Question

根据短文和首字母填空（每题0.5分，共5分）
Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on h___1____.They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat for two weeks. During their trip, they saw many whales. Bill and Simon were very e__2___ because they wanted to see them very much. Unluckily, w_3____ they were watching them, the whales began to hit the side of the boat.
Suddenly, w___4__ started coming in, and they realized that they were in trouble. They q__5___ jumped into the lifeboat before the boat sank(沉没), and watched it disappear under the sea.
Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d__6____. They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water i___7__ drinking water. These two things helped them to survive during their terrible experience.
For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and a__8___ them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing , n__9___ saw them. They were becoming weaker and weaker. Then just as they were beginning to l___10___ hope,a fishing boat saved them.

Answer 1

1．holiday   2.excited  3.when/while  4.water  5.quickly
6.days   7.into  8.ate  9.nobody  10.lose

文章大意：本文是一片记叙文，讲了一对朋友冒险的故事。两个朋友环海旅行时，船翻了，在救生艇上靠钓鱼竿和转换淡水的机器活了下来，最后被一艘渔船救了。
1. holiday。On holiday在度假。他们去海上旅行，应应该是在假期中。
2. excited。看到鲸鱼，他们很兴奋。
3. while/when。while/when表示“当……时候”。当他们看鲸鱼时，鲸鱼开始攻击船的一边。
4. water。根据上下文可知水开始进入船里。
5. quickly。注意用副词形式。在船沉没前，他们很快跳进救生艇里。
6. days。幸运的是，他们有足够20天的食物和水。
7. into。 change …into… 把……变成……。
8. ate。再后来的50天里，他们每天捉10条鱼并吃了他们。
9. nobody。Nobody没有人，这里指没有人看见他们。
10. lose。Lose hope失去希望。就在他们要失去希望时，一艘渔船救了他们。