2006年阅读passage 1
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2006年阅读Passage One （5分）
Conflict had
existed between Spain and England since the 1570s.
England wanted a share of the wealth that
Spain had been taking from the
lands it had
claimed in the Americas.
Elizabeth I, Queen of
England, encouraged her staunch admiral of the
navy, Sir Francis Drake, to raid Spanish shis
and towns. Though these raids
were on a small
scale, Drake achieved dramatic success, adding
gold and
silver to England’s treasury and
dimingishing Spain’s omnipotence.
Religious
differences also caused conflict between the two
countries.
Whereas Spain was Roman Catholic,
most of England had become Protestant
King
Philip Ⅱ of Spain wanted to claim the throne and
make England a
Catholic country again. To
satisfy his ambition and also to retaliate
against England’s theft of his gold and
silver, King Philip began to build
his fleet
of waships, the Armada, in January 1586.
Philip intended his fleet to be addition to
building
new warships, he marshaled one
hundred and thirty sailing vessels of all
types and recruited more than ninteen thousand
robust soldiers and eight
thousand gh some of
his ships lacked guns and others lacked
ammunition, Philip was convinced that his
Armada could withstand any
battle with
England.
The martial Armada set sail from
Lisbon, Portugal, on May 91588,but
bad weather
orced it back to port. The voyage resumed on July
22 after
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the weather
became more stable.
The Spanish fleet met the
smaller, faster, and more maneuverable
English
ships in battle off the coast of Plymouth.
England, first on July
31 and again on august
2. The two battles left Spain vulnerable, having
lost several ships and with its ammunition
depleted. On August 7,while
the Armada lay at
anchor on the French side of the Stait fo Dover,
England
sent eight burning ships into the
midst of the Spanish fleet to set it
on fire.
Blocked on one side,the Spanish ships could only
drift away, their
crews in panic and disorder.
Before the Armada could regroup, the English
attacked again on August 8.
Although the
Spaniards made a valiant effort to fight back, the
fleet
suffered extensive damage. During the
eight hours of battle, the Armada
drifted
perilously close to the rocky coastling. At the
moment when it
seemed that the Spanish ships
would be driven onto the English shore,the
wind shifted,and the Armada drifted out into
the North Sea. The Spaniards
recognized the
superiority of the English fleet and returned
home,defeated.
21. Sir Francis Drake
added wealth to the treasury and diminished
Spain’s_________.
a. unlimited power
b. unrestricted growth
c. Territory
d. dreaties
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22.
Philip recruited many_________soldiers and
sailors.
a. warlike
b. strong
c.
accomplished
d. timid
23.
The________Armada set sail on May9, 1588.
a.
complete
b. warlike
c. independent
d. isolated
24. The two battles left the
Spanish fleet________.
a. open to change
b. triumphant
c. open to attack
d.
defeated
25. The Armada was_____________on
one side.
a. colsed off
b. damaged
c. alone
d. circled
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