Question

The long, lonely voyage of the Japanese ghost ship is over.
A US Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into an abandoned Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year’s tsunami (海啸), sinking the vessel into waters more than 305 meters deep in the Gulf of Alaska and removing the danger it posed to shipping and the coastline on Thursday.
The cutter’s guns tore holes in the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru, and then it began to take on water and lean to one side. In about four hours, the ship disappeared into the sea, said Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow.
The ship had no lights or communications system, and its tank was able to carry more than 7,570 liters of diesel fuel. Officials, however, didn’t know exactly how much fuel was aboard.
“It’s less risky than it would be running into shore or running into other ships,” coast guard spokesman Paul Webb said.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency studied the problem and decided it is safer to sink the ship than let the fuel evaporate and pollute the sea environment.
Ryou-Un Maru was probably among the first wave of the 1.5 million tons of garbage of refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, roofs and fishing nets heading toward North America since last March when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan.
As the coast guard was ready to fire on the vessel, a Canadian fishing vessel, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters.
Plans to sink it were paused so the Canadian crew could have a chance to take the stricken ship. A Canadian official with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press that the Bernice C was unable to drag it.
Then the Canadian boat left, and once it was about 10 kilometers from the Japanese vessel, the Coast Guard began to fire, first with 25 mm shells, then a few hours later with ammunition (弹药)twice that size.
State officials have been working to test the danger of garbage including materials affected by a damaged nuclear power plant, to see if Alaska residents, seafood or wild animals could be affected.
小题1:The plan to fire on the Japanese ghost ship was paused because ____________.

A．the ghost ship was beyond the reach of the Coast Guard’s guns

B．state officials worried the ghost ship might give out radiation

C．the shells were not powerful enough to sink the ghost ship

D．a Canadian fishing boat wanted to save the ghost ship

小题2:What’s the right order of the events related to the ship of Ryou-Un Maru?
a. Its long, lonely voyage came to an end.
b. The US Coast Guard sank it into the sea.
c. The ship began to float across the Pacific Ocean.
d. A big tsunami was caused by great earthquakes.
e. Bernice C claimed rights to save the ghost ship.

A．d, c, e, b, a

B．a, b, d, c, e

C．c, e, d, a, b

D．b, a, d, c, e

小题3:Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．Japanese ghost ship arriving at US

B．Tsunami garbage heading to US

C．Japanese ghost ship polluting the Pacific

D．Cannon fire sinking Japanese ghost ship

Answer 1

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:D

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了美国海岸警卫队在美国阿拉斯加州海岸附近击沉了一艘被废弃的日本渔船。一年多以前的日本海啸让这艘渔船漫无目的地飘游穿过太平洋。
小题1:根据As the coast guard was ready to fire on the vessel, a Canadian fishing vessel, the 19-meter Bernice C, claimed the rights to save the ghost ship in international waters. 故选D。
小题2:正确的顺序是：地震造成了海啸，船开始在太平洋上漂流，Bernice声称要救这艘船，美国海岸警卫队把这艘船击沉，这艘船旅行结束，故选A。
小题3:这篇文章主要讲了美国海岸警卫队在美国阿拉斯加州海岸附近击沉了一艘被废弃的日本渔船。一年多以前的日本海啸让这艘渔船漫无目的地飘游穿过太平洋。可知答案为D。
点评：先阅读问题，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。这篇文章非常容易，根据问题找到相关问题的段落或句子，便可选出答案。