一．完形填空练习 A RESCUE We had stayed on Elephant Island for only a day, but Shackleton was already worried. He ___1____ that many of us were too ill to ___2___ very long without rescue. He decided to go to South Georgia Island for help. He __3___ five members to join him on the trip and I was one of them. I have been working on ships for my whole life and my strong ____4_____ skills could ___5___ us across the dangerous sea. However, to my surprise, Shackleton also picked the most difficult and unfriendly member to join us on the trip. I later learnt that he did this because he wanted the group _____6____ on the island to stay cheerful and ____7____ until we returned. We sailed on very rough seas for days. The sea was so strong that it was almost ____8_____ for me to check our position. I was only able to use my _____9___ three times during the trip. It scared me to think that we might sail past South Georgia Island. This would mean that we might sail into the open sea and there would be no rescue!_____10_____, we did sail off-course for a while, meaning we landed on the wrong side of South Georgia Island. We had to climb over the mountains to get help. The mountains looked so __11__ that I thought we might have to slide down them on our bottoms! When we arrived at the whaling station, Shackleton immediately ____12____ for a rescue boat to return to Elephant Island. However, due to the rough seas, we could not get near to the island. Shackleton became worried about the men. He was very anxious and began to look ___13_____ old. We tried for three months to rescue the 22 men. Finally, we were able to reach Elephant Island and luckily find everyone still __14___! They were ____15_____ to see us and everyone began to cry. 1. A. knew B. proved C. realized D. escaped 2. A. eat B. survive C. breathe D. drink 3. A. discovered B. ignored C. chose D. prevented 4. A. navigation B. introduction C. education D. organization 5. A. order B. guide C. ask D. offer 6. A. missing B. belonging C. starving D. remaining 7. A. negative B. effective C. sensitive D. positive 8. A. impossible B. easy C. miserable D. dangerous 9. A. measurements B. instruments C. improvements D. governments 10. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Unfortunately D. Gradually 11. A. steep B. high C. huge D. green 12. A. designed B. charged C. apologized D. arranged 13. A. thoroughly B. perfectly C. extremely D. bitterly 14. A. asleep B. alive C. alone D. aboard 15. A. overlooked B. overloaded C. overcome D. overjoyed 语法填空 When we watched Shackleton and the boat sail away 1. Elephant Island，we felt low and 2. (discourage). But it was not for long. A good dinner and some music made us 3. (cheer) again. Life fell into a regular pattern. We had to find food and 4. (drink) water and also had to deal with the changing temperatures. 5. twenty-two of us lived like this in the cold for four months. We were 6. (luck) that our group worked hard to show an ... ...
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