Period Two　Lesson 2　On the Move

Ⅰ.阅读理解

What are the chances of finding a 60­year­old photo of your ancestor arriving at Ellis Island？If the photo was nothing more than half a page from an unidentified magazine，what are the chances of finding it?

Some time ago，Yitz Twersky of New York found a page torn from a magazine showing his mother­in­law，Ernestine，two years old at the time，with her parents on Ellis Island.While this was exciting，there was no information about which magazine it appeared in.

However，Twersky noticed tiny print with the picture that identified the photographer：Ollie Atkins.As Mr.Twersky soon discovered，Ollie Atkins was a big name in photography-a famous photo journalist who took award­winning photos of history makers like Truman，Martin Luther King，Jr.，Richard Nixon and others.In fact，Atkins served for several years as the White House photographer.

The search for Ollie Atkins led to a repository(存放处) of the photographers' works at George Mason University.Fortunately，Atkins was a meticulous record­keeper，who kept lists of his works.The curator(馆长) identified Mr.Twersky's photo as one that accompanied a 1949 article in the Saturday Evening Post，with the title "They Do Anything to Get into the USA."

Twersky was over the moon.The curator could practically hear him jumping for joy over the phone.How did his mother­in­law react？"She was crying，" Twersky said."I went online and found an old copy of January 29,1949，Saturday Evening Post."

Little Ernestine's parents had left Poland，eventually surviving a hard journey.The Post article shares many stories about what immigrants would do to enter American soil.

1．What is the passage mainly about?

A．How Ernestine moved to Ellis Island.

B．How Twersky found the origin of an old picture.

C．How Ernestine spent her life in America.

D．How Twersky got along with Ernestine.

答案　B