問題詳情
III. Passage Completion 10% 文意選填 共10題 每題1分 (請忽略選項之大小寫) Since the era of the First World War, United States Navy submarines have largely been given names related to sea creatures (USS Bowfish, USS Cod, USS Bluegill, USS Triton, etc.). That 41 had been held through the Second World War, and over a decade into the Cold War. There were submarines that did not receive sea-creature names (the USS Scorpion, for example), but they were the 42 rather than the norm. 43 the first nuclear powered submarines held this tradition (USS Nautilus). It was Admiral Hyman Rickover who brought about a 44 in this semi-official policy.Admiral Rickover was in charge of 45 the Los Angeles attack submarine, and the program was 46 that depended on support in the United States Congress. The first twelve Los Angeles Class ships were named for the twelve cities of the congressmen that swung the vote on the Los Angeles Class in Rickover's 47 . In a rather blunt 48 , Rickover is said to have summed up the reason he was changing the long standing tradition: “Fish don't vote!” From that point 49 , United States Navy submarines of the Los Angeles and Ohio classes have largely been named for cities and 50 (USS Alabama, USS Alaska, USS Miami, etc.). And the new naming convention continues far into the twenty-first century.
(A) change
(B) tradition
(C) developing
(D) even
(E) expression(AB) exception(AC) favor(AD) one(AE) on(BC) states
【題組】41
參考答案
答案：B
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(2),D(0),E(0)