【Thebattlewasfollowedbyaterriblestorm.Thereforeitwasn'tuntilOctober26thatVice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwoodwas36tosendoffhisreporttoBritain37tilevictoryandNelson'sdeath.Hechose38the】

　　Thebattlewasfollowedbyaterriblestorm.Thereforeitwasn'tuntilOctober26thatVice-Admiral(海军中将）Collingwoodwas 36 tosendoffhisreporttoBritain 37 tilevictoryandNelson'sdeath.

　　Hechose 38 thetaskoneofthesmallestshipsinhisfleet.Pickle. 39 byCaptainLapenotiere.Inspiteof 40 windsandroughseasPicklemadethe 41 ofmorethan1000milesinjustovereightdays 42 FalmouthonthemorningofNovember4.

　　FromthereCaptainLapenotiere 43 afastpostchaise(轻便马车)toLondontraveling 44 for37hours.HereachedtheAdmiraltyinWhitehallat1a.m.onWednesdayNovember6--lessthan11daysafterhehad. 45 Collingwood.

　　Mostoftheofficialshadgonetobed 46 butthesecretarywasstill 47 inthefamousBoardRoom.Lapenotierehurriedinand 48 thereportwiththesimplewords:"Sirwehavegainedagreatvictory.Butwehave 49 LordNelson."

　　Copiesofthereportwerequicklymadeand 50 tothePrimeMinisterandKingGeorgeIII.Aspecialeditionofa 51 wasrushedoutanddeliveredalloverthecountry.

　　Theatmosphereofpublic 52 forthevictorywasweakenedbywidespreadsorrowforthe 53 ofNelson. Asonepoetlaterwrote:"ThevictoryofTrafalgarwas 54 .indeedwiththeusualformsofrejoicing(欢庆) 55 theywerewithoutjoy."

　　36.A.eager

　　B.anxious

　　C.able

　　D.sure

　　37.A.announcing

　　B.telling

　　C.mentioning

　　D.warning

　　38.A.with

　　B.from

　　C.for

　　D.among

　　39.A.seated

　　B.brought

　　C.owned

　　D.led

　　40.A.strong

　　B.weak

　　C.warm

　　D.light

　　41.A.distance

　　B.flight

　　C.voyage

　　D.march

　　42.A.leavingfor

　　B.arrivingat

　　C.stayingin

　　D.sailingfor

　　43.A.made

　　B.took

　　C.kept

　　D.sat

　　44.A.freely.