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1、NEWYORK－AustralianminingenterpriseClivePalmeronTuesdayunveiled(公布)blueprintsforTitanicⅡ,amoderncopyofthedoomedoceanliner,althoughhe

didn'tcalltheshipunsinkableanymore.

Theshipwilllargelyrecreatethedesignanddecorationofthefabledoriginal,withsomemodificationstokeepitinlinewithcurrentsafetyrulesandshipbuildingpractices,andtheadditionofsomemoderncomfortssuchasairconditioning,PalmersaidatapressconferenceinNewYork.

Thethreepassengerclasses,however,willbepreventedfrommingling(混杂),asin1912,Palmersaid.“I'mnottoosuperstitious(迷信的).”Palmersaidwhenaskedwhetherrecreatingashipbestknownforsinkingwastemptingfate.

WhiteStarLine,theoperatoroftheoriginalship,hadsaidtheTitanicwasdesignedtobeunsinkable.About1,500peoplediedonTitanic’smaidenvoyagein1912fromSouthamptontoNewYorkaftertheshipcollidedwithanicebergintheNorthAtlantic.

Palmer,whocreatedthecompanyBlueStarLinelastyear,refusedtomakea

similarboast.

“Anythingwillsinkifyouputaholeinit,”Palmersaid.“Ithinkitwouldbeverycavaliertosayit.”

Unliketheoriginal,TitanicⅡwillhavemorethanenoughspaceinitslifeboatsforeverypersononboardandwillhaveadditionalescapestaircases.MarkkuKanerva,salesdirectoratDeltamarin,theFinnishcompanydesigningtheship,saiditwouldbethe“safestcruiseshipintheworld”．

Palmerrefusedtoanswerquestionsabouttheproject'scost.AlthoughtheTitanic

wastheworld'slargestshipinhertime,shewouldbesmallerthanmanyoftoday'smoderncruiseships.

“It’snotaboutthemoney，”Palmersaid.“I'vegotenoughmoneyforit.

Ithinkthat’sallthatmatters.”

ForbesestimatedPalmer'snetworthtobe$795millionin2022.Hedescribes

himselfasabillionaire.

TitanicⅡwillbebuiltbyChinesestate-ownedCSCJinlingShipyard,whichhas

alreadybuiltfourorecarriersforPalmer’sminingbusiness,hesaid.ThecontracttobuildTitanicⅡhasnotyetbeensigned,Palmersaid.

【小题1】What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“maiden”inParagraph4?

A．First.B．Trial.C．Second.D．Last.

【小题2】WhatcanbeinferredaboutTitanicⅡfromthepassage?

A．TitanicⅡwillhavemorespaceinitslifeboatsthantheTitanic.

B．TitanicⅡwillbethelargestcruiseshipintheworld.

C．TitanicⅡwillallowdifferentclassesofpassengerstomingle.

D．TitanicⅡwillbearealunsinkablecruiseship.

【小题3】WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．1,500peoplediedonTitanic’smaidenvoyagein1912.

B．TheTitaniccollidedwithanicebergintheSouthPacific.

C．TheTitanicwasequippedwithairconditioning.

D．TheTitanicwastheworld’slargestshipatthattime.

【小题4】What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthepassage?

A．TotellusthestoryoftheTitanic.

B．TotellusTitanicⅡwillcostalotofmoney.

C．TotellusaboutthefutureTitanicⅡ.

D．TotellusaChineseShipyardwillbuildTitanicⅡ.

2、A

Twoworkerswasrescued188hoursaftertheytrappedinacoalminecollapse(崩塌)inthesouthChina’sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionThetwowereamong18minerstrappedafterthemine,collapsedmiddayonJuly2becauseofdaysofheavy

rain.

Atotalof71minerswereworkingundergroundwhentheaccidentoccurredonJuly249managedtoescape.Rescuershavegoteightbodiessofar.

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