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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（緊握力）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（自殺）because a man who had fallen overboard 11 .

　　Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin（船艙）. 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（孤注一擲）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 依據語境，他們不久“意識到”船被冰所包圍。(2) B fall asleep意為“睡著”，下文wake him給予提示。(3) A so as not to表示目的，指“為了不把船體甲板上弄出洞來”。(4) A 因hole在甲板里面，須用in。(5) C keep on doing sth．意為“連續不斷地做某事”，而insist on意為“堅持”。(6) C while表示“與此同時”，強調兩個持續性動作同時發生。(7) D no longer意為“不再”。(8) A take后接形式賓語it，真正賓語是to cut the away。(9) D for引導一段時間，for as long as be could bear it意為“他能堅持多久就干多久”；as long as意為“當……的期間”(10) B 惡劣的環境迫使他們必須砸掉足夠的冰塊才能跑下來。故須用had to或were forced to。(11) A 從船上落到水中是不能被救上來的。(12) A call on意為“請求，要求”，符合語境。(13) B 由上下文可知，他們成功地讓爐火燃燒了起來，只能選用succeed in doing sth．或manage to do sth．(14) C get the store burning意為“讓爐火燃起來”，burn意為“燃燒”，此處作不及物動詞。(15) D give off意為“發出（光、熱等）”；give away：贈送；give in：屈服；give up：放棄。(16) C 他們處于沉船的危險中，因此須用sinking。(17) A take作“花費”講，常用于It takes(sb．)some time(to do sth．)句型；pay，spend作謂語其主語一般是表示人的名詞或代詞。(18) D 因主從句間存在讓步關系，故須用though。(19) A much too和little too后接adj．或adv．，但little too不符題意；B、C兩項搭配不當。(20) C that引導同位語從句，而which不能，其先行詞是chance。