Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Two teenagers who are lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday.

Driscoll, 15, and his best friend, 18-year-old Josh Long, were found on Saturday about 11 km 1Cape Fear in North Carolina. That was six days and more than 100 miles（161 km）from where they had  2from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on April 24.

The boys had  3a lot of water and were tired, but in pretty good  4. They set out 5on a 4.3-metre sailboat on a  6day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water. They realized they were  7almost immediately and tried to swim back to  8,   9the boat along with them.

Within  10, they were far out at sea.

 “We  11our fishing equipment on the second day,” Driscoll said. “So we couldn’t catch any fish.”

The boys’ hopes faded  12each day. They stood on their boat  13they saw another boat,  14. One night they were woken up by  15coming into the boat. A large ship was very close to them.

 “  16was like some huge building in the water,” Driscoll said.

At one point, the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 17, they were 179km north of their starting point. A coast guard boat set out to  18them.

The boys got up and made some  19. This time, they were heard.

 “What we have experienced is a completely surprising story of  20. That’s going to be studied for years to come,” said Richard Goerling, Long’s uncle. “I think the boys have a book to write.”

1.A. at                 B. on               C. beside           D. off

2.A. arrived         B. set off            C. returned          D. finished

3.A. drunk          B. lost            C. saved            D. found

4.A. shape          B. health          C. spirit            D. energy

5.A. traveling          B. racing               C. fishing           D. swimming

6.A. fine               B. rainy                C. windy            D. snowy

7.A. in trouble         B. in safe              C. at sea            D. far away

8.A. shore              B. the sea              C. an island            D. harbor

9.A. driving            B. sailing              C. pushing          D. pulling

10.A. a week       B. hours                C. minutes           D. seconds

11.A. bought       B. found                C. lost             D. repaired

12.A. by           B. for                  C. on               D. with

13.A. every time        B. once                 C. one day            D. sometimes

14.A. jumping and singing                   B. waving and shouting

C. crying and speaking                 D. screaming and whistling

15.A. a shark           B. a mouse         C. water             D. some noise

16.A. He           B. This            C. That              D. It

17.A. Instead           B. Therefore            C. But                  D. So

18.A. search            B. look for             C. look into            D. defend

19.A. fire              B. noise                C. balloons             D. flags

20.A. voyage       B. struggle             C. survival             D. sailing

Answer

1.D  在这里 “off Cape Fear”解释为“离开普·菲”， “off” 指离开一段距离。

2.B  set off：出发、离开。

3.B  在海面上没吃没喝六天，人会脱水。

4.A  be in good shape：状况好。B. in good health：身体健康；C. in good spirit：精神好；D. in good energy：精力好。

5.C  表明出海的目的。

6.C  从下文的stay out of water而知天气不理想；人们一般在雨天或下雪天不出海。

7.A  in trouble：陷入麻烦。

8.A  从back to而知是“回岸”。

9.D  人在游泳，故只能理解成“身后拖着船”；push：推。

10.B  “几小时内”比较符合文章的情景。

11.C  海上有风，船颠簸，把渔具弄丢了。

12.D  with：随着。

13.A  every time + 句子：每次……。他们每次看到有船经过，都会站在船上以方便被他人发现。

14.B  waving and shouting 有挥手又大声叫喊，以引起他人注意。

15.C  船漏水了。

16.D  指上句中的a large ship。

17.A  他们以为快到非洲了，但他们离出发点才179公里；but后不用句号。

18.B  海岸警卫队派人找他们。

19.B  为了引起别人的注意，他们必须让别人听到。

20.C  俩孩子在海上六天，是一次求生的经历