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专题17
遗失的法国信件
【原文·外刊阅读】
体裁：新闻报道 题材：人与社会 难度：★★★ 词数：374词 建议用时：9分钟
Scres f French lve letters frm the mid-18th century have been pened and studied fr the first time since they were written. The letters – sent t French sailrs by wives, siblings and parents – never made it t their intended recipients, but they ffer rare insight int the lives f families affected by war.
Sent between 1757-58 during the Seven Years War, the letters were mstly addressed t the crew f the Galatée warship, and the French pstal administratin frwarded them frm prt t prt in hpes f reaching the sailrs. But when the British Navy captured the Galatée in April 1758, French authrities frwarded the batch f letters t England.
The 104 letters are written n heavy, expensive paper, and sme have red wax seals. Renaud Mrieux, the histrian f the University f Cambridge, discvered them in the digital remainders f Britain's Natinal Archives. Mrieux spent mnths decding(解码) the letters, and published his findings Mnday in the French histry jurnal Annales.
In ne letter, Marguerite Lemyne, a 61-year-ld mther, sclds her sn Niclas Quesnel fr nt writing:"On the first day f the year... yu have written t yur fiancée... I think mre abut yu than yu abut any case I wish yu a happy new year filled with blessings f the Lrd. I think I am fr the tmb, I have been ill fr three weeks. Give my cmpliments t Varin, it is nly his wife wh gives me yur news."
"The sn wh's at sea is nly writing t his fiance, and the mther gets really annyed abut that," Mrieux said. The letters als demnstrate the difficulty f lng-distance cmmunicatin in the 1750s. Many f the senders, like Lemyne, were likely illiterate and dictated their messages t a cpyist. Mrever, sending a letter t a ship cnstantly n the mve during wartime was difficult and unreliable, and families ften sent multiple cpies f letters t different prts.
In an effrt t maximize the chances f successfully cmmunicating with a lved ne, each letter had multiple messages crammed nt the paper, ften frm different families and addressed t multiple crewmates. T Mrieux, the letters shw hw cmmunities stay resilient(有韧性的) in times f crisis.
【原创·阅读理解】
1. What can we learn abut the lve letters ?
A. They were written by miserable French sailrs.
B. They dcumented the impact f war n families.
C. They were researched many times in 1758.
D. They were nicely preserved in Britain's Natinal Archives.
2. What can we knw abut Lemyne in the furth paragraph ?
A. She had n knwledge f her sn's situatin.
B. She had a terrible relatinship with her daughter-in-law.
C. She deeply lved and missed her sn.
D. She was seriusly ill and bught a tmb.
3. What des the underlined wrd “illiterate” mean in paragraph 5 ?
A. Passinate.
B. Frustrated.
C. Individual.
D. Uncultured.
4. Why did peple send letters t several crewmates ?
A. T accurately cnvey mre infrmatin.
B. T establish gd relatinships with ther crewmates.
C. T make sure gain cnnectin with lved nes.
D. T handle cmmunity crisis in a timely manner.
【精选·名校好题】
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（2023·黑龙江实验中学期中）Quietly sitting there reading, I fund myself suddenly listening t the train guard’s annuncements. Train travelers will surely agree that when the guard makes an annuncement, whether it’s the recrded message r the guard’s message, few peple listen t it, because it’s ften quite dull r hard t understand. This ne was different. I nticed that ther passengers appeared t be listening, t. Nt nly that, everyne was smiling!
Why was s much attentin being paid t this message? As best I can recall the guard said smething alng these lines, “Gd Mrning Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, this is the 7: 35 a.m. frm Penrith t Central and yu’ll be pleased t knw that we are right n time. And what a lvely mrning it is in Sydney tday. The sun is shining, birds are singing, and all’s right with the wrld. I trust yu have a great day wherever yu’re ging. Thanks fr catching my train this mrning and I hpe t see yu again sn.”
Quite a few peple (bviusly previus strangers) started talking t ne anther abut the guards excellent message and hw gd it had made everyne feel. I started thinking abut this, and then I fund the yung guard and said “Were yu the guard n the 7: 35 a.m. frm Penrith?” The guard seemed a bit stunned at first, replying, “Yes, yyyyes.” “Well, I really appreciate yur annuncement. Thank yu fr yur extremely gd message, which gave me and the ther passengers such a gd start t the day. Please keep ding it.” I said.
There are tw messages fr me in what happened that day. Firstly, when peple are happy in their wrk it shws in what they d and say. Secndly, the stry attaches much imprtance t the benefits that accumulate frm thanking peple fr smething they’ve dne, particularly when it’s nt expected. Can yu imagine the cnversatin that guard wuld have when he gt hme?
1．Why d few train travelers listen t the annuncements?
A．The messages are unattractive.
B．The guard’s vice is nt clear.
C．They usually feel sleepy.
D．They are absrbed in bks.
2．What des the underlined wrd “stunned” in Paragraph 3mean?
A．Patient.B．Cautius.C．Surprised.D．Excited.
3．What might the guard talk abut with his family when he gt hme?
A．The beautiful weather.B．The recrded message.
C．The train frm Penrith.D．The unexpected appreciatin.
4．Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the text?
A．An Intelligent Guard. B．A Bring Train Stry.
C．A Different Train Annuncement.D．A Lvely Mrning in Sydney.
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（2023·华中师大一附中期中）Saring t 29, 035 feet, the famus Munt Everest had lng been cnsidered unclimbable due t the freezing weather, the bvius ptential fall frm cliffs and the effects f the extreme high altitude, ften called “muntain sickness.” But that was t be changed by Edmund Hillary.
When he was invited t jin the British Everest expeditin in 1953, Edmund Hillary was a highly capable climber. The glacier-cvered peaks in his hmetwn in New Zealand prved a perfect training grund fr the Himalaya. It was his furth Himalayan expeditin in just ver tw years and he was at the peak f fitness.
On May 28, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Nrgay, an experienced Sherpa (夏尔巴人) set ut and reached the Suth Summit by 9 a. m. next day. But after that, the ridge (山脊) slightly fell befre rising suddenly in a rcky spur (尖坡) abut 17 meters high just befre the true summit. The frmatin is difficult t climb due t its extreme pitch because a mistake wuld be deadly. Scratching at the snw with his ax, Hillary managed t vercme this enrmus bstacle, later t be knwn as the Hillary Step.
At 11:30 a. m, the tw men fund themselves standing at the tp f the wrld. “Nt until we were abut 50 feet f the tp was I ever cmpletely cnvinced that we were actually ging t reach the summit.” Hillary later recunted, “Of curse I was very, very pleased t be n the summit, but my first thught was a little bit f surprise. After all, this is the ambitin f all muntaineers.”
Emerging as the first t summit Munt Everest, Hillary Hillary cntinued by helping explre Antarctica, and establishing the Himalayan Trust (信托基金), thrugh which he prvided a number f beneficial services t the Himalayan peples. He als a sizeable legacy that muntain climbers have chased ever since. As a yung climber said, “It was nt just Hillary and Tenzing that reached the summit f Munt Everest. It was all f humanity. Suddenly, all f us culd g.”
5．What made Edmund Hillary a capable climber n the 1953 expeditin?
A．His undisputed reputatin.
B．His remarkable physical cnditin.
C．His previus training n Munt Everest.
D．His exceptinal ability t adapt t the cld.
6．What des the Hillary Step refer t?
A．A mistake Hillary avided making.
B．A steep spur f rck Hillary cnquered.
C．An ax Hillary used t scratch snw.
D．A sudden fall f a ridge Hillary skipped.
7．What was Hillary’s initial feeling upn reaching the summit f Munt Everest?
A．Overwhelming jy.B．Enrmus pride.
C．Cmplete disbelief.D．A tuch f astnishment.
8．What was the impact f Hillary’s achievement n muntaineering?
A．It pens up pssibilities fr ther climbers.
B．It enabled him t give back t his hmetwn.
C．It left financial benefits fr climbers t pursue.
D．It led t friendly regulatins fr muntaineering.