【阅读理解DearFlorenceWearrivedinIndialastweekandthevoyagewastheworstexperienceofmyentirelife．I’mluckytobealive!Thefirstpartofthejourneywasterrib】

　　阅读理解

　　DearFlorence

　　WearrivedinIndialastweekandthevoyagewastheworstexperienceofmyentirelife．I’mluckytobealive!

　　ThefirstpartofthejourneywasterriblebecausetheshiphitbadweatheralmostassoonasweleftLiverpool．Butmuchmuchworsewastocome．Laterwewereinvolvedinacollisionwithanotherboatandwehadtoabandonship!

　　WehadbeenatseaforabouttwoweeksandwewereintheMediterranean．ThereisnowacanalbetweentheMediterraneanandtheRedSeacalledtheSuezCanalwhichopenedlastyear．OurboatstoppedatPortSaidtheEgyptianportattheentrancetothecanal．IrememberlookingthroughtheportholeofmycabinandwishingthatIcouldgoashoreandvisitthisfascinatingplacebutmummyhadorderedthatIwastostayinthecabinbecauseIwasfeelingill．“Youmuststayhereforatleastanothertwodays．”Irememberhersaying．Howwrongshewouldturnouttobe!Theshiplefttheportandheadedtowardsthecanal．IwasaloneinthecabinandIwatchedtheportdisappearintothedistance．Suddenlytherewasaloudbangfollowedbythemostawfulcrunching(嘎吱的)soundandtheshipshookandturnedslightlyonitsside．

　　Therewasaneeriesilenceforamomentandthenpeoplestartedshouting．Mummycamerunningintothecabinandtoldmethatwehadcollidedwithanotherboat．Shetookmyhandandweranalongthedecktowardsthelifeboats．Therewasalotofshoutingandpeoplewererunningeverywherebutthecrewwereallactingcalmlyhelpingpeopleintothelifeboatsandtellingpeoplenottopanic．

　　Wellclearlywesurvivedasdidallthepassengersandcrewoftheship．Theotherboatwasn’tsolucky．Itsankandseveralliveswerelost．

　　Iwillwriteabouttherestofthejourneysoon．PleasegivemylovetoAuntClaireandUncleEric．

　　Yourlovingcousin

　　Jane

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　　Whenwastheletterwritten?

　　[]A．

　　BeforetheauthorwenttoIndia．

　　B．