Shipwreck in the forbidden zone

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题目与答案

1. The Final Voyage of the Bom Jesus

   • The ship departed from 1_____ in March 1533.

   答案：Lisbon

   原文定位：On 7 March 1533, a fleet of large Portuguese trading ships left Lisbon and sailed down the River Tagus towards the Atlantic Ocean

   同义替换：「departed from」↔「left」

2. 10 A surviving report written by the fleet commander provides a detailed account of how the ship sank.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Although no complete account of the disaster survives, researchers have reconstructed a likely sequence of events

   同义替换：「detailed」↔「complete」，「ship sank」↔「disaster」

3. 11 The cargo of copper contributed to the preservation of parts of the vessel.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Ironically, the copper that had contributed to the ship’s loss also helped preserve it. The ingots weighed down sections of the vessel and prevented them from being carried away by waves and storms. In addition, the presence of copper discouraged some marine organisms that would normally have consumed the wood

4. 12 The survivors used pieces of the damaged ship to construct shelters in the desert.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：The fate of the people aboard remains a mystery;Archaeologists have suggested that the Europeans might have survived if they met these groups and traded peacefully with them, although no historical record confirms that such an encounter occurred

   同义替换：「survivors」↔「people who may have reached land」

5. 13 An ocean current associated with the movement of diamonds may also have influenced the route taken by the damaged ship.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：After reaching the Atlantic, the stones were carried north and deposited along the desert coast. The same cold current that transported this extraordinary wealth may also have helped drive the Bom Jesus towards its destruction

   同义替换：「associated with the movement of diamonds」↔「transported this extraordinary wealth」，「may also have influenced」↔「may also have helped drive」，「the route taken by the damaged ship」↔「drive the Bom Jesus towards its destruction」

6. • The fleet intended to obtain pepper and other 2_____ from Asia.

   答案：spices

   原文定位：The ships hoped to bring back valuable spices, particularly pepper, from Portugal’s expanding network of overseas trading ports

   同义替换：「intended to obtain」↔「hoped to bring back」

7. • Gold 3_____ helped researchers establish the approximate date of the wreck.

   答案：coins

   原文定位：One important clue came from the gold coins discovered in the wreck. A large number were Portuguese coins produced during the reign of King João III between 1525 and 1538. As these coins were later withdrawn and melted down, their presence helped researchers establish a relatively narrow date for the voyage

   同义替换：「approximate date」↔「a relatively narrow date」，「wreck」↔「voyage」

8. • The presence of large amounts of 4_____ indicated that the ship was travelling towards India.

   答案：copper

   原文定位：The cargo also included an enormous quantity of copper. Such metal was normally carried from Europe to India, where it could be exchanged for spices. This showed that the ship was probably travelling towards Asia rather than returning to Portugal

   同义替换：「large amounts of」↔「an enormous quantity of」，「indicated」↔「showed」，「travelling towards India」↔「travelling towards Asia rather than returning to Portugal」

9. • Surviving records showed that the Bom Jesus was the only vessel of the period lost near 5_____ .

   答案：Namibia

   原文定位：These documents listed 21 ships that had disappeared while sailing to India between 1525 and 1600. Of these, only the Bom Jesus, which left Portugal in 1533, was reported missing anywhere near Namibia

   同义替换：「records」↔「documents」，「of the period」↔「between 1525 and 1600」，「lost」↔「missing」

10. The Discovery and Possible Survival of the Crew

    • The remains were uncovered during work at a 6_____ mine.

    答案：diamond

    原文定位：The wreck was finally discovered in April 2008, not by professional archaeologists but by workers at a diamond mine near the town of Oranjemund

11. • People who reached land may have obtained fresh 7_____ from the Orange River.

    答案：water

    原文定位：However, the Orange River lay a short distance south of the wreck and could have provided fresh water

    同义替换：「may have obtained」↔「could have provided」

12. 8 The Bom Jesus was owned by a group of private Portuguese traders.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Among the vessels was the Bom Jesus, or "Good Jesus", a recently built ship owned by King João III

13. 9 Researchers identified the wreck by consulting the complete records formerly kept in the Casa da India.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Investigating the loss was especially difficult because most of Portugal’s official maritime records had been destroyed in 1755. In that year, a powerful earthquake struck Lisbon and was followed by a tsunami and fire. The Casa da India, where maps, sailing charts and records of voyages had been stored, collapsed into the river. Consequently, historians attempting to identify lost Portuguese vessels have had to depend on scattered documents and archaeological evidence

    同义替换：「Researchers identified the wreck」↔「historians attempting to identify lost Portuguese vessels」，「consulting」↔「depend on」