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（字跡模糊的），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 本文按照發(fā)現(xiàn)漂流瓶中最古老的信息的時間，地點，經(jīng)過以及結果這一順序展開描述．時間：2014年4月 地點：在波羅的海上 經(jīng)過：德國的一位名叫 Konrad Fischer的漁民用漁網(wǎng)打撈上來了一個裝有明信片的漂流瓶，由于受潮的原因，只看到了明信片上部分可讀信息："無論誰發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個瓶子都要將它還給柏林的一個地址"，它甚至還貼著兩張付了郵資的郵票．后來研究者們按照地址展開調查，并找到了明信片上信息的作者（ Richard Platz）的孫女．最后的結果：該瓶子在漢堡國際海事博物館一直被展出到5月1日．研究者們還仔細研究了該明信片，并試圖找出其余信息的含義．
解答 答案：21 D 細節(jié)推理題 根據(jù)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，當?shù)聡囊晃幻?nbsp;Konrad Fischer的漁民從漁網(wǎng)里將瓶子拿出來的時候，他說他差一點又把它扔到海里去，但是他發(fā)現(xiàn)了里面有東西，所以就沒有扔．故選D
22 B 細節(jié)推理題 根據(jù)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，明信片上可讀部分的信息是：無論誰發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個瓶子都要將它還給柏林的一個地址，它甚至還貼好了兩張付了郵資的郵票．所以可推斷出他希望有人能將明信片送給他的家人．故選B
23 C 主旨大意題 做此題需要通讀全文，概括出本文的中心思想：全文都圍繞著2014年4月在波羅的海發(fā)現(xiàn)的漂流瓶中最古老的信息展開．故選C
點評 本文按照發(fā)現(xiàn)漂流瓶中明信片的時間，地點，經(jīng)過以及后來的研究結果這一順序展開描述．所以把握住文章的寫作思路，這樣更有利于加深對文章的理解．
