Question

       Some people don't need a mailbox (由筒) to send a message. They use a bottle sometimes. Here are two stories about it. Both storiewS are true.

    In 1965,a sailor (水手) 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 (扔) it 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. After a few months,they got married (结婚) .

    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 (扔) it into a river. The bottle was not found until (直到) one day a man called Bill picked it up on a beach in Florida many years later. He took the picture out of the bottle and looked at it. How amazing!The boy in the picture was his friend,Tom. The last time Bill ‘saw Tom was 25 years ago. Somehow (不管怎样) the bottle came to the right place.

() 1. After the sailor wrote a letter,he .

   A. threw it away

   B. put it in a bottle and threw it away

   C. found a bottle

   D. put it in a bottle and threw it into the sea

() 2. The sailor and the girl from Italy .

   A. grew up together   B. went to the same school

   C. didn't see each other before   D. knew each other before

() 3. When the man called Bill looked at the picture of Tom,he got .

   A. amazing   B. sad   C. worried   D. surprised

() 4. At the end of the story,Bill and Tom must be .

   A. more than 25 years old   B. 18 years old

   C. 25 years old           D. less than 25 years old

Answer 1

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