182. An oil ship accidentally sank in the ______ off the coast, which caused _____ among the residents.
A. water; panic B. waters; panics C. water; panics D. waters; panic
科目：高中英语 来源：英语外研必修五设计 外研版 题型：016
The spilled oil ________ thousands of birds after something had happened to an oil ship．
was be in danger of
made danger of
endangered
ran the danger of
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013届山西省高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Violent winds swept the ocean, and waves thundered to shore, shaking the lookout tower at Pea Island Rescue Station. Surfman Theodore Meekins was on watch that evening of 11 October 1896. A hurricane had struck the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and the tide was so strong that beach patrols(巡逻)had been canceled. Still, Meekins paid close attention to the horizon. This was the type of weather that could blow ships hundreds of miles off course.
Offshore, the ship E.S. Newman was caught in the storm. The captain, whose wife and child were on the ship, feared the Newman would soon break up. He made the decision to beach his ship, then fired a signal, praying that someone onshore would see it.
Meekins, whose eyes were trained to cut through rain and surf mists, thought he saw the signal, but so much spray (水雾) covered the lookout windows that he could hardly make sure. Still, he took no chances. After summoning (召集) the station keeper, Captain Richard Etheridge, Meekins set off a coston signal, a signal made by using lamps of different colors. Together, the two men searched the darkness for a reply. A few moments later, they saw a flash of light to the south and knew a shop was in distress (遇险). Even before the return signal burned out, Etheridge had summoned his men and begun rescue operations.
For the lifesavers, the rescue of the Newman was nothing unusual. Over the years, so many ships had foundered off the Outer Banks that sailors called the region the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Noting the dangerous surf and wind conditions, Captain Etheridge quickly decided the surf boats would be impossible to control. Instead, he decided to use another way to help the survivors.
The crew set off on the long journey down the beach to the scene of the wreck (海滩). Captain Etheridge hoped to fire a line from a gun to the ship’s mast (船桅). After the ship’s crew dragged the line onboard, the surfmen would fire a second line and carry survivors safely to shore.
The surfmen crossed three miles of sand to reach the ship Newman. The water was freezing, and the men often sank up to their knees in sand. Captain Etheridge noted in his diary that “the voice of gladdened hearts greeted the arrival of the station crew,” but that “it seemed impossible for them to do anything under such circumstances. The work was often stopped by the sweeping current.”
Even when the rescue equipment proved useless, Etheridge refused to give up. Choosing two of his strongest surfmen, he tied rope lines around their waists and sent them into the water. The two men, holding a line from shore, walked with huge effort as far as they could before diving through the waves. Nearly worn out while swimming against the tide, they finally made it to the shore.
The first to be rescued were the captain’s wife and child. With the two passengers tied to their backs, the surfmen fought their way back to shore. Taking turns, Etheridge and his crew made ten trips to the Newman, saving every person onboard. It was 1:00 a.m. when the crew and survivors finally made it back to the station.
That night, as the exhausted survivors lay sleeping and his lifesaving crew rested, Captain Etheridge picked up his pen, and in the light of an oil lantern, wrote with satisfaction that all the people onboard had been saved and were “sheltered in this station”—words he would remember for many years to come.
1.The beach patrols were canceled because ________.
A. Meekins paid enough attention to the horizon
B. there was too much spray on the windows
C. the winds and tide were too strong
D. there was no ship near the station
2.The underlined word “foundered” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “___________”.
A. stopped B. sank C. sailed D. arrived
3.What was the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?
A. To warn sailors of the dangers of hurricanes.
B. To create a story describing a rescue at sea.
C. To inform people about Richard Etheridge.
D. To record the details about the Newman.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The newman was very dangerous before Richard Etheridge and his team members saw the signal.
B. A terrible hurricane took place off the coast of North Carolina and threatened the lives of many sailors.
C. At no other time in American history have so many shipwrecked passengers survived such a violent storm.
D. All the passengers of a shipwreck were rescued because of heroic the efforts of a special leader and his crew.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年河南省许昌市西校高三第一次联考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
On April 24th, another natural disaster—the oil spill(泄露) in the Gulf of Mexico, happened．Millions of dollars have been used to help stop the spill and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil．Unfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the sea．
But governments seem to accept the risk of transporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damage．Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them run.
Of all of today's environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serious．Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material．In the end, it breaks down naturally．In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tons of oil into the ocean．If you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happened．
However, we should be thinking more about reducing our dependency on oil．Governments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power（太阳能）, electricity, hydrogen, and so on．Much of this research, in the past, was stopped by the oil, gas, and coal．
If the world's millions of cars were 10% more efficient（高效的）,we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each year．If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too．
1.What is the passage mainly talking about?
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A．Oil spills pollution． |
B．What oil pollution is． |
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C．Oil tanker accidents． |
D．How to reduce oil pollution. |
2.How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?
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A．By giving a description． |
B．By making an argument． |
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C．By giving an example． |
D．By comparing． |
3.Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?
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A．We should build safer tankers in the near future． |
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B．We should develop new technologies to cut oil use． |
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C．Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlines． |
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D．Countries should build more oil pipelines under the sea． |
4.Where can you read this article?
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A．In a story book． |
B．In a science magazine． |
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C．In a novel． |
D．In a travel guide． |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010届高考二轮复习必备单项选择易错题集锦（二） 题型：单项填空
182. An oil ship accidentally sank in the ______ off the coast, which caused _____ among the residents.
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A．water; panic |
B．waters; panics |
C．water; panics |
D．waters; panic |
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