(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(3)

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.

16．We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea________.

A. to meet a friend

B. to see the father off

C．to take a family photo

D．to enjoy the sailing of the ship

17．What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?

A．He was still alive.

B．His knee was broken.

C．His ship had been sunk.

D．He had arrived in Glasgow.

18．The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father's________.