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课时分层作业(二十九)
选择性必修第二册 Unit 5 A delicate world
Ⅰ.阅读理解
(2022·郑州市高中毕业班第二次质量预测)
I grew up in Michigan and have loved boats since I was young.I'd go out on my dad's fishing boat,and every birthday I'd get a tiny boat with a viewing window.In Michigan,we're surrounded by lakes and I soon discovered that I loved diving and even skipped school days for the coast.
Three years ago,I successfully put forward an idea of running glass-bottom boat tours to my husband.We headed out on the Cheboygan River and Lake Huron,running five trips every day over summer.We sailed past lots of places of significance,with a historian on board explaining the history.We often scanned the river to see what we could find.
One weekend while diving,I managed to find a giant shell.Then I saw a green bottle on top of a fishbed and I picked it up.I swam to my boat,took a photo and then opened the bottle.It had paper inside.I unfolded the paper and saw the date-November 1926.The note read,“Return this paper to George Morrow.” It gave me a big surprise to have found it.
We made sure to keep the paper safe.I kept the bottle.Before leaving the shore,I posted a picture on my social media page and didn't expect what followed.
The next morning,my phone blew up with messages.While I was driving home,I got a phone call from Michele Primeau.She told me she was George Morrow's daughter.I didn't believe her at first.She said her dad would float notes in bottles when he went on vacation or hide them in walls when redecorating.She worked out he had posted this one on his 18th birthday.
In autumn,Michele came to visit.She brought some of his writings and the handwriting matched.She insisted I keep the message and the bottle.It now sits in a glass case in my shop.That post now has 87,000 likes.
In a hard year,the discovery has brought me pure joy.For a diver,this feels like a lifetime achievement.
1.What can be known about the author from the first paragraph?
A.She would receive many gifts on her birthday.
B.She h