Passage 2 ?(05·天津) ?完形填空

Having left the town, the girl stopped the car at the landing near the entrance of the bay (海灣)She stepped into the ?__16__ ?and rowed out silently. The tide was rushing to the entrance and ?__17__ to the wild open sea. She had to row across the bay to reach __18__ ?side. The waves struck against the side of the boat, __19__ and uneven; it became ?__20__ difficult to row. If she __21__ for a moment, the tide would push the boat back towards the ?__22__.

She wasn' t even halfway, ?__23__ she was already tired and her hands ?__24__ ?from pulling on?the rough wooden oars (船槳). "I'm never going to ?__25__ ?it”, she thought. She rested the oars on?her knees and __26__ her head helplessly, then looked up as she __27__ the boat shift(晃動) against the tide.

The east wind , which had swung(旋轉(zhuǎn)) around from the south-west, __28__ her help and pushed the boat towards the mountains. It was going to be ?__29__. Her hands weren't so painful. Her chest didn’t feel as if it was about to burst __30__.

The lights of the town became __31__. one of the oars banged against the side of the boat and she __32__ it with a start. Had she been asleep, or just ?__33__? She looked over her shoulder. She was almost on the beach. The girl gave one last __34__ on the oars to ground the boat, and then lay back against the seat. She listened to the waves ?__35__ and knew she had come home. Far across the moonlit bay the lights were no more than a sparkling chain.

16. A. car B. boat C. ship D. mail

17. A. beside B. before C. behind D. beyond

18.A. another B. other C. either D. the other

19. A. deep B. calm C. gentle D. rough

20. A. more B. less C. as D. least

21. A. slept B. continued C. rested

22. A. home B. mountains C. south-west D. entrance

23. A. if B. so C. but D. since

24. A. hurt B. ruined C. troubled D. broke

25. A. get B. make C. keep D. take

26. A. mined B. dropped C. cocked D. raised

27. A. saw B. made C. heard D. felt

28. A. got to B. came to C. sent for D. reached for

29. A. difficult B. serious C. all right D. certain enough

30. A. any more B. still more C. no more D. once more

31. A. brighter B. bigger C. closer D. smaller

32. A. destroyed B. threw C. repaired D. seized

33. A. dreaming B. guessing C. inventing D. expecting

34. A. blow B. hit C. pull D. strike

35. A. anxiously B. happily C. sadly D. carefully

答案 ?16.B ? 17.D ?18.D ?19.D ?20.A ?21.C ?22.D ?23.C ?24.A ?25.B ?26.B ?27.D ?28.B ?29.C ?30.A ?31.D ?32.D ?33.A ?34.C ?35.B