| ( )1. A. touch ( )2. A. weakness ( )3. A. run ( )4. A. inspired ( )5. A. return ( )6. A. tired ( )7. A. volunteered ( )8. A. when ( )9. A. drove ( )10. A. feelings ( )11. A. position ( )12. A. on her own ( )13. A. politely ( )14. A. opposite ( )15. A. took charge of ( )16. A. as usual ( )17. A. respect ( )18. A. what ( )19. A. past ( )20. A. courage | B. grab B. sickness B. sink B. determined B. adjust B. astonished B. attempted B. as B. directed B. organs B. environment B. in person B. calmly B. separate B. took place of B. as a role B. envy B. how B. same B. will | C. count C. darkness C. jump C. honored C. contribute C. depressed C. continued C. until C. accompanied C. skills C. status C. to her benefit C. briefly C. fixed C. took advantage of C. as well C. know C. why C. first C. sight | D. feel D. sadness D. step D. pleased. D. stick D. frightened D. straggled D. after D. sent D. senses D. role D. on foot D. tig htly D. lonely D. took hold D. as a consequence D. support D. who D. next D. wisdom | ||||||||||||||||||
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| It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I"m so glad I did. On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps (脊背) in the distance. On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn"t believe it-there aren"t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive. The little baby whale-actually as big as our boat-was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools (漩涡) and waves. "She"s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side," my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe-and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance. In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The author says "I"m so glad I did." (in Para. 2) because _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. The harbour survived the storm owing to _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. the shape of the harbour B. the arms of the bay C. the still water in the channel D. the long coast line | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The mother whale failed to help her baby because _____. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. What is the theme of the story? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness. B. Fishing provides excitement for children. C. It"s necessary to live in harmony with animals. D. It"s vital to protect the environment. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Behind our house is the start of a fascinating trail (小径). This trail is one of the old roads that wind through untold miles of forest. My 1 , Beans, and I walk the trail frequently. Normally, Beans sniffs alongside the trail to follow the smell of a deer track or 2 some cause known only to him. Beans is a white dog, quite handsome and very 3 . He not only understands what we tell him, but also often makes sounds as if he were trying to 4 back. One morning, we took a different route, which led us to an unfamiliar trail. I was sure this trail would eventually lead us to our familiar 5 . But, no. We seemed to be far off course. After two hours, I suddenly realized that Beans probably 6 the way home. So I urged, "Beans, take me home." He ran down a new trail. But it merely led to an intersection (岔道口) of trails. Soon it became 7 that we were getting nowhere. I began to picture the rest of the day in the 8 , without food or drink. We had walked about ten miles. But Beans seemed totally 9 . The sniffing and exploring was going well for him. Finally, we 10 a crossroad near a highway. Lady Luck suggested I should turn left. We did and 11 reached a cottage beside a field. I knocked on the door and explained my situation to an old man. He laughed and then drove us home. Since our adventure, I 12 that Beans probably knew all along how to get home. He was just having too much fan exploring new trails. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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