Passage2Intheolddays,diversusedtogodownintothesealookingforshipsthathadsunk,becausetheyhopedtofindgoldandjewels.Nowdiversstillsearchforvaluablethingsinsunkenships,buttheyalsotrytobringtothesurfacetheshipsth

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