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    Shelly hugged her husband."Be careful, Billy."

"Come on, Shell!" Bill rolled his eyes. "You worry too much, Honey. Me and the boys will be OK. It's just a three — day trip. We'll catch enough halibut to be able to fix up the baby's room the way you want it." '

"Billy, I love you and worry every time you go to sea, especially in winter."

"Shell, I promise I'll be careful. I may be the youngest captain in this port, but I'm the most careful. I learned at the helm of Daddy's boat, which I was practically raised on."

They hugged again. Bill planted a tender kiss on her cheek, rested his open palm on her slightly swollen stomach, "Besides, I need to be here. Little Billy will need his daddy." Shelly slapped him on the shoulder. "It's Billy Jean and you know it.”

Bill laughed, "Not on my watch, Girl. I gave you a boy to take over as captain."

Their laughter broke the tension. "I have to go, Shell. See you in a few days?" He turned to leave and then turned back, reached into the pocket of his heavy coat and pulled out an envelope."I almost forgot. Here's my letter?"

Shelly took the crisp envelope and slipped into the pocket of her dress. "Thanks，Billy.” It had been their custom since they started dating. Billy gave her a note before he went to sea. She wasn't allowed to open it until the next day. He usually wrote of love or sometimes something silly - both made her smile. She wrote a reply and left it on the kitchen table for him. Reading her reply was the first thing he did when he came home.

She watched as her husband walked the'length of the pier to where the forty-five foot “Shelly Girl” and his crew waited. He gave a final wave and climbed aboard.

Shelly stood by their pickup truck and watched until the boat rounded the point and disappeared from view. "I love you, Billy.” she whispered. "Be safe." ①

That evening, five hundred miles to the south, a small winter depression moved north along the Atlantic coast of the USA. Experts found an unexpected change in the jet stream, which would make the small depression become a raging winter storm. ②

Shelly woke in the morning and listened to the weather report on the battered radio sitting on kitchen table. The phone rang."Hello."

“Shelly?"

"Hi, Gail!" She recognized the voice of her friend, who was the wife of one of Billy's crew. “Have you heard the weather?"

"Hang on a second. I just turned the radio on." Shelly's face paled as she heard the weather person say a major winter depression had moved into the area. "Oh crap!"

"That's what [ said too.”

"They'll be OK, Gail. They're experienced fishermen." Shelly said to Gail It was a attempt to convince herself that her man would be safe. ③

Off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Bill struggled to control the Shelly Girl in the growing waves. Wind and water attacked Bill and his crew from all directions. The forty- and fifty-foot walls of water were too much of a challenge for the young captain.

The force of the water flipped the boat over, tore the wheelhouse off and tossed Bill and his crew into the icy Atlantic.

The water, only a few degrees above the freezing point, soon overcame Bill's will to live. “Shelly!

He took a last painful breath of salt water and slipped below the surface. ④

The crisp envelope bent beneath her fingers as she laid it on her lap and read. "Shelly, you are my life,, my love and soon-to-be mother of our son一girl if that is what you really want. I'll always come home."

Shelly reached for the pen in her dress pocket. Tears dripped from her face and stained the paper she wrote on, “________."

Her note sits on their kitchen table still — never read.

1.Why was Shelly worried too much when Billy go to sea this time?

A.Because she and their baby Billy Jean needed Billy's protection and care.

B.Because she knew from the radio that a major winter depression would come.

C.Because she had a feeling that Billy would never return home.

D.Because she cared about Billy's safety in the sea, especially in winter.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Billy could read Shelly's reply letter only when he returned home from the sea.

B.Billy and Shelly wrote letters to each other since they got married.

C.Shelly read Billy's letter eagerly each time she got his letter.

D.They exchanged their letters with each other every time Billy went out.

3.Which word can be filled in the blank in the passage?

A.weak B.strong C.hard D.desperate

4.Where can the sentences "Shell sat in her favorite spot on the porch of their weathered beach house, the salty air sticking to her heavy winter clothes. The oncoming storm blew sand across her winter boots.^," be put in?

A.① B.② C.③ D.④

5.Which of the following may be Shelly's reply to Billy's letter?

A.Billy, you were so brave, I always knew.

B.Billy, I always knew the ocean was your home.

C.Billy, I always knew, you would come back.

D.Billy, I love you, I would always wait for you.

6.Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

A.An unlucky Billy B.A storm in life

C.A broken Shelly D.Never read

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。短文叙述了男主人工和女主人公之间的爱情故事。男主人公在出海之前都会留给女主人公一张纸条，直到第二天她才被允许打开它，而女主人公会写会一封回信，把它放在厨房的桌子上。男主人公出海回家第一件事就是看她的回信。女主人公目送男主人出海，而这次出海，男主人公在也没有回来，更没有人去读她的回信。

1.细节理解题。由第三段“Billy, I love you and worry every time you go to sea, especially in winter.”可知，比利，我爱你，你每次出海我都会担心，尤其是在冬天。所以比利这次出海，雪莉为什么很担心，是因为她关心比利在海上的安全，尤其是在冬天。故选D项。

2.细节理解题。由第八段“Reading her reply was the first thing he did when he came home.”可知，他回家第一件事就是看她的回信。所以只有当比利出海归来时，比利才能读雪莱的回信。故选A项。

3.推理判断题。由第十七段“ Shelly's face paled as she heard the weather person say a major winter depression had moved into the area.”可知，雪莉听到气象预报员说一场可怕的冬季低气压已经进入这个海域，她脸色变的苍白。所以通过上文语境可以判断出，她试图使自己相信她的男人是安全的，但这是缺乏说服力的。所以空处填weak“缺乏说服力的”。故选A项。

4.推理判断题。由第十七段“ Shelly's face paled as she heard the weather person say a major winter depression had moved into the area.”雪莉听到气象预报员说一场可怕的冬季低气压已经进入这个海域，她脸色变的苍白。再由二十段“Off the south shore of Nova Scotia, Bill struggled to control the Shelly Girl in the growing waves. Wind and water attacked Bill and his crew from all directions. The forty- and fifty-foot walls of water were too much of a challenge for the young captain.”在新斯科舍省的南岸，比利在汹涌的海浪中挣扎着控制 Shelly Girl号。风和水从四面八方袭击比尔和他的船员。四五十英尺高的水墙对年轻的船长来说是一个太大的挑战。可知，雪莱很担心比利，她什么都做不了，只能在心里为他祈祷。所以“雪莱坐在被受风雨侵蚀的房子的门廊上，这是她最喜欢的地方，咸咸的空气粘在她厚重的冬衣上， 即将来临的暴风雨将沙子吹过了她的冬靴”这句话应放在 ③处，说明了雪莱来此地的原因，也与下文比利战暴风雨的画面相互呼应，以此说明他们的心永远在一起。故选C项。

5.推理判断题。由倒数第三段“Shelly, you are my life, my love and soon-to-be mother of our son一girl if that is what you really want. I'll always come home.”可知，雪莱，你是我最爱的妻子，是我的爱人，是我们的儿子后者女儿的妈妈，那是你所想要的。我会回家的。再由倒数第二段“Tears dripped from her face and stained the paper she wrote on”眼泪从她脸上流下来，滴在了她写信的纸上。所以通过比利写给雪莱的内容和雪莱含泪写回信可以判断出，比利再也不会回来了，雪莉给比利的回信的内容是“比利，我知道海洋是你的家”。故选B项。

6.主旨大意题。短文叙述了男主人工和女主人公之间的爱情故事。男主人公在出海之前都会留给女主人公一张纸条，直到第二天她才被允许打开它，而女主人公会写会一封回信，把它放在厨房的桌子上。男主人公回家第一件事就是看她的回信。女主人公目送男主人出海，而这次出海，男主人公就在也没有回来，更没有人去读她的回信。所以短文的最佳标题是“永未读的回信”。故选D项。