The report came to the British on May 21,1941.Th German battleship Bismarck,the most powerful warship in the world,was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.Her task:to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England.The British had feared such a task.No warship the had could match the bismarck in speed or in firepower.The Bismarch hasd eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns.She could move at 30 nautical mile（海里）an hour.She was beleved to be unsinkable.However,the British had to sink her.They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck.On May 24,the Hood found the Bismarck.It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see.His orders were to destroy the british ships that were carrying supplies,but to stay away from a fight with British warships.The battle didn't last long.The Bismarck's first torpedo（鱼雷）hit the Hood,which went down taking all but three of her 1,419 men with her. But in the fight,the Bismarck was slightly damaged（损坏）.Her commander decided to run for repairs to France,which had at that time been taken by the Germans.The British force followed her.However,because of the Bismarck's speed and the heavy fog,the lost sight of her.For two days,every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck,but with no success.Finally,she was sighted by a plane from Ireland.Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her,the British fired at her form the air.The Bismarck was hit. On the morning of May 27,the last battle was fought.Four British ships fired on the Bismarck,and she was finally sunk.

1 The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean_____.

A.to sink the Hood

B.to gain control of France 

C.to cut off American supplies to Britain

D.to stop British warships reaching Germany

2 .Many people believed that the Bismarck could not be defeated  because she_____.

A.was fast and powerful  

B.had more men on board 

C.was under Luetjens' command

D.had bigger guns than other ships

3 We learn from the text that on 24 May_____.

A.the British won the battle againse the Bismarck

B.the Bismarck won the battle against the British

C.the British gunfire damaged the Bismarch seriously

D.the Bismarck succeeded in keeping away from the British

4 .Luetjens tried to sail to France in order to_____.

A.have the ship repaired

B.join the other Germans 

C.get help from the French

D.get away from the british

5 Which of the following is the immediate cause of the sinking of the Bismarck?

A.The British air strikes.

B.The damage done by the Hood.

C.Gunfire from the british warships.

D.Luetjen's decision to run for France.

Ⅶ.短文改错（每小题1.5分，共15分）
When tea and coffee were introduced to Europe in 18 th                  1.        
century, people thought they were harmful. But the King of                    2.        
Swede decided to find out whether it was true .It was                       3.        
happened that there had two brothers in prison                                4.        
at the time. The King ordered one of them drink tea                         5.        
every day and the other coffee. Both of them have lived                   6.         
many years with no problem. At the end the one who                       7.        
drink coffee every day died at the age of 83 and the                         8.        
other lived even long. Because of this, Swede is                              9.        
one of the countries which much tea and coffee are drunk today.              10.        

二、完形填空（10分）

Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, ____31____ that his great gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history. This was the Amber Room, ___32___was given this name because almost seven __33__tons of amber were used to make it. Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. Although it __34__as hard as stone, it easily melt when __35__. Once it is heated, the amber can become any shape. The design for the __36___was __37__ the fancy style popular in those days. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels.  It ___38__a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. Everyone agreed that it was the best and biggest __39___of amber art ever made. ___40___, in 1941 the Nazi German army stole it.

31. A. could never imagined   B. imagined

C. could have imagined   D. could never have imagined

32. A. which               B. that              C. /               D. who

33. A. thousands of        B. thousand of        C. thousand        D. thousands

34. A. feel                B. feels             C. felt             D. has felt

35. A. heat               B. heated            C. it was heated       D. it has heated

36. A. room              B. house             C. amber             D. thing  

37. A. of                 B. to               C. for              D. in

38. A. spent              B. cost              C. took            D. costs

39. A .job               B. work             C. works           D. gift

40. A. Therefore          B. However          C. but             D. Moreover

　 Ji Xianlin, a famous paleographer(古文书学家), historian, and writer, was born in 1911. In 1930, Ji was admitted to Tsinghua University as a major in Western literature. In 1935, he went to Germany as an exchange student to study ancient languages, receiving his PhD degree in 1941.

Ji returned to China in 1946, and in the autumn of the same year, became a professor in Peking University.

Ji Xianlin believes, “Cultural exchange is the main drive for humankind’s progress. Only by learning from each other’s strong points to make up for shortcomings can people constantly progress, the ultimate（最终的）target of which is to achieve a kind of Great Harmony. ” Over the past ten years, Ji has actively participated in discussions on the cultural problems between the East and the West, based on the same ideology. According to him, human culture is divided into four parts: Chinese culture, Indian culture, Arabic-Islamic culture and European-American culture, with the former three making up the Eastern cultural system and the last the Western one.

With his achievements in the history of Sino-Indian cultural relations, Buddhism history, Indian literature, and comparative literature, Ji Xianlin is known as a master of Eastern studies both at home and abroad.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The brief introduction of Ji Xianlin.

B. Ji Xianlin’s ideology.

C. Ji Xianlin’s achievements.

D. Ji Xianlin’s discussions on the cultural problems between the East and the West.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. In 1930, Ji was admitted to Tsinghua University as a major in Eastern literature.

B. The ultimate target of cultural exchange is to achieve a kind of Great Harmony.

C. Ji Xianlin is a master of Western studies both at home and abroad.

D. Ji Xianlin received his PhD degree in 1935.

3. What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean?

A. Decision. B. Measure. C. Support.　 D. Aim.

4. Which of the following is different from the others according to Ji Xianlin?

A. Chinese culture.

B. Indian culture.

C. Arabic-Islamic culture.

D. European-American culture.

In 1941 the US ________ war on the Axis.

A．informed          B．declared          C．announced        D．related