Well, when the huge wave hit the boat, my safety belt broke and I was swept overboard. I don’t really understand how it happened, but it did. I heard someone yell out, but then my boat, Wild One, went off into the darkness and I was alone in a very rough sea. I then spent five and a half hours in the water. The place where it happened was, oh, about 50 kilometers from shore. It was likely that I wouldn’t see another day, but I always thought I’d overcome the difficulties. At first I was watching out for Wild One. The rest of the crew knew I was gone, so they were sure to come back and look for me. After a while, I saw the boat’s lights when it came looking for me. They were within about 300 meters of me, but the spotlight just missed me. The reason why they didn’t see me was because of the huge waves. You know, I started sailing when I was seven, and started ocean racing when I was about eighteen, but I’d never been overboard before. I believed I was going to survive, but it was very cold, and as the hours passed I started to get desperate——and frozen! It was around 5 am when I saw the lights of a tanker coming towards me. I figured it was probably my last chance. At first, I thought they were going to miss me, and then they made a slight turn and I yelled out “Help!” and they heard me. Then another yacht appeared. These guys were terrific. They gave me dry clothes, and then one jumped into the bunk and hung onto me. They covered us with as much dry clothing as they could, and the guy in with me stayed to transfer his body heat to me.
1.The author of the passage was alone in the sea NOT because ______.
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A．the wind was too strong |
B．the wave hit the boat |
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C．the safety belt was broken |
D．his boat was in the darkness |
2.He was not saved by his crew because ______.
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A．he didn’t yell out “Help!” |
B．300 meters was long distance |
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C．he was not found |
D．he didn’t see the spotlight |
3.It was inferred from the passage that ______.
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A．he was swept overboard at about midnight |
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B．Wild One was the name of a crew member |
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C．he started ocean racing at about seven |
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D．he was too hopeless to take the last chance |
4. One of the guys who saved him jumped into the bunk in order to ______.
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A．cover him with more dry clothes |
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B．warm him with his body heat |
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C．comfort him |
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D．congratulate him |
The bus driver and his passengers were being hailed as heroes last night after rescuing a woman from her burning car following a crash on the Bluff Highway. The 60-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital after firefighters battled for 30 minutes to cut her from her car.
Acting Senior Sergeant Brock Davis, of Invercargill, said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at the crossroads of Motorimu Rd and State Highway I shortly before 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Mr. Davis said a Mitsubishi car driven by a 30-year-old man traveling north on the highway and the woman’s southbound（南行的）Suzuki Alto collided（碰撞）. The man suffered slight injuries in the crash, he said.
Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd driver Bill McDermott and his passengers—New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Ltd workers were first on the scene and alerted emergency services. The scene at the spot was disordered, Mr. McDermott said.
“There was a car on its side and a guy wandering around who was quite excited,” he said. “We stopped, got out and found a lady trapped in her car …… then we noticed flames in the engine bay and the smell of petrol.” Mr. McDermott took a fire extinguisher（灭火器）from the bus，doused（泼洒）the flames，and several other workers controlled traffic.
However，he said his actions were “no big deal”. He was not willing to take any credit for helping the woman.
“The praise goes to all the guys that jumped off that bus.” Invercargill Senior Station officer Alan Goldsworthy, who was an officer in charge at the scene, said there was a possibility the car could have burst into flames if Mr. McDermott and the smelter workers had not helped. “They should acquire a good pat on the back.” he said.
1. It can be known from the passage that the car accident happened _____.
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A．at noon |
B．in the morning |
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C．in the afternoon |
D．at night |
2.Who should get the biggest praise according to the reporter？_____.
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A．Brock Davis. |
B．Bill McDermott. |
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C．Allan Goldsworthy. |
D．The firefighters. |
3.The underlined sentence “They should acquire a good pat on the back” in the last paragraph really means _____.
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A．the government should give each of the heroes a gold medal of honor |
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B．the saved woman should offer as much money to the heroes as she can |
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C．everybody there should pat the heroes on the back gently and thankfully |
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D．the good deeds of the heroes are well worthy of great appreciation |
---Do you have any good suggestions for our company?
---In my opinion, you should _________ the cost and increase the output.
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A．cut off |
B．cut down |
C．cut in |
D．cut up |
At the meeting, the professor presented a new __________ to foreign languages.
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A．way |
B．approach |
C．method |
D．means |
---You don’t look quite yourself today. What’s the matter?
---Well, I’ve caught a cold. Nothing serious, ________.
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A．although |
B．though |
C．indeed |
D．instead |
Up to now, they _________ a good way to solve that problem.
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A．didn’t find |
B．can’t find |
C．hadn’t found |
D．haven’t found |
