (a solution).

【6】They might all die./ They might go to another place by boat./ They might be in the sea (on a boat). / …(any reasonable answer can be accepted)

【解析】這篇短文給我們講述的是Mary Celeste的故事，這艘船上運載著1,700桶酒精，從紐約出發(fā)，去意大利的熱那亞，但是在路途上這艘船失去了控制，船上的人都神秘的失蹤了。這至今都是一個未解之謎。

【1】根據(jù)短文第二段中The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy.可知，Mary Celeste從紐約出發(fā)，向意大利的熱那亞港口航行。由此可知答案。

【2】根據(jù)短文中Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.可知，Briggs是一個好船長，他也是一個信仰宗教的人。

【3】根據(jù)短文中Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor.可知，Morehouse看到Mary Celeste失去了控制，他很擔心，同時也感到很吃驚因為他知道Briggs船長是一個優(yōu)秀的水手。因此這個題目的答案是Worried and surprised。

【4】根據(jù)短文中Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked…. It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic可知，Morehouse猜測船員認為船要沉了，或者因為貨物是酒精，可能會爆炸，因此他們感到驚慌。從這些句子中我們可以找到答案，回答的時候簡化一下即可。

【5】根據(jù)空格后面的句子…but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions可知，這里的but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，句意為：我確信人們會一直想出可能的解決方法，故這里可以填There is still no solutions.其他表達符合文意即可。

【6】這是一個開放性的題目，題意為：你認為船上的人去了哪里？題目沒有固定的答案。根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文給我們講述了Mary Celeste這艘船上的人神秘的失蹤了，船上的人們?nèi)チ四睦�？這個學生們可以憑借自己的猜測作答，如They might die他們可能都死了。

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