(四川专用)2014届高考英语一轮复习 课时作业(三十六) Module 6 War and Peace 新人教版选修6(2)

C. wouldn't go D. hadn't gone

12．The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being ________ to the

care of strangers.

A．dismissed B．abandoned

C．stood D．quit

13．________a certain doubt among the people as to the practical value of the

project.

A．It has B．They have

C．It remains D．There remains

14．He was told that it would be at least three more months ______he could

recover and return to work.

A．when B．before

C．since D．that

15．________ the end of their relationship, they still keep in touch with each other.

A．In spite of B．Apart from

C．Except for D．Due to

Ⅱ. 阅读理解

My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World

War Ⅱ. The book Night of the U­boats told the story.

Memories

In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my

father's ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.

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.

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 U­boats and was able to complete the

story.

Torpedo

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.

Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow.All 23 with

him signed the back of the photograph.

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