Passage2
Intheolddays,diversusedtogodownintothesealookingforshipsthathadsunk,becausetheyhopedtofindgoldandjewels.Nowdiversstillsearchforvaluablethingsinsunkenships,buttheyalsotrytobringtothesurfacetheshipsthemselves,orpartsofthem.Thevalueofdifferentkindsofmetalshasincreasedgreatlyoverthelasttwentyorthirtyyearsandeventhoughashiphasbeenundertheseaformanyyears,itmaybeworthagreatdeal.
Onefamoussunkenshipisthe“Lusitania”,whichsankoffthesoutherncoastofIrelandin1915withalossofnearly1,500lives.Ithasfourhugepropellersmadeofanexpensivemetal.Todayeachofthosepropellersisworth$300,000ormore.Theship,lyingonthesea-bedhasbeenboughtbyamancalledJohnLight.Hepaidabout$1,200,000forthewholeship.Hehopestobringupthosepropellersandsellthem.Healsohopestosellotherpartsoftheship,whenhehasbroughtthemtothesurface,forabout$600,000.
6.Diverstodaytrytobringtothesurface_____.
A.goldandjewelsB.partsofships
C.wholeshipsD.alloftheabove
7.Divertrytobringupmetalsbecause_____.
A.theyhavebeenintheseaforalongtime
B.goldandjewelsarenotvaluablethings
C.somekindsofmetalsareworthalotofmoneytoday
D.itiseasytobringupmetals
8.Theword“surface”inthepassagemeansthe_____.
A.marketB.airC.topofaliquidD.sea
9.JohnLighthopesthathemaybeabletosellallthepartsofthe“Lusitania”forabout_____.
A.$12,000B.$300,000C.$1,200,000D.$1,800,000
10.JohnLightboughtthe“Lusitania”_____.
A.before1915B.beforeitsank
C.afteritsankD.afterhehadbroughtupthepropellers
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