Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Itwasaterribletragedy,sixtimesmoredeadlythantheTitanic(泰坦尼克号).WhentheGermanshipWilhelmGustloffwashitbytorpedoes(鱼雷)firedfromaRussiansubmarine(潜水艇)inthefinalwinterofWorldWarII,morethan10,000people---mostlywomen,childrenandoldpeoplefleeingthefinalRedArmypushintoGermany—werepackedaboard.Anicestormhadturnedthedicksintofrozensheetsthatsenthundredsoffamiliesslidingintoseaastheshiplistedandbegantogodown.
Othersdesperatelytriedtoputlifeboatsdown.Somewhosucceededfoughtoffthoseinthewaterwhohadthestrengthtotrytogetaboard.
Mostpeoplefrozeimmediately.“I’llneverforgetthescreams,”saysChristaNutzmann,87,oneofthe1,200survivors.
Sherecallswatchingtheship,brightlylit,slippingintoitsdarkgrave—andrarelymentionedformorethanhalfacentury.
ThelongsilenceaboutthesinkingoftheWilhelmGustloffwasprobablyunavoidable—andnecessary.
B.yunreservedlyconfessingtheircountry’shorriblecrimesGermanshavemanagedtowinacceptanceabroadandmakepeacewiththeirneighbors.
Today’sunifiedGermanyismoreprosperousandstablethanatanytimeinitslong,troubledhistory.
F.orthat,ahalfcenturyofwillfulforgettingaboutpainfulmemoriesliketheGermanTitanicwasperhapsareasonablepricetopay.
B.uteventhemostpoliticallycorrectGermansbelievethatthey’venowearnedtherighttodiscussthefullhistoricalrecord.
NottoidentifyGermansufferingwiththatofitsvictims,butsimplytoacknowledgeaterribletragedy.
31.TheWilhelmGustloffwentdownbecause
.A.itranintoanicestorm
.B.itwashitbyanothership
.C.itcrashedintoasubmarine
.D.itwasattackedbytorpedoes
[单选题]Questions from 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:A . Questions from 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:B . The exporter, as drawer of a draft (bill of exchange), hands the draft to his bank, the remitting bank, who in turn forwar
[单选题]Passage ThreeThe whole industrial process which makes many of the goods and machines we needand use in our daily lives, is bound to create a number of waste products whichupset the environmental balance or the ecological(生态的)balance as it is known. M
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.A.mericans are a very energetic and mobile people, always on the run; rushing from one appointment to another, from a PTA (Parent Teacher Association) meeting to a social planning com
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.A.n understanding of man's effect on the balance of nature is crucial (关键的) to being able to find the appropriate remedial action. It is a very common belief that the problems of the
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.①The long summer holidays are finally over and some parents are pleased. “We worry more about their safety in the holidays,” explains one mother from North London. If teenagers are no
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.What are the specific traits that will assist executives to climb the ladder of success? Opinions vary widely. Given approximately equal qualifications and circumstances,some claim th
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.In the late 1960's many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems,and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers(摩天楼)were widely criticized. Scientists pointed ou
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent,notions of superiority are hard to maint
[单选题]Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.D.uring the Christmas shopping rush in London, a story was reported of a tramp(流浪者)who, apparently no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well. known chain store late on Chris