It was Sunday, December 7, 1941.     1     usual, the wake-up call came at 5: 45 a. m. It looked like it was going to be a normal day on board the ship. Just then there was a huge crashing sound from above. The ship shook     2     (violent) and the men looked at each other in horror. Above their heads, hundreds of Japanese planes circled like eagles. They were diving down to drop bombs on Pearl Harbor. Moments later, a bomb hit the uses Arizona.

The surprise attack came as a great shock to     3     whole nation. The next day, President Roosevelt made his famous Pearl Harbor Speech,     4     (ask) the US Congress to declare war on Japan. In     5     (respond) to the attack and the president’s address, the US     6     (join) World War II. Today, the uses Arizona lies     7     it sank: in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its location     8     (mark) with a memorial shaped like a bridge, which crosses the ship’s sunken     9     (ruin). Although about eight decades years has passed, the attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the     10     (dark) episode in American history, will never be forgotten.