Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. He was the only. person who helped.
B. He finds it difficult to change jobs.
C. He shouldn’t have helped.
D. His intention was good.
Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. One in every 24 minutes.
B. One in every 10 minutes.
C. One in every 7 minutes.
D. One in every 4 minutes.
On August 2, 1492, a three-ship fleet commanded by Christopher Columbus of Genoa, Italy, for the King and Queen of Spain began a voyage west seeking a route to Japan and the Indies. The flagship was this chartered carrack, the Santa Maria, a bulky craft of cranky sailing behavior. However, on Christmas Eve, 1492, Columbus’ flagship ran aground on a coral reef off the coast of Haiti and the crew had to abandon ship. Ever since then, many attempts have been made to find and recover the ship. Between 1967 and 1972, Fred Dickson made four explorations of the coral reef in Cap Haitien Bay where Edwin Link had found an anchor that he believed might belong to the flagship. During the first excavation of the coral mound, Dickson and his crew found a layer of ballast stone about two feet below the surface. At the twelve-foot level, they found numerous pieces of wood, copper and brass bolts, iron rods and a few silver nails, presumably from a piece of armor. Probably the most significant find was some pottery that had been buried between 1375 and 1575. In later excavation, Dickson’s crew continued hacking away at the coral and mud, digging a trench four or five feet wide and eighteen inches deep. But they found nothing that would either prove or disprove the possibility that the Santa Maria was buried there. In 1972, using sophisticated electronic equipment, Dickson discovered an object about seventy-five feet southeast of the coral reef that he had been exploring. It was about one hundred feet long. That it was a ship was certain. Whether it was the Santa Maria is still an open question. The most important find during Dickson’s first excavation was______.
A. a ship
B. an anchor
C. some pottery
D. some ballast stone