2018年05月学位英语考试真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Passage1

In1866,sailorsonaGermanshipcalledPaulathrewabottlewithamessageinto

watershundredsofmilesoffthewesterncoastofAustralia.Onehundredandthirty-one

yearslater,(76)thebottlewasfoundonanAustraliaisland.

Itsbelievedtobetheoldest-knownmessageinabottle,intermsoftheamountoftime

thathaspassedbetweenwhenitwaswrittenandwhenitwasfound.Beforethisdiscovery,

Guinness(吉尼斯)WorldRecordssaidthattheoldestwas108yearsold,foundinGermany

in2015.Aus-tralianandGermanresearchersworkedtogethertocheckwhetherthenoteis

realornot.

TonyaIIlmanwaswalkingonthebeachinJanuarywhenshespottedtheoldbottle.“I

pickeditupthinkingitmightlookniceondisplayinmyhome,Illmansays,accordingtoan

accountonherhusbandswebsite.(77)Thebottlewaspartiallyfilledwithwetsand.Shortly

after,Illmanssonsgirlfriendpouredoutthecontentsandfoundatightlyrollednote

coveredinapieceofstring.

Toodamptoopeninitially,accordingtotheaccount,thegroupwaitedforittodryand

wereamazedtoseethatitwascarefullyhandwritteninGerman.Thefirstthingthatcaught

myeyewastheyear1866,”saidIllmanshusbandKym.Itseemedtotallyunlikelytousthat

thenoteandbottlecouldhavelastedthatlong.

ThepairreachedouttotheWesternAustraliaMuseum,whichsetouttostudythe

document,Extraordinaryfindsneedextraordinaryevidencetosupportthem,sowe

contactedcolleaguesinGermanyforhelptofindmoreinformation,”RossAnderson,whoisin

chargeofwordsofartinthemuseum,saidinastatement.

ButthismessageisnoSOSorloveletter.

1、AccordingtoGuinnessWorldRecords,thesecondoldestmessagewasfound___.

A、in2014

B、in2015

C、in2017

D、in2016

解析：

题目:据《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》记载，世界上第二古老的文字是在去年发现的。

A:在2014

B:在2015

C:在2017

D:在2016

2、Whichofthefollowingi