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I spent my childhood near the sea watching the ships，large and small，go in and out of the harbor.At the age of eighteen I__1__home to take a job on a passenger__2__that sailed between San Francisco and Yokohama.I was__3__about my new adventure and a little afraid，too.For over a year，I__4__ the Pacific on the Rosa.The brilliant blue waters were__5__in the sunlight；under stormy skies the angry __6__became dark，dangerous，and exciting.I__7__the sea in all its glorious beauty－both when it was quiet and when it was violent.__8__，I knew it was the life for me.
1．A.left
B．went
C．landed
D．forgot
答案 A [本句话意思是“18岁之后离家工作”。]
2．A.bus
B．ship
C．plane
D．train
答案 B [根据短文内容可推知“我在客轮(passenger ship)上工作”。]
3．A.worried
B．narrow
C．excited
D．sure
答案 C [童年一直观看大大小小的轮船进出港口，长大之后去当海员，可知“我”对航海的爱好和向往，所以对冒险很是“兴奋”。]
4．A.struck
B．imagined
C．remarked
D．sailed
答案 D [根据文章内容：当海员，即“航行”在太平洋中，所以用sail。]
5．A.shallow
B．terrifying
C．irregular
D．beautiful
答案 D [从brilliant“光辉夺目的”可知，在阳光下的碧波肯定是“漂亮的”，所以用beautiful。]
6．A.situation
B．gains
C．waters
D．management
答案 C [上文谈到了The brilliant blue waters，下文又说both when it was quiet and when it was violent可知是在描述暴风雨的天空下“海水”呈现出的样子。]
7．A.hated
B．loved
C．improved
D．greeted
答案 B [从后文I knew it was the life for me可知“我喜爱大海”。]
8．A.In the end
B．What's more
C．That's to say
D．From the beginning
答案 D [根据“我喜爱大海”，可知“从一开始，就知道它是我生命的全部”。from the beginning“从开始”；in the end“最后”；what's more“而且”；that's to say“也就是说，即”。]