阅读短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C三个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。
One day when Jamie came home after school, his mother had worry on her face. He knew she was
thinking of
_1_. "It's bad out there. Black clouds are coming from the sea." Jamie said.
"Yes, I'm thinking of those fishing boats at sea." She said.
At that moment,
_2_went out. Jamie and his mother were in the dark.
"The coast line (海岸线) will be in the dark." Jamie's mother said. She got more
_3_. "Questions
always come in threes. I broke my best glasses this morning, and my sister had cold."
"Now, don't worry, mum. They're
_4_to come through this at night."
But Jamie really worried about those fishing boats himself. The fishing boats would
_5_the cove (海湾) in the dark.
Jamie took flares (火焰信号弹) and rushed into the wind. There was a cliff by the sea. He started to
climb. He
_6_himself up hand over hand. At last he reached the top.
He
_7_three times. On the fourth try he fried out one of the flares. It rosined cut into the black sky in
bright light. Then he saw an answering flare up at sea. Jamie fired off two more.
He saw another answering flare up, then another, then another. The answering flares from the fishing
boats showed them
_8_the entrance to the cove but then changed course and were
_9 sailing into the
co
ve. They were almost home.
Jamie helped
_10_ the fish men of the village.
( )1. A. the wind ( )2. A. Jamie ( )3. A. unhappy ( )4. A. sure ( )5. A. lose ( )6. A. pushed ( )7. A. made ( )8. A. were at ( )9. A. now ( )10. A. answered |
B. the clouds B. the fire B. worrying B. lucky B. miss B. pulled B. tried B. had found B. then B. save |
C. the weather C. the lights C. worried C. safe C. leave C. carried C. failed C. had passed by C. again C. find out |