Dear Florence,
We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life. I’m lucky to be alive!
The first part of the journey was terrible, because the ship hit bad weather almost as soon as we left Liverpool. But much, much worse was to come. Later, we were involved in a collision with another boat and we had to abandon ship!
We had been at sea for about two weeks and we were in the Mediterranean. There is now a canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea called the Suez Canal, which opened last year. Our boat stopped at Port Said, the Egyptian port at the entrance to the canal. I remember looking through the porthole of my cabin and wishing that I could go ashore and visit this fascinating place, but mummy had ordered that I was to stay in the cabin because I was feeling ill. “you must stay here for at least another two days.” I remember her saying. How wrong she would turn out to be! The ship left the port and headed towards the canal . I was alone in the cabin and I watched the port disappear into the distance. Suddenly there was a loud bang, followed by the most awful crunching（嘎吱的）sound, and the ship shook and turned slightly on its side.
There was an eerie silence for a moment, then people started shouting. Mummy came running into the cabin and told me that we had collided with another boat. She took my hand and we ran along the deck towards the lifeboats. There was a lot of shouting and people were running everywhere, but the crew were all acting calmly, helping people into the lifeboats and telling people not to panic.
Well, clearly we survived, as did all the passengers and crew of the ship. The other boat wasn’t so lucky. It sank and several lives were lost.
I will write about the rest of the journey soon. Please give my love to Aunt Claire and Uncle Eric.
Your loving cousin,
Jane
56．小題1:When was the letter written?
A．Before the author went to India.B．In the mid – 19th century.
C．When the author arrived in Egypt.D．Just after the author arrived in India.
57．小題2:Why was the journey to India such a bad experience for the author?
A．She was sick when it started and nearly died in Egypt.
B．Her ship left England in bad weather and crashed into another ship near the Suez Canal.
C．She was seasick when her ship sank.
D．She was alone when her ship hit another boat and she got sick.
58．小題3:The author’s mother didn’t allow her to go ashore and visit the port city, Said because      .
A．she was homesick at that time
B．she didn’t feel very well then
C．she could meet some danger ashore
D．she could see the city through the porthole on board
59．小題4:The underlined phrase “eerie silence” in the sixth paragraph means         .
A．pleasant calm silenceB．long peaceful silence
C．sudden long silenceD．strange uncomfortable silence

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段的: We arrived in India last week, and the voyage was the worst experience of my entire life.可知答案。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段的：“the ship hit bad weather”和“ Later, we were involved in a collision with another boat”可知答案。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第三段中有說(shuō)到“mummy had ordered that I was to stay in the cabin because I was feeling ill.”這和選項(xiàng)B相符。
小題4:詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)for a moment then判斷不可能是持續(xù)時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，所以不可能選B、D選項(xiàng)。還用理解后面文章內(nèi)容可知，這不能是pleasant calm silence。
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