Sea Mail

　　Some people don't need a mailbox to send a message. They use a bottle instead. Here are two stories about people who sent a message in a bottle. Both stories are true.

　　In 1956, a sailor from Sweden was on a ship. He wrote a letter, asking any young woman to write to him. He put the letter in a bottle and threw the bottle into the sea.

　　Two years later, a man found the bottle on a beach in Italy. He read the letter and showed it to his daughter. She was 18. As a joke, she wrote to the sailor. They began to exchange letters. In a few months, they were married.

　　Here is the second story. Back in 1924, a boy from Arkansas wrote his name on the back of his picture. He put the picture in a bottle and dropped the bottle into a river.

　　The bottle was not found for many years. Then one day a man named Bill picked it up on a beach in Florida. He pulled the picture out of the bottle and looked at it. He could hardly believe his eyes. The boy in the picture was his old friend, Tom, from Arkansas. Bill had not seen Tom for 25 years. Somehow the bottle had come to the right place.

1．What is the main idea of the whole story?

[　　]

A．Sailing on a ship.

B．Sending a message in a bottle.

C．Sending a message to Italy.

　

2．After the sailor wrote a letter, he ________.

[　　]

A．threw the letter away

B．put the letter in a bottle

C．found a bottle on a beach

 　

3．The sailor and the girl from Italy ________.

[　　]

A．grew up together

B．went to the same school

C．had not known each other

 　

4．The man named Bill looked at the picture of Tom and was ________.

[　　]

A．unhappy

B．surprised

C．tired

 　

5．At the end of the story, Bill and Tom must have been ________.

[　　]

A．12 years old

B．25 years old

C．more than 25 years old

　

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　　When Wayne Mix was a child in the 1930s, his family sent him to a school for the deaf and blind．He learned American Sign Language．With American Sign Language, deaf people use their hands to communicate．They can spell words with their fingers, or they can use signs for whole words．Wayne communicated with teachers and friends in sign language．He graduated at the age of 20．In those days, people who were deaf did not get jobs and were not part of the community(社區(qū)), so Wayne went back to the family farm．His family did not know sign language, so Wayne communicated a little by making simple motions(手勢)with his hands．He was never able to tell them his thoughts and feelings．

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[　　]

A．

In American Sign Language．

B．

By drawing pictures．

C．

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D．

By making simple motions．

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C．

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D．

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[　　]

A．

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B．

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C．

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D．

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[　　]

A．

Because he was sent to the nursing home at a young age．

B．

Because he failed to communicate with his family for such a long time．

C．

Because he was not able to communicate with others while he could．

D．

Because they were not sure how to look after Wayne later on．

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Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Wayne tried to find a job after he graduated from the school but failed．

B．

Many people gave money to buy Wayne a special TV and a telephone set．

C．

The nursing home workers sent Wayne to a Sea World to swim．

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