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　　It seemed that nothing had happened when dawn came. But they soon 1 that the entire boat was surrounded in ice. The captain had fallen 2 so the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe with great care, 3 make a hole 4 the deck（甲板）, and he began to knock the ice away. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he 5 on working for ten minutes 6 the others looked that anxiously. By this time he was so cold that he could 7 trust his grip（紧握力）or balance.

　　Each member of the crew took 8 in turn to cut the ice away for 9 he could bear it. First, they 10 knock off enough ice to get on their knees. Standing up on that rolling deck would have been committing suicide（自杀）because a man who had fallen overboard 11 .

　　Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin（船舱）. He 12 one of the crew and together they 13 to get the stove 14 in the hope that it would 15 enough heat to warm the cabin above freezing point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that it could be pumped out, they were in danger of 16 .

　　It 17 an hour’s work before the boat began to float better. But during this time they succeeded in getting rid of the most of the ice.

　　Throughout the afternoon, the coating of the ice began to build up again 18 they tried their best. In the face of this new danger, Captain Slater decided that it was 19 dangerous to gamble（孤注一掷）on the chance 20 the boat would survive（幸存）until the next morning. Once more, he ordered the crew to clear ice. Then they settled down to wait for another day.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

（1）A.thought	B.imagined			C.realized	D.knew
（2）A.ill	B.asleep			C.down	D.behind
（3）A.so as not to				B.so as to
C.decided not to				D.but had to
（4）A.in		B.on		C.at	D.for
（5）A.insisted		B.continued		C.kept	D.struggled
（6）A.but		B.when		C.while	D.as
（7）A.much more				B.not any more
C.not any longer				D.not longer
（8）A.it			B.what	C.that	D./
（9）A.so far as			B.what	C.how	D.as long as
（10）A.would rather				B.had to
C.forced to				D.had better
（11）A.could not be saved				B.must not have saved
C.would not have saved				D.might be saved
（12）A.called on			B.called out	C.called to		D.called at
（13）A.succeeded			B.managed	C.tried		D.learned
（14）A.burnt			B.to be burned	C.burning		D.to burn
（15）A.give away			B.give in	C.give up		D.give off
（16）A.floating			B.freezing	C.sinking		D.starving
（17）A.took			B.spent	C.used		D.paid
（18）A.as			B.since	C.instead		D.though
（19）A.much too			B.too much	C.too little		D.little too
（20）A.if			B.which	C.that		D.how

Answer 1

答案：C;B;A;A;C;C;D;A;D;B;A;A;B;C;D;C;A;D;A;C
解析：

(1) C 依据语境，他们不久“意识到”船被冰所包围。(2) B fall asleep意为“睡着”，下文wake him给予提示。(3) A so as not to表示目的，指“为了不把船体甲板上弄出洞来”。(4) A 因hole在甲板里面，须用in。(5) C keep on doing sth．意为“连续不断地做某事”，而insist on意为“坚持”。(6) C while表示“与此同时”，强调两个持续性动作同时发生。(7) D no longer意为“不再”。(8) A take后接形式宾语it，真正宾语是to cut the away。(9) D for引导一段时间，for as long as be could bear it意为“他能坚持多久就干多久”；as long as意为“当……的期间”(10) B 恶劣的环境迫使他们必须砸掉足够的冰块才能跑下来。故须用had to或were forced to。(11) A 从船上落到水中是不能被救上来的。(12) A call on意为“请求，要求”，符合语境。(13) B 由上下文可知，他们成功地让炉火燃烧了起来，只能选用succeed in doing sth．或manage to do sth．(14) C get the store burning意为“让炉火燃起来”，burn意为“燃烧”，此处作不及物动词。(15) D give off意为“发出（光、热等）”；give away：赠送；give in：屈服；give up：放弃。(16) C 他们处于沉船的危险中，因此须用sinking。(17) A take作“花费”讲，常用于It takes(sb．)some time(to do sth．)句型；pay，spend作谓语其主语一般是表示人的名词或代词。(18) D 因主从句间存在让步关系，故须用though。(19) A much too和little too后接adj．或adv．，但little too不符题意；B、C两项搭配不当。(20) C that引导同位语从句，而which不能，其先行词是chance。