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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　[本句話意思是“18歲之后離家工作”。]

　　2．A.bus

　　B．ship

　　C．plane

　　D．train

　　答案　B　[根據短文內容可推知“我在客輪(passenger ship)上工作”。]

　　3．A.worried

　　B．narrow

　　C．excited

　　D．sure

　　答案　C　[童年一直觀看大大小小的輪船進出港口，長大之后去當海員，可知“我”對航海的愛好和向往，所以對冒險很是“興奮”。]

　　4．A.struck

　　B．imagined

　　C．remarked

　　D．sailed

　　答案　D　[根據文章內容：當海員，即“航行”在太平洋中，所以用sail。]

　　5．A.shallow

　　B．terrifying

　　C．irregular

　　D．beautiful

　　答案　D　[從brilliant“光輝奪目的”可知，在陽光下的碧波肯定是“漂亮的”，所以用beautiful。]

　　6．A.situation

　　B．gains

　　C．waters

　　D．management

　　答案　C　[上文談到了The brilliant blue waters，下文又說both when it was quiet and when it was violent可知是在描述暴風雨的天空下“海水”呈現出的樣子。]

　　7．A.hated

　　B．loved

　　C．improved

　　D．greeted

　　答案　B　[從后文I knew it was the life for me可知“我喜愛大海”。]

　　8．A.In the end

　　B．What's more

　　C．That's to say

　　D．From the beginning

　　答案　D　[根據“我喜愛大海”，可知“從一開始，就知道它是我生命的全部”。from the beginning“從開始”；in the end“最后”；what's more“而且”；that's to say“也就是說，即”。]

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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　[本句話意思是“18歲之后離家工作”。]

　　2．A.bus

　　B．ship

　　C．plane

　　D．train

　　答案　B　[根據短文內容可推知“我在客輪(passenger ship)上工作”。]

　　3．A.worried

　　B．narrow

　　C．excited

　　D．sure

　　答案　C　[童年一直觀看大大小小的輪船進出港口，長大之后去當海員，可知“我”對航海的愛好和向往，所以對冒險很是“興奮”。]

　　4．A.struck

　　B．imagined

　　C．remarked

　　D．sailed

　　答案　D　[根據文章內容：當海員，即“航行”在太平洋中，所以用sail。]

　　5．A.shallow

　　B．terrifying

　　C．irregular

　　D．beautiful

　　答案　D　[從brilliant“光輝奪目的”可知，在陽光下的碧波肯定是“漂亮的”，所以用beautiful。]

　　6．A.situation

　　B．gains

　　C．waters

　　D．management

　　答案　C　[上文談到了The brilliant blue waters，下文又說both when it was quiet and when it was violent可知是在描述暴風雨的天空下“海水”呈現出的樣子。]

　　7．A.hated

　　B．loved

　　C．improved

　　D．greeted

　　答案　B　[從后文I knew it was the life for me可知“我喜愛大海”。]

　　8．A.In the end

　　B．What's more

　　C．That's to say

　　D．From the beginning

　　答案　D　[根據“我喜愛大海”，可知“從一開始，就知道它是我生命的全部”。from the beginning“從開始”；in the end“最后”；what's more“而且”；that's to say“也就是說，即”。]