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Directions：Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
My father was Chief engineer of amere hant ship, which was sunk in Word War II, The book Night of the U－boats told the story．
Mcmories
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 photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sale．
Then I remember my mother lying lace down, sobbing．She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpcdo(魚雷)．
I can remember the arrival of the telegram(電報), Which in those days always brought had new．My grandmother opened it．It read,” Safe,, Love Ted．”
My most vivid memory Is being woken and brought douwn to sit o my father's knee, his arm in a bandage．
He was judged unfit to return to ea 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 the tome does．He said it was because of the cigarettes, Whichever, he died suddenly in his ealy 50s．
Ten years later I read Night of the U－bouts and was able to complete the story．
Torpedo
One torpedo struck the ship, Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed．He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoncd．
By the time he got on deek(甲板)he was alone．Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast．When he tried to cut it free it swung againse the ship, injuring his hand and arm．He had no choice but to jume－still with the photogeaph in his pecket．
Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow．All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph．
In my room is the book and the photograph．Often, glass in head, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean rind a wait for rescue? Lest(以免)we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war．
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