Part II    Reading Comprehension

Passage One

(21) It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海) history, six times more deadly than the Titanic.（第一句是一判断句，此类句子通常为作者的观点句。It实际上是指the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff, six times more deadly than the Titanic是作者作此判断的直接原因或理由，考生不妨在这里将比较级划出，因比较处常为考点。这一句只是概括性的，后文还应该对此进行详细阐述，点明it。）When the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of Word War II, more than 10,000 people — mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany —were packed aboard.（该句大意为：这艘被鱼雷击中的船当时船上有超过一万人。句子主干是more than 10,000 people were packed aboard；when引导时间状语从句，其中的fired from…为过去分词后置定语，修饰torpedoes；破折号之间的内容对10,000 people作进一步解释说明, fleeing … Nazi Germany为现在分词短语，修饰women, children and old people。）(22) An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down.（一场冰暴使那艘船的甲板结了一层冰，当船身倾斜、开始下沉时，挤在甲板上的数百个家庭滑入大海。that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea是定语从句，修饰frozen sheets；as直接点出船下沉的时间。）Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down.（注意这里others是指那些没有滑入大海的人）Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way aboard. Most people froze immediately.（句子主干是Some fought off those。文章至此都是叙述细节，说明当时海难的情况。）“I’ll never forget the screams,” says Christa Nutzmann ,87, one of the 1,200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave — and into seeming nothingness, rarely mentioned for more than half a century.（最后通过一个幸存者的回忆，指明这个事件超过半个世纪不被人所提及。注意：这里点出了文章的主题，前面都是铺垫。预测后文可能会探讨其原因，或分析人们对这场灾难的态度。从写作手法上看，brightly lit和dark grave形成强烈对比，凸现这场海难的悲剧性。）
21.Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in maritime history?
[定位与替换]本题是问为什么作者说Wilhelm Gustloff的沉没是航海史上最严重的悲剧？根据题干关键词the worst tragedy，可直接定位到原文第一句。这里作者把Gustloff和Titanic在死亡人数上作了比较，deadly一词表明Gustloff的死亡人数是Titanic的六倍，作者是从死亡人数多这个角度来说明Gustloff的沉没是航海史上最严重的悲剧的。所以应该选D) It caused the largest number of casualties.它造成了最大的人员伤亡。six times more = th

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