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 photography 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 arrived 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 cigarette ,whichever ,he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read night of the U-boat and able to plete the story .
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.
【小题1】We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea .A．to meet a friendB．to see the father offC．to take a family photoD．to enjoy the sailing of the ship【小题2】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.【小题3】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s .A．weak heartB．taking a shore jobC．failure to return to seaD．injury caused by a torpedo【小题4】What is the passage mainly about?A．A group of forgotten heroesB．A book describing a terrifying battle.C．A ship engineer’s wartime experience.D．A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.B
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(答案→)B
解析：文章大意：本文讲述了作者的父亲曾经是一位商船的首席工程师，他讲述了自己在二战中经历的沉船事件。
【小题1】B细节理解题。根据Memories下面第一段，讲到父亲会从S起航，我们带给他family photograph目的是be kept with him和keep him safe，推断出我们是去给父亲送行。故B正确。
【小题2】A细节理解题。根据Memories下面第三段，电报内容I can remember the arrived of the telegram（电报），which in those days always brought bad news .my grandmother opened it ,it read ,safe .love ted.。故A正确。
【小题3】A词义推测题。根据父亲说it是由cigarettes引起，母亲说it由torpedoes引起，it 只代前文的week heart。故A正确。
【小题4】C主旨大意题，C。其它选项错误原因：A，forgotten heroes在文中都没有涉及；B，terrible battle没有提；D, merchant's memories应该是作者（merchant's child 的memories）。故C正确。