统考英语B复习资料第二部分(带答案).doc

第二部分 阅读理解(1) Passage 1 The report came to the British on May 21,1949. The German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship(战舰) in the world, was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean. Her task: to destroy the ships supplies from the United States to war-torn England. The British had feared such a task. No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower. The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 small guns. She could move at 30 nautical(海上 的) miles an hour. She was believed to be unsinkable. However, the British had to sink her. They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck. On May 24, the Hood found the Bismarck. It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see. His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies, but to stay away from a fight with British warships. The battle didn?t last long. The Bismarck?s first torpedo(鱼雷) hit the Hood, which went down taking all but three of her 4,419 men with her. But in the fight, the Bismarck was slightly damaged. Her commander decided to run for repairs to France, which had at that time been taken by the speed and the heavy fog, they lost sight of her. For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck, but with no success. Finally, she was sighted by a plane from the air. The Bismarck was hit. On the morning of May 27, the last battle was fought. Four British ships fired on the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk. 1941年5月21日英国收到消息：世界上最强大的德国战舰Bismarck正向大西洋挺进，任务是： 摧毁来自美国的船只，这些船只上面都装载着供给饱受战乱之苦英格兰的供应品。 英国对此深感不安和恐惧，因为自己没有一艘战舰可以在速度和火力上与Bismarck相抗衡。 Bismarck装备有8支15英寸的枪和81支较小的枪，一小时能够行速30海里，号称是不沉战舰。 虽然如此，但英国人必须击沉它，因此他们派出最好的战舰Hood载着执行任务的部队去搜 寻 Bismarck， 于5月24日发现Bismarck，双方发生交战。 其实，德国指挥官并不希望与英国战舰交火，因为他的此次任务只有一个--就是负责摧毁装 载供应品的英国船只。 这场战斗持续时间并不长，英国战舰hood被Bismarck的第一鱼雷击中后沉没。舰艇上， 除 了三人生还，其余人全部牺牲。 在这场战斗里，Bismarck受到轻微的损伤，指挥官决定到被当时德国占领的法国对它进行维 修。 英国部队一开始紧跟着Bismarck，但由于其速度快和大雾的原因，后来被Bismarck甩开了。 两天来，每艘英国船只试图在