陕西省汉中市陕飞二中高三英语《阅读理解》课件（2）_高考复习指南

陕西省汉中市陕飞二中高三英语《阅读理解》课件（2）

　　第三模块 │ 题型探究 Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷)．

　　I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报)，which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read，“Safe.　Love Ted.”

　　My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father's knee, his arm in a bandage.

　　第三模块 │ 题型探究 He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart.　Mother said it was caused

　　by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.

　　Ten years later I read Night of the U boats and was able to complete the story.

　　Torpedo

　　第三模块 │ 题型探究 One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned. By the time he got on deck(甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free，it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.

　　第三模块 │ 题型探究 Three days later，he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph. A Toast In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest(以免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.　　　第三模块 │ 题型探究　()What is the passage mainly about? 　A．A group of forgotten heroes. 　B．A book describing a terrifying battle. 　C．A ship engineer's wartime experience. 　D．A merchant's memories of a sea rescue. 第三模块 │ 题型探究　