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 (魚雷).
I can remember the arrived of the telegram（電報），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 complete 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.
小題1:We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.
A．to meet a friendB．to see the father off
C．to take a family photoD．to enjoy the sailing of the ship
小題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.
小題3:The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s ________.
A．weak heartB．taking a shore job
C．failure to return to seaD．injury caused by a torpedo
小題4: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.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：文章大意：本文講述了作者的父親曾經是一位商船的首席工程師，他講述了自己在二戰(zhàn)中經歷的沉船事件。
小題1:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Memories下面第一段，講到父親會從S起航，我們帶給他family photograph目的是be kept with him和keep him safe，推斷出我們是去給父親送行。故B正確。
小題2:A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Memories下面第三段，電報內容I can remember the arrived of the telegram（電報），which in those days always brought bad news .my grandmother opened it ,it read ,safe .love ted.。故A正確。
小題3:A詞義推測題。根據(jù)父親說it是由cigarettes引起，母親說it由torpedoes引起，it 只代前文的week heart。故A正確。
小題4:C主旨大意題，C。其它選項錯誤原因：A，forgotten heroes在文中都沒有涉及；B，terrible battle沒有提；D, merchant's memories應該是作者（merchant's child 的memories）。故C正確。
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