高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 he Unit ed Kingdom单元检测卷 新人教版必修5.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 2 Unit 2 The Unit ed Kingdom (P283) Ⅰ. .阅读理解 A very rapid increase in the number of ships sailing between American and European ports began almost immediately after the end of the War of 1812 in order to meet the new need for the regular rapid transportation of mail, light cargoes(货物), and passengers. It was the increase in emigration(移民) to America that for the first time made the carrying of passengers across the Atlantic more profitable than the transportation of heavy cargoes. A new type of sailing ship, the packet(邮船), appeared to meet this new demand, and the demand very so