11．In April 2014，the world's oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea．It had spent 101years lost in the ocean!The message was finally sent to the author's granddaughter．
A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel，Germany．He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net．Then he noticed something inside．
The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps，dated May 17，1913．Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible（字迹模糊的），the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin．It even contained two stamps to pay for postage．
From the address，researchers found that the postcard was written by a man named Richard Platz，who was 20years old when he wrote the message．While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group，he threw the bottle into the sea．Then the researcher began a research for any living relatives of his．Sure enough，they were able to find his 62-year-old grandfather，Angela Erdmann，who still lives in Berlin．
"It was almost unbelievable，"Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message，as quoted in The Local．"That was a pretty moving moment．Tears rolled down my face．"
Erdmann never knew her grandfather，who died in 1946，but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him．
The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg until May 1．After that，the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message．
Previously，the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98years at sea and was discovered in April 2012，according to Guinness World Records．
21．When Konrad picked up the bottle from the sea，D．
A．he thought it would bring him good luck．
B．he noticed the postcard inside immediately．
C．he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle．
D．he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first．
22．Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message into the sea？B
A．He expected his grandfather could find the postcard．
B．He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home．
C．He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever．
D．He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle．
23．What can be the best title for this passage？C
A．The finding of a floating bottle at the sea．
B．A one-century-old letter to a grandfather．
C．The world's oldest message in a floating bottle．
D．The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle．
分析 本文按照发现漂流瓶中最古老的信息的时间，地点，经过以及结果这一顺序展开描述．时间：2014年4月 地点：在波罗的海上 经过：德国的一位名叫 Konrad Fischer的渔民用渔网打捞上来了一个装有明信片的漂流瓶，由于受潮的原因，只看到了明信片上部分可读信息："无论谁发现了这个瓶子都要将它还给柏林的一个地址"，它甚至还贴着两张付了邮资的邮票．后来研究者们按照地址展开调查，并找到了明信片上信息的作者（ Richard Platz）的孙女．最后的结果：该瓶子在汉堡国际海事博物馆一直被展出到5月1日．研究者们还仔细研究了该明信片，并试图找出其余信息的含义．
解答 答案：21 D 细节推理题 根据第二段"…He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net．Then he noticed something inside．"可知，当德国的一位名叫 Konrad Fischer的渔民从渔网里将瓶子拿出来的时候，他说他差一点又把它扔到海里去，但是他发现了里面有东西，所以就没有扔．故选D
22 B 细节推理题 根据第三段"..the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin．It even contained two stamps to pay for postage．"可知，明信片上可读部分的信息是：无论谁发现了这个瓶子都要将它还给柏林的一个地址，它甚至还贴好了两张付了邮资的邮票．所以可推断出他希望有人能将明信片送给他的家人．故选B
23 C 主旨大意题 做此题需要通读全文，概括出本文的中心思想：全文都围绕着2014年4月在波罗的海发现的漂流瓶中最古老的信息展开．故选C
点评 本文按照发现漂流瓶中明信片的时间，地点，经过以及后来的研究结果这一顺序展开描述．所以把握住文章的写作思路，这样更有利于加深对文章的理解．
