Question

    Many years later, I was sailing to Europe on a fine sailing ship across the Atlantic. For the greater part of the ________ we had pleasant weather, ________ towards the end of our crossing a terrible storm ________ and the ship would have sunk with all on ________ but for the efforts of the captain.

The ship started to leak and began to fill with water. The sailors were strong, able and willing. But after pumping for one whole night, they were losing the battle against the rising water and were on the ________of giving up.

The captain, as soon as he realized the ________, took charge. He ordered the sailors back to their pumps and encouraged them fiercely to ________ the ship. His strong will doubled their ________. How the men pumped like crazy! When the captain passed by me, I asked him whether there was any hope of saving the ship. He looked at me. “Yes sir.” he said. “While my feet remain standing above the water ________, there is hope. Neither I nor any of the sailors will leave the ship ________ it remains above the surface of the  ________. We shall do everything we can to save the ship and if we should fail, it will not be our________.” Then he turned to all the passengers and shouted, “To the pumps, every one of you!”

Three times during that day when we almost wanted to give up, the captain's courage, determination and iron ________forced us to ________, and we went back to the pumps. “I will ________ you safe in Liverpool,” he cried. “If you will stay strong and firm with me.”

In the end the ship sank soon after it reached the port of Liverpool but the captain did land us safe. The captain stood at the edge of the ship once it was safely tied up to the wall of the port and ________the thanks of the passengers as they hurried off the ship. As I expressed to him my________, he held my hand firmly, looked into my eyes and said, “Sir, don’t you ________ me?” I told him that I did not. “The boy who you followed when he had so much difficulty in buying a geography book, some thirty years ago in Cincinnati?” “Why yes. I ________that boy very well. His name was William Hartley.” “I am that same William Hartley.” “Goodness!” I said, “What good fortune that I travelled with you as my captain! The ________that thirty years ago got you that geography book has today saved our lives.”

1.A.journey B.travel C.trip D.voyage

2.A.and B.but C.however D.so

3.A.came across B.came through C.came out D.came up

4.A.broad B.board C.abroad D.aboard

5.A.point B.edge C.time D.end

6.A.situation B.condition C.state D.stage

7.A.break B.leave C.save D.settle

8.A.effects B.efforts C.experiences D.hardships

9.A.height B.level C.altitude D.degree

10.A.so long as B.as far as C.as well as D.as soon as

11.A.river B.bank C.sea D.beach

12.A.mistake B.concern C.fault D.reason

13.A.hand B.attitude C.head D.will

14.A.insist B.remain C.last D.continue

15.A.make B.ship C.land D.sail

16.A.afforded B.achieved C.received D.admitted

17.A.encouragement B.guidance C.greeting D.gratitude

18.A.realize B.know C.recognize D.rescue

19.A.remind B.remember C.recover D.regard

20.A.choice B.courage C.determination D.decision

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述的是当作者的航行快要结束时遇到了风暴，船长的勇气、决心和钢铁般的意志拯救了船上人的性命，使作者非常感激。但船长说正是三十年前想要的到作者的地理书的决心拯救了全船人的生命。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在航行的大部分时间，天气很好。A. journey长途旅行；B. travel旅游；C. trip短途旅行；D. voyage航行，航海。根据上文“Many years later, I was sailing to Europe on a fine sailing ship across the Atlantic”可知，作者是去航海。故选D。

2.考查连词词义辨析。句意：但是，在我们即将结束的时候，一场可怕的风暴袭来。A. and和；B. but但是；C. however然而；D. so因此。根据上下文可知，航行时天气一直很好，但是在即将结束的时候，一场可怕的风暴袭来。故应表示转折。故选B。

3.考查动词词组词义辨析。句意：但是，在我们即将结束的时候，一场可怕的风暴袭来。A. came across偶遇；B. came through经受；C. came out出版；D. came up出现。根据上下文可知，一场风暴袭来了。故选D。

4.考查固定短语词义辨析。句意：要不是船长的努力，船上所有的人都会沉没的。A. broad宽阔的；B. board船板；C. abroad在国外；D. aboard在船上。on board固定搭配，意为“在船上”。根据上下文可知，此处指的是船上的人。故选B。

5.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但抽了一整夜水后，他们在与上涨的水的战斗中失败了，几乎要放弃了。A. point点；B. edge边缘；C. time时间；D. end结束。on the point of固定用法，意为“正要……的时候；在……之际”。分析上下文可知，此处是表示正要放弃之际。故选A。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：船长一看到这种情况就立即亲自上阵。A. situation情况；B. condition条件；C. state状态；D. stage阶段。根据下文He ordered the sailors back to their pumps and encouraged them fiercely to 7 the ship. 可知，船长在意识到战斗失败，水手快要放弃这一情况时，亲自上阵指挥。故选A。

7.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他命令水手们回到他们的水泵旁，极力鼓励他们去救船。A. break破坏；B. leave离开；C. save拯救；D. settle解决。根据下文人们安全抵达利物浦可知，此处是船长鼓励水手们去救船。故选C。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的坚强意志使他们加倍努力。A. effects影响；B. efforts努力；C. experiences经历；D. hardships困苦。根据上文的“His strong will doubled their”可知，船长的坚强意志使水手们加倍努力。故选B。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他说。“只要我的这双脚还站在水平面以上，还是有希望的。A. height高度；B. level水面；C. altitude海拔；D. degree程度。根据上下文可知，此处表示只要船长的脚还在水面上，就有希望带大家回到岸边。故选B。

10.考查固定短语词义辨析。句意：只要船在海面上，我和任何水手都不会离开。A. so long as只要；B. as far as和……一样远；C. as well as也；D. as soon as一……就……。根据下文的“We shall do everything we can to save the ship”可知，只要船在海面上，船长和水手们就都不会离开，会尽一切努力去救船。故选A。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：只要船在海面上，我和任何水手都不会离开。A. river河流；B. bank河岸；C. sea海洋；D. beach海滩。根据上下文可知，船是在海面上，故选C。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们将尽一切努力拯救这艘船，如果我们失败了，就不是我们的过失了。”A. mistake错误；B. concern担心；C. fault错误；D. reason原因。根据上下文可知，船长和水手们一直在尽一切努力救船。此处表示他们都尽全力了，如果失败了，那将不是他们的错了。故选C。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那一天中，有三次我们几乎要放弃的时候，船长的勇气、决心和钢铁般的意志迫使我们继续前进。A. hand手；B. attitude态度；C. head头；D. will意志力。根据上文的His strong will doubled their 8 .可知，此处表示的是有三次我们几乎要放弃的时候，船长的勇气、决心和钢铁般的意志迫使我们继续前进。故选D。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那一天中，有三次我们几乎要放弃的时候，船长的勇气、决心和钢铁般的意志迫使我们继续前进。A. insist坚持；B. remain保持；C. last持续；D. continue继续。根据下文他们安全到达岸边可知，是，船长的勇气、决心和钢铁般的意志迫使我们继续前进。故选D。

15.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我会让你安全抵达利物浦。A. make做；B. ship船运；C. land着陆；D. sail航行。根据下文的“In the end the ship sank soon after it reached the port of Liverpool but the captain did land us safe.”可知，船长跟作者说会让他安全抵达利物浦。故选C。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在乘客们匆忙下船时，船长就站在船边接受匆匆下船的乘客们对他的谢意。A. afforded支付得起；B. achieved实现；C. received收到；D. admitted承认。根据上下文可知，是船长的不懈努力拯救了船上人的生命，故在乘客下船时表达对船长的感谢，故船长得到了他们的感谢。故选C。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：当我向他表达我的感谢时，他紧紧地抓住我的手，看着我的眼睛说道：“先生你还认得我吗？”A. encouragement鼓励；B. guidance指导；C. greeting问候；D. gratitude感激。根据上文其他乘客表示对船长的感谢可知，此处是作者向船长表达感激之情。故选D。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他紧紧地握着我的手，看着我的眼睛说:“先生，你不认识我了吗？”。A. realize意识到；B. know知道；C. recognize辨认出；D. rescue营救。根据下文可知，船长和作者认识，故在此船长问作者难道没有认出他吗，故选C。

19.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我很清楚地记得那个男孩。A. remind使想起；B. remember记得；C. recover恢复；D. regard把..视为。根据下文作者依然记得小男孩的名字可知，作者非常清楚地记得那个男孩。故选B。

20.考查名词词义辨析。句意：30年前你的坚强意志使你得到了那本地理书，而今天它挽救了我们大家的性命。A. choice选择；B. courage勇气；C. determination决心；D. decision决定。根据上文可知，船长非常想要本地理书，且全文一直在描述船长是一个非常有决心的人，故此处表示三十年前想要得到你地理书的决心今天拯救了我们的生命。故选C。