He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage workers that they called him Our baby. In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave, carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On November 5 , this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. This is our baby, says Magda Schleifer,68,a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children----including a 13-month-old boy named Eino--from whom she had bee separated during the final minutes of the crossing. We thought they were all lost in the sea. says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have pared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now the family see no need for a new grave. he belongs to the people of Halifax, says Schleifer. “ They've taken care of him for 90 years.”
Adapted from people,November 25 ,2002
【小题1】The baby traveled on the Titanic with his .A．motherB．parentsC．auntD．relatives【小题2】What is probably the boy's last name?A．SchleiferB．EinoC．MagadD．Panula【小题3】Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child'grave on November 5 , .A．1912B．1954C．2002D．2004【小题4】This text is mainly about how .A．the unknown baby'body was taken from the north AtlanticB．the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova ScotiaC．people found out who the unknown baby wasD．people took care of the unknown baby for 90 yearsA
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解析：本文主要讲述的是现在的人们用最先进的DNA技术确认了在泰坦尼克号沉船中死去的孩子的来历。
【小题1】A 推理题。根据第二段4,5,6,7行a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children----including a 13-month-old boy named Eino--from whom she had bee separated during the final minutes of the crossing.说明这个孩子是和他的母亲一起上船的，故A正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children----including a 13-month-old boy named Eino--from whom she had bee separated during the final minutes of the crossing.说明他的妈妈姓Panula，那么孩子母亲是一个姓，故D正确。
【小题3】C 细节题。根据文章最后一行Adapted from people,November 25 ,2002。和第二段第一行But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On November 5 , this year,说明是在2002年他们来的，故C正确。
【小题4】C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是现在的人们用最先进的DNA技术确认了在泰坦尼克号沉船中死去的孩子的来历，故C项正确。