The coast of the Namib Desert in South West Africa is the location of Namibia's diamond industry.Recently，a team of divers working for a diamond company were searching for diamonds under the sea when they made an exciting discovery.The divers bad just started digging when they uncovered a few gold coins and also some pieces of metal and wood.Although they didn't know what the objects were，they realized they had to stop work and inform a historical expert called Derek Ambrose.
Ambrose is based in the city of Cape Town in South Africa，and he mainly looks at anything of historical importance found in the Namibian desert.However，Ambrose already knew about the digging that the divers were doing under the sea.As soon as he received the photographs of what they had found，he decided to visit the site and invited his former teacher，Bruce Warner to help him do research into the discovery.
They quickly realized that the divers had discovered a sunken ship.Based on what the ship was carrying，they believe that the ship sank in the late 1400s or early 1500s.Ambrose and Warner are now trying to fit the pieces of information they have into a story.They divide their time between looking at the remains of the ship under the sea off the West African coast and doing research in museums and libraries in Cape Town.Soon they will leave for Europe and go to Portugal or Spain to search for records of a ship that went missing with similar items on board.Ambrose believes the ship was on government business -----probably looking for enough metal to make big guns.
What sank the ship may remain a mystery.But Ambrose has several ideas：this coast was well known for storms and thick fogs.Even today sailors keep away from it，though they have more accurate maps and better equipment.He has found pieces of wood from the ship with large holes and repairs done by sailors，so the ship was clearly old，even then.
（1）The followings are the remains of the sunken ship Except DD .
A．some wood
B．some coins
C．some metal
D．some diamonds
（2）What is the correct order of the events？ AA
a.Ambrose and Warner plan to look for records in Europe.
b.Ambrose knew about the digging for diamonds under the sea.
c.Ambrose visited the site and invited his teacher Warner.
d.Ambrose and Warner studied the remains of the ship.
e.The divers found some coins and metal in the desert.
A．b-e-c-d-a
B．e-b-c-a-d
C．b-e-a-c-d
D．e-b-d-c-a
（3）What made the ship sink according to the passage？ DD
A．The bad weather.
B．The poor equipment.
C．The operating mistake.
D．Unknown.
（4）What can you infer from the passage？ BB
A．The divers knew they had found a sunken ship at first.
B．The weather of the coast is not good for sailing.
C．The ship was on government business to look for enough gold.
D．The ship might sink in the early 1400s or late 1500s.
【答案】D；A；D；B
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发布：2024/5/27 14:0:0组卷：37引用：3难度：0.5
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