Lost at sea
Two men from the Solomon Islands have been rescued after spending 29 days lost at sea.
The men
“I look forward to going back home
Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni took off from Mono Island on Sept. 3 in a motorboat to travel 200 km to Noro on New Georgia Island. However, soon after they set out, their boat was hit by heavy winds and rain, which made unclear the coastline they were following
“When the bad weather came, it was bad, but it was
When the rain had finally passed, Nanjikana and Qoloni had already drifted far out to sea. They spent the next 29 days
A fisherman found and rescued the two men on Oct. 2 off the coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, about 400 km from
Nanjikana and Qoloni
Three theories
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean, was attempting a round- the-world flight in 1937. She planned to land on the tiny Pacific Ocean island of Howland. She never arrived. Her fate, and that of her navigator (导航员)Fred Noonan, remains one of aviation’s (航空的)greatest unsolved mysteries. Researchers have spent millions of dollars investigating the case and several books have been published that examined different theories.
The official US position is that Earhart ran out of fuel and crashed in the Pacific Ocean. The radio log from aUS Coast Guard ship indicates that she must have been near Howland when contact was lost
Another theory says that Earhart could have crashed on a different island, called Nikumaroro, and died since the island is uninhabited.
Yet another theory claims she was captured while on a secret mission to the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific and eventually returned to the US with a new identity.
Lost and found?
The missing pilot
February 18, 2011
Amelia Earhart’s dried saliva (唾液)could help solve the longstanding mystery of the aviator’s 1937 disappearance, according to scientists who plan to take samples of her DNA from her correspondence. A new project aims to create a genetic profile that could be used to test recent claims that a bone found on the South Pacific island ofNikumaroro is Earharf s.
Justin Long, a Canadian whose family is partially funding the DNA project, points out that at the moment, anyone who finds parts of bones can claim that they are Earhart’s remains. According to Justin Long, Earhart's letters are the only items that are both proved to be hers and that might contain her DNA. Hair samples are one of the best sources of DNA, but no hair samples from Earhart are known. There was, in theory, a sample of Earhart's hair in the International Women’s Air and Space Museum in Cleveland, US. However, a 2009 study revealed that the sample was actually thread.
The remains of Earhart, her navigator Noonan, and their twin-engine plane were never recovered. But in 2009, a group of researchers found a bone fragment on Nikumaroro that they believed might have been from one of Earhart' s fingers. However, some scientists have suggested the Nikumaroro bone fragment isn’t human at all but may instead belong to a sea turtle that was found nearby.
The new Earhart DNA project will be headed by Dongya Yang, a genetic scientist at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Yang will work on four letters Earhart wrote to her family. Much of Earhart's correspondence was done by her secretary but the assumption is that Earhart must have sealed the envelopes of these personal letters herself.
1. Why are there so many theories concerning where Amelia Earhart was?A.It is still a mystery. |
B.She left with some secrets. |
C.Her flight cost much money. |
D.She returned with a new identity. |
A.To search Nikumaroro more thoroughly. |
B.To confirm if a bone belongs to Amelia Earhart. |
C.To find out who Amelia Earhart often wrote to. |
D.To locate Amelia Earhart’s remains accurately. |
A.None of Amelia Earhart’s DNA has been collected so far. |
B.Amelia Earhart took delight in writing letters to her family. |
C.The Nikumaroro bone fragment belonged to Amelia Earhart. |
D.The hair sample in Cleveland’s museum was Amelia Earhart's. |
3 . No visit to the beautiful city of Paris, France is complete without a visit to the Notre Dame de Paris. The cathedral, built from 1163 to 1345, is one of the world's best examples of ancient architecture. It lies in the center of Paris, along the Seine River. French writer Victor Hugo used it as the setting of his famous story The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Unfortunately, on April 15, 2019. the old cathedral was covered in a big flame.
The initial fire alert sounded at 6:20 pm local time. Church officials quickly evacuated the tourists inside. As it turned out, they made the right decision when the second alarm went off twenty-three minutes later at 6:43 pm, the flames were visible. Thousands of passers-by watched in horror as the fire began destroying Notre Dame's rooftop. It took hundreds of firefighters, who worked through the night, over 12 hours to put out the fire. By the time the fire was fully contained in the early hours of Tuesday, April 16. 2019, most of the cathedral's ceiling, as well as its wooden spire — which had proudly stood 93 meters above the root for centuries — had collapsed.
Fortunately, thanks to quick action by Paris firefighters, the cathedral's most sacred relic — the Crown of Thorns — was safely transported after the fire broke out. Church officials and firefighters formed a human chain to remove other priceless treasures, such as artworks and furnishings, and load them onto waiting police cars. The cathedral's famous 18th-century organ, which boasts more than 8.000 pipes, also survived the disaster.
The tire is believed to be caused by the cathedral's ongoing repair work. Meanwhile donations to help restore the structure are pouring in worldwide at an unprecedented rate, reaching almost$ 1 billion within just two days after the fire. French President Emmanuel Macron described the fire as a “terrible tragedy”, but added, “the worst had been avoided”. Macron has promised that the French people will “rebuild the cathedral together”. “Notre Dame is ours, it's our literature, and it's our imagery. We will rebuild it. This is probably part of the French destiny, and we will finish it in the next five years.” Macron said, “Paris without Notre Dame? Madness.” While Macron is optimistic that the cathedral will be ready to welcome visitors by the Paris 2024. Summer Olympics, experts believe it will take a lot longer to restore the old structure.
1. What can we know about the Notre Dame de Paris?A.Nothing remained after the big fire. |
B.The famous writer Hugo wrote his famous story in it. |
C.It is located in central Paris, with over 600 year's history. |
D.It houses more treasures than the other Cathedrals in Europe. |
A.No flames could be seen. | B.Tourists panicked at once. |
C.Church officials didn't respect. | D.Visitors ignored the alert. |
A.The pipe organ | B.Treasures in the cathedral |
C.The Crown of Thorns | D.The wooden top of the cathedral |
A.The police are actively investigating the cause of the fire. |
B.Tourists are sure to visit the cathedral again in five year’s time. |
C.Experts think to restore Notre Dame may take longer than expected. |
D.The French government will have to bear the total expense of the restoration. |
I boarded a small plane together with my sister and 42 other passengers. While flying over the mountains, the plane
Adding a slight chance of being found out, we waited in the open, as opposed to waiting in the plane,
We knew from radio that the outside world
Now climbing over the mountains ourselves to search for help seemed to be our only chance of survival.
We endured exhaustion and starvation and we had reached the top.
To our horror, we found nothing. Disappointed, we were about to give up hope
Eventually, at the bottom of the mountain we were helped by a local farmer who called the police for help. I then
5 . There's a loud bang, and then it starts: A battery of an electric car is on fire in the test tunnel. A video of the test impressively shows the energy stored in such batteries: meter-long flames flee in disorder and produce enormous amounts of thick, black smoke. The visibility in the previously brightly lit tunnel section quickly approaches zero. After a few minutes, ashes have spread throughout the room.
"In our experiment we were considering in particular private and public operators of small and large underground or multi-storey car parks," says project leader Lars Derek Mellert,"all these existing underground structures are being used to an increasing extent by electric cars. And the operators ask themselves: “
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A.The pollutants emitted by a burning vehicle have always been dangerous |
B.What on earth causes Lithium batteries to catch fire |
C.Even the fire brigades do not have to learn anything new on the basis of the tests |
D.The acid can possibly result in death, while its effects may delay after exposure |
E.But in the three tests in the tunnel the concentrations remained far below critical levels |
F.What will happen if such a car catches fire |
A.The man bad poor imagination because of the car accident |
B.The man must have advised the woman to wear the seat belt |
C.The woman was likely to have got seriously injured in the car accident |
D.The woman wasn’t wearing the seat belt when the accident happened |
A.She had run a long way. |
B.She felt weak and tired in the subway. |
C.She had done a lot of work. |
D.She had given blood the night before. |
A.By lifting her to the platform to get others’ help. |
B.By moving her with the help of his girlfriend. |
C.By holding her arm and pulling her along the ground. |
D.By waking her up and dragging her away from the edge. |
A.Danger in the subway. | B.A subway rescue. |
C.How to save people. | D.A traffic accident. |
A.The man was seriously injured in the car accident. |
B.The man had poor imagination because of the car accident. |
C.The man wasn’t wearing the seat belt when the accident happened. |
D.The man’s daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home. |
A.4. | B.5. | C.6. | D.7. |
A. extended B. married C. estimate D. keeping E. experiment F. noticed G. glued H. initially I. replaced J. sense K. vastly |
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