The US navy boarded an apparent pirate (海盗) ship in the Indian Ocean and kept 26 men for questioning, the navy said Sunday.

The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow (单桅三角帆船) that was chased and seized Saturday by the US guided missile destroyer (驱逐舰) USS Winston Churchill, said Lieut I.eslie Hull-Ryde of US Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain.

The dhow stopped fleeing after the Churchill twice fired warning shots during the chase, which continued no more than 87 kilometers off the coast of Somalia, the navy said. US sailors boarded the dhow and seized a cache (暗窖) of small arms.

The dhow's crew and passengers were being questioned Sunday aboard tim Churchill to determine which were pirates and which were lawful crew members, Hull-Ryde said.

Sailors aboard the dhow told navy investigators that pirates hijacked (抢劫) the ship six days ago near Mogadishu and afterwards used it to stage pirate attacks on merchant ships.

The Churchill is part of a muhinational task force patrolling (巡逻) the western Indian Ocean and Horn of Africa region to thwart (阻止) terrorist activity and other lawlessness during the US-led war in Iraq.

The Navy said it captured the dhow in response to a report from the International Maritime (海事的) Bureau in Kuala Lumpur on Friday that said pirates had fired on the MV Delta Ranger, a Bahamian-flagged bulk carrier (货轮) that was passing some 320 kilometres off the central eastern coast of Somalia.

Hull-Ryde said the navy was still investigating the incident and would discuss with international authorities what to do with the men kept aboard the Churchill.

72. Which of the following statements about the dhow's crew is right?

A. Among them were both lawful and lawless members.

B. Their ship was stopped by the police in the African region.

C. They are all from India.

D. They are pirates attacking merchant ships.

73. "Churchill" in the text is _______.

A. a late UK prime minister B. an official of the US navy

C. a military ship D. the title of a military action

74. Which of the following correctly describes how the dhow was captured?

a.Warning shots were fired b. Merchant ships were attacked by pirates.

c. The dhow was hijacked, d. US sailors boarded the dhow.

A. d-a-b-c B. c-b-a-d C. b-a-d-c D. a-b-d-c

75. How did the US navy find the dhow?

A. They found the dhow by accident when patrolling the sea.

B. They found the dhow after receiving reports from some merchants.

C. They found the dhow after being informed about it.

D. They found the dhow after receiving messages from the sailors on the dhow

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The US navy boarded an apparent pirate (海盗) ship in the Indian Ocean and kept 26 men for questioning, the navy said Sunday.
The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow (单桅三角帆船) that was chased and seized Saturday by the US guided missile destroyer (驱逐舰) USS Winston Churchill, said Lieut I.eslie Hull-Ryde of US Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain.
The dhow stopped fleeing after the Churchill twice fired warning shots during the chase, which continued no more than 87 kilometers off the coast of Somalia, the navy said. US sailors boarded the dhow and seized a cache (暗窖) of small arms.
The dhow's crew and passengers were being questioned Sunday aboard tim Churchill to determine which were pirates and which were lawful crew members, Hull-Ryde said.
Sailors aboard the dhow told navy investigators that pirates hijacked (抢劫) the ship six days ago near Mogadishu and afterwards used it to stage pirate attacks on merchant ships.
The Churchill is part of a muhinational task force patrolling (巡逻) the western Indian Ocean and Horn of Africa region to thwart (阻止) terrorist activity and other lawlessness during the US-led war in Iraq.
The Navy said it captured the dhow in response to a report from the International Maritime (海事的) Bureau in Kuala Lumpur on Friday that said pirates had fired on the MV Delta Ranger, a Bahamian-flagged bulk carrier (货轮) that was passing some 320 kilometres off the central eastern coast of Somalia.
Hull-Ryde said the navy was still investigating the incident and would discuss with international authorities what to do with the men kept aboard the Churchill.

1.
Which of the following statements about the dhow's crew is right?
1. A.
  Among them were both lawful and lawless members.
2. B.
  Their ship was stopped by the police in the African region.
3. C.
  They are all from India.
4. D.
  They are pirates attacking merchant ships.
2.
"Churchill" in the text is _______.
1. A.
  a late UK prime minister
2. B.
  an official of the US navy
3. C.
  a military ship
4. D.
  the title of a military action
3.
Which of the following correctly describes how the dhow was captured?
a.Warning shots were fired b. Merchant ships were attacked by pirates.
c. The dhow was hijacked, d. US sailors boarded the dhow.
1. A.
  d-a-b-c
2. B.
  c-b-a-d
3. C.
  b-a-d-c
4. D.
  a-b-d-c
4.
How did the US navy find the dhow?
1. A.
  They found the dhow by accident when patrolling the sea.
2. B.
  They found the dhow after receiving reports from some merchants.
3. C.
  They found the dhow after being informed about it.
4. D.
  They found the dhow after receiving messages from the sailors on the dhow

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aspect A．navy B．various C．apparent D．assume

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Some time ago, two navy officers made a journey to the deepest point on the earth. The two men went down seven miles to the__1__of the Pacific Ocean inside a small steel ball to find out if there are any__2__of life.

They set out early so that the ball would come to the surface in the__3__and so be easily found by the mother ship. The divers began__4__at dawn and soon afterwards the ball__5__under the surface of the water.

__6__, the temperature dropped to freezing point and the men trembled inside the ball. They kept in touch with the mother ship by telephone__7__how they felt. At a depth of 3,000 feet, the telephone stopped working and they were quite cut__8__from the outside world. At 30,000 feet, the men were shocked by a sudden loud__9__- even the smallest hole in the ball would have__10__instant death. Luckily, it was only one of the outer windows__11__had broken.

Soon afterwards, the ball__12__the soft ocean floor, raising a big cloud of "dust" made__13__different kinds of small, dead sea animals. Here, powerful lights lit up the __14__water. The men were surprised to see fish swimming just above them, quite__15__ by the very large water pressure. But they did not__16__to leave lights on for long, as the great__17__from them made the water boil. Quite__18__, the telephone began working again and the weak__19__ clear voices of the officers were heard on the mother ship. After a__20__of thirty minutes the men began their journey up, arriving three hours later.

1. A. foot B. base C. bottom D. tip

2. A. marks B. signs C. signals D. messages

3. A. evening B. night C. secret D. daytime

4. A. diving B. rising C. traveling D. preparations

5. A. disappeared B. floated C. threw D. flew

6. A. In time B. On time C. At times D. At one time

7. A. guiding B. realizing C. describing D. imagining

8. A. down B. over C. off D. out

9. A. voice B. noise C. explosion D. shout

10. resulted B. suggested C. meant D. saved

11. A. where B. that C. which D. whose

12. A. touched B. visited C. attacked D. landed

13. A. of B. from C. up of D. into

14. A. green B. blue C. dark D. hot

15. A. unbelieved B. unchanged C. uncovered D. untroubled

16. A. use B. need C. dare D. think

17. A. light B. heat C. pressure D. sound

18. A. unexpected B. uncovered C. unknown D. uncontrolled

19. A. or B. and C. but D. either

20. A. living B. stay C. rest D. break

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This year Canada’s navy is one hundred years old. To mark the occasion, military ships from six different countries around the Pacific Ocean came to Canada for a four-day celebration. There were parades, parties and demonstrations of navy search and rescue aircraft and a show put on by the Snowbirds.
The Snowbirds, Canada’s aerobatic team, fly Tudor jet aircraft that are not particularly fast or particularly new but with amazing and sometimes hair-raising precision. They put a formation of nine aircraft into a space that would normally hold only one and they change the information in flight, roll it, loop it, break it and reform it in a dizzying ballet in the sky. The Snowbirds are one of the best aerobatic flying teams in the world and they are a readily recognized symbol of Canada just as the Great Wall is a recognized symbol of China. For a Canadian, watching the Snowbirds fly can bring tears. They make us very proud.
The Snowbirds have been flying since 1971. All of the pilots are serving members of the Canadian Air Force. They are all very young, all are highly-skilled and each is attached to the Snowbirds for two or three years. Each winter they practice in the cold, clear skies and each summer they put on more than fifty air-shows across the country and sometimes abroad. What they do is highly specialized. They often fly less than two meters from each other at speeds of about seven hundred and fifty kilometers an hour.
Flying is, by its nature, inherently risky and what the Snowbirds do increases that risk. While the pilots are all highly trained professionals, eight Snowbird pilots have been killed over the years. I have been fortunate enough to watch the Snowbirds fly probably fifteen or twenty times and if I know they are going to be flying I will go to see them again and again. This is not because I want to see someone do something dangerous, it is because I want to see something done so well—it is almost unbelievably precise and beautiful. I want to watch nine aircraft in an incredibly tight formation, each one painted in the red and white of my country’s flag, soaring through the cloudless blue sky. I want to feel that pride and that tear just behind my eyelids that comes from watching something uniquely and wonderfully Canadian.
【小题1】.
Which of the following is TRUE about the Snowbirds?

A．The aircraft they fly are particularly fast and new.

B．They are the best aerobatic flying team in the world.

C．They are regarded as a symbol of Canada.

D．Every year they put on more than fifty air-shows across the country.

【小题2】.
. The underlined word “inherently” in the last paragraph refers to .

【小题3】.
Why does the author like to watch the Snowbirds fly?

A．Because he w

ants to see someone do something dangerous.