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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”。]
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