Question

When dawn came, they realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had 1_____ asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe(斧), and 2_____great care, so as to 3_____ a hole in the ice on the deck（甲板）, he began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes 4_____ the others looked on 5_____. By this time he was 6______ cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.

Each member of the crew took it in 7_____ to cut the ice away as long as he could 8_____it.

First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their 9_____. Standing on that rolling deck meant 10_____, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.

Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called 11_____ one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would 12 _____enough heat to warm the cabin above 13_____ point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the 14_____ could be raised, they were in 15_____.

It took an hour’s 16_____ before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in 17_____ most of the ice.

Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again 18_____ their work. In the face of this danger, Captain Slater 19______ the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would 20_____ until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for anther day.

1. A.gone           B. fallen           C. become         D. grown

2. A.at              B. for             C. with            D. by

3.A.make           B. drill            C. dig             D. fill

4.A.until            B. before          C. after            D. while

5.A.excitedly        B. anxiously        C. happily          D. strangely

6.A.too             B. so              C. as              D. very

7.A.surprise         B. time             C. trouble          D. turn

8.A.support         B. help             C. bear             D. put up

9.A.knees           B. legs             C. feet             D. arms

10.A.life            B. pain             C. damage         D. death

11.A.to             B. on               C. up             D. at

12.A.get out         B. give off           C. get over        D. give in

13.A.boiling         B. marking          C. freezing         D. melting

14.A.boat           B. deck             C. sail             D. back

15.A.ruins          B. excitement         C. danger         D. surprise

16.A.delay          B. work             C. break           D. play

17.A.piling          B. getting            C. freezing        D. removing

18.A.whichever       B. though           C. as long as        D. in spite of

19.A.demanded       B. made            C. ordered          D. agreed

20.A.sink           B. live              C. float             D. flow

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】C

【小题3】A

【小题4】D

【小题5】B

【小题6】B

【小题7】D

【小题8】C

【小题9】A

【小题10】D

【小题11】A

【小题12】B

【小题13】C

【小题14】A

【小题15】C

【小题16】B

【小题17】D

【小题18】D

【小题19】C

【小题20】C

解析:

内容概要：本文描述了一艘船在寒冷的天气中，遭遇到了冰冻，但在船长和船员的共同努力下，最终脱离了险境。

【小题1】需要船员们去叫醒，说明“睡着了”。

【小题2】with great care 意为“细心地”，系固定搭配，在此作状语。

【小题3】make a hole“弄一个洞”，意思较为笼统。drill暗指用钻去钻，dig暗指用锹去挖，而船长用的工具却是斧头，故B、C两个选项应该舍去。

【小题4】在轮流干之前，只是船长一人在干，船长干时，大家只是在一旁注视着。

【小题5】因为情况比较危急，所以大家观望时心情一定很焦虑。

【小题6】前后有因果关系。

【小题7】由each member推知，众船员“依次”干了起来。

【小题8】bear意为“忍受”,表明大家在尽全力干，能干多长就干多长。put up 后加上with ,也可作“忍受”讲。

【小题9】因为站着破冰有危险，所以设法“跪下”。从词语搭配关系中也能得到一点启发。

【小题10】掉下大海无法营救，所以站在很滑的甲板上某种程度上就意味着“死亡”。

【小题11】call to sb大声叫某人，call on拜访（某人），call up打电话，call at拜访（某地），四个词组中只有call to 合乎语境。

【小题12】点上炉子是为了让炉子“散发”热量，保持船舱暖和。

【小题13】为使船舱不结冰，就要使其温度保持在“冰点”之上。

【小题14】冰融化后，可使船的重量减轻，使船体上浮。

【小题15】如果冰不清除，船就会不断下沉，那就肯定“危险”了。

【小题16】船上浮是在船员们一小时的辛劳之后得以实现的。

【小题17】remove“去除”，等于take away。

【小题18】in spite of 意为“不管、尽管”，表示让步关系。

【小题19】另三个词不能按sb to do。

【小题20】float意为“漂浮”，清除冰的目的显然是为了不使船下沉。