2018年6月英语四级仔细阅读真题解析

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

　　You probably know about the Titanic, but it was actually just one of three state-of-the art (最先进的) ocean ships back in the day. The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland & Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star Line company. The Olympic class included the Olympic, the Britannic and the Titanic. What you may not know is that the Titanic wasn’t even the flagship of this class. All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.

　　The Olympic launched first in 1910, followed by the Titanic in 1911, and lastly the Britannic in 1914. The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on marking them the most luxurious ships on the water.

　　Stretching 269.13 meters, the Olympic class ship were wonders of naval technology, and everyone thought that they would continue to be so for quite some time. However, all suffered terrible accidents on the open seas. The Olympic got wrecked before the Titanic did, but it was the only one survive and maintain a successful career of 24 years. The Titanic was the first to sink after famously hitting a huge iceberg in 1912. Following this disaster, the Britannic hit a naval mine in 1916 and subsequently sank as well.

　　Each ship was coal-powered by several boilers constantly kept running by exhausted crews below deck. Most recognizable of the ship designs are the ship's smoke stacks, but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose. While two of these ship sank, they were all designed with double hulls (船体) believed to make them "unsinkable", perhaps a mistaken idea that led to the Titanic's and the Britannic's tragic end.

　　The Olympic suffered two crashes with other ships and went on to serve as a hospital ship and troop transport in World WarⅠ. Eventually, she was taken out of service in 1935, ending the era of the luxurious Olympic class ocean liners.

　　51. What does the passage say about the three Olympic class ships?

　　A) They performed marvelously on the sea.

　　B) They could all break the ice in their way.

　　C) They all experienced terrible misfortunes.

　　D) They were models of modern engineering.

　　52. What did White Star line have in mind when it purchased the three ships?

　　A) Their capacity of sailing across all waters.

　　B) The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.

　　C)Their ability to survive disasters of any kind.

　　D)The long voyages they were able to undertake.

　　53. What is said about the fourth stack of the ships?

　　A) It was a mere piece of decoration.

　　B) It was the work of a famous artist.

　　C) It was designed to let out extra smoke.

　　D) It was easily identifiable from afar.

　　54. What might have led to the tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic?

　　A) Their unscientific designs.

　　B) Their captains’ misjudgment.

　　C) The assumption that they were built with the latest technology.

　　D) The belied that they could never sink with a double-layer body.

　　55. What happened to the ship Olympic in the end?

　　A) She was used to carry troops.

　　B) She was sunk in World War I.

　　C) She was converted into a hospital ship.

　　D) She was retired after her naval service.

　　51. C they all experienced terrible misfortunes.

　　细节题。通过题干关键词three Olympic class ships我们可以定位到第一段的最后一句。该句意思为，这三艘船都是是海洋工程的奇迹，但他们似乎被施了诅咒遭受灾难性的命运。选项A文中并未提及，应排除;选项B也没有提到，也要排除;选项D偷换概念，原文说是海洋工程的奇迹，而并非现代工程的模型，故排除。

　　52. B The utmost comfort passengers could enjoy.

　　细节题。通过题干关键词White Star line我们定位到第三段最后一句。该句意思为白星线决定把重点放在打造水面上最豪华的船只。选项ACD均未在此段中提及，故全部予以排除;B选项是同义改写，原文的luxurious改写成utmost comfort，是正确答案。

　　53. A It was a mere piece of decoration.

　　细节题。通过题干关键词fourth stack of the ships，我们可以定位到原文第五段第二句的后半句( but the fourth stack was actually just artistic in nature and served no functional purpose),意思是第四层实际上只是艺术性质，并没有功能性用途。比对选项后发现，只有A符合此意，为正确答案。BCD均未在此处提及，全部予以排除。

　　54. A Their scientific designs.

　　细节题。通过题干关键词tragic end of the Titanic and the Britannic，我们可以定位到原文第五段最后一句，文中说道：它们都是用双层船壳(船体)设计的，相信可以使它们“不沉”。比对选项后，不难发现只有D是涉及双层和不沉这两个关键词，但是信念并不是导致轮船沉没的直接原因，而是因为这种错误信念导致了设计的不合理，所以最佳答案是A。

　　55. D She was retired after her naval service.

　　细节题。通过题干中关键词Olympic in the end，我们可以定位到原文第六段最后一句。最终，这艘船于1935年离职。比对选项后发现，D符合原文信息，为正确答案;A和C属于部分原文信息，但并非最终结果，不符合题目要求，故排除;B文中未提及，也应该排除。