On September 6, 1662, two Spanish sailing ships on their way from Cuba to Spain – the Atocha and the Santa Margarita – sank in a storm. With them went tons of gold, silver bars, and jewelry - $400 million worth of treasure! For almost 350 years, the ships lay at the bottom of the ocean, lost but not forgotten.

In 1966, Mel Fisher began a search for the two ships. His studies of available information led him to believe they were near the Florida Keys, but years of search yielded nothing.

Then in 1970, a friend of Fisher’s made a fortuitous discovery in Spain – records of an early treasure hunter that showed the wrecks to be more than a hundred miles west of Fisher’s search area. Fisher moved his search to the new location. Then one day in 1971, a diver saw a golden glitter on the ocean floor. It turned out to be gold from the Atocha! Nine years later, Fisher’s team found the Santa Margarita and more of the scattered treasure.

1. The best title is .......................
A.Searching for Sunken Treasure near Spain.
B.Search That Took Three Hundred Years.
C.Sunken Treasure of the Atocha and the Santa Margarita
D.A Golden Glitter on the Ocean’s Floor. 
2. Mel Fisher began his search for the two ships in .......................

        A. 1971 B. 1970 C. 1966 D. 1622
 3.The ship that was found first was the ....................... 

A. Santa Margarita B. Atocha C. Santa Maria D. Pinta

4. The story suggests that Fisher .......................

A. lacked funds B. comes from Florida C. is a marine biologist D. has perseverance

5. The word “fortuitous” in this text means ....................... 

A. foreseen B. informal C. lucky D. unfortunate