A romantic message-in-a-bottle discovered by a mother and her daughter at a Scottish beach has sparked (觸發(fā))a mystery about whether it could have travelled 5,000 miles across the seas from China.

Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and her daughter Lucy, 4, from Portobello , near Edinburgh , were looking for driftwood(浮木)on Portobello Beach when they came across an old glass bottle containing a note inside written in Mandarin. Now the family are trying to work out if the letter has managed the extraordinary journey across the Philippine Sea, into the Indian Ocean and through both the South Atlantic and the North Atlantic Ocean before washed up on the shores of Great Britain. It was written on Chinese Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival as it is more traditionally known, lunar July 7, 2012, so it could have been sent off as recently as six days ago if it followed the modern calendar , which celebrated the occasion on August 23. Nicola was still excited to read about the Chinese love story after having it translated.

"I really do hope that it is from China but even it is from nearer to home, it's still a lovely gesture and an inspiring find. It's a love story regardless of where it came from. ,, Nicola, who runs a beach art business in Portobello, added, "I'm always at the beach looking for bits of driftwood but I've never come across anything like this before. We knew it was Chinese, but we had no idea what it said."

Unable to read the Mandarin text, Nicola turned to the Internet and her Australian friend, Julie Gould, whose daughter attended a Chinese school in Sydney.

Several hours later Julie returned with the news that it was in fact a love letter.

The translated letter reads, "Da Hai (Ocean) , I hope no one xvill get this bottle , as ive just vuish you can hear our voice, and get your blessing,   Today is the

Chinese Valentine's Day. We pray that our relationship 'will last forever and uue vuill have a long happy life together…,,

Nicola said, "It sounds to me like the couple are in love but cannot be together so they have sent the message to tell the world of their love.,,

1.    When did Nicola and her daughter come across the message-in-a-bottle?

A.    On July 15, 2012.

B.    On August 29, 2012.

C.    On August 31, 2012.

D.    On September 2, 2012.

2.    What were Nicola and her daughter probably doing when they found the bottle?

A.    They were walking on the beach.

B.    They were washing hands and feet.

C.    They were looking for driftwood.

D.    They were lying on the beach resting.

3.    The underlined word " Mandarin" probably means

A. Scottish     B. British

C.  English    D. Chinese

4.    We can learn from the passage that Nicola    .

A.    thought the letter was written to show love

B.    had expected to get something unusual

C.    knew a little Chinese

D.    found the bottle was from a nearby place

【文章大意】本文講述了一個(gè)漂流瓶穿越5000英里來到英國的故事。

B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的"It was written on Chinese Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival as it is more traditionally known, lunar July 7, 2012, so it could have been sent off as recently as six days ago if it followed the modern calendar, which celebrated the occasion on August 23.,,可知,信是農(nóng)歷七月初七寫的,那么也就是在6天前,即陽歷8月23日,故發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)是8月29日,故選B項(xiàng)。

C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段"Nicola MacFarlane, 41, and her daughter Lucy , 4 , from Portobello , near Edinburgh , were looking for driftwood (浮木)on Portobello Beach when they came across ah old glass bottle ―,,可知,41歲的Nicola MacFarlane和女兒在尋找浮木時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了漂流瓶,故選C項(xiàng)。

D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段"It was written on Chinese Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival…"及第四段可知信是用中文寫的,故選D項(xiàng)。

A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段"Nicola said,'It sounds to me like the couple are in love but cannot be together so they have sent the message to tell the world of their love.",可知, Nicola認(rèn)為這封信是一對(duì)愛人用來傳遞愛意的,故選A項(xiàng)。

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