The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been ____ that they might see some whales when they were ____ a yacht—a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing ____ around the Whitsunday Islands. ____, they had no clue just how ____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale ____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud (重击声). He ____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. But when he looked up, he saw the whale ____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “We were staring into its right eye. It was a very ____ moment. The eye was about the ____ of a dinner plate. It was huge!”
____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered ____ damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the ____ —and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The ____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ____，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not ____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to ____ its calf when it jumped, and hit the yacht by accident.
____ the reason, people are completely ____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the ____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The possibility of something like this happening is extremely small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
| 小题1: | | A．explained | B．learned | C．told | D．taught |
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| 小题2: | | A．taking | B．driving | C．hiring | D．running |
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| 小题3: | | A．competition | B．game | C．training | D．trip |
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| 小题4: | | A．Moreover | B．Thus | C．Meanwhile | D．However |
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| 小题5: | | A．exciting | B．close | C．vivid | D．tense |
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| 小题6: | | A．swam | B．leapt | C．slipped | D．stretched |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．immediately | D．casually |
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| 小题8: | | A．drifting | B．jumping | C．falling | D．sliding |
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| 小题9: | | A．surprising | B．annoying | C．frightening | D．astonishing |
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| 小题10: | | A．size | B．sample | C．range | D．form |
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| 小题11: | | A．Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Definitely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题12: | | A．severe | B．extreme | C．actual | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A．boat | B．beach | C．sail | D．journey |
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| 小题14: | | A．radio | B．craft | C．guide | D．compass |
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| 小题15: | | A．problem | B．mystery | C．suspect | D．question |
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| 小题16: | | A．carefully | B．surely | C．deliberately | D．simply |
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| 小题17: | | A．see | B．touch | C．tend | D．reach |
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| 小题18: | | A．Whenever | B．Wherever | C．Whoever | D．Whatever |
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| 小题19: | | A．amazed | B．worried | C．interested | D．touched |
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| 小题20: | | A．wonders | B．chances | C．predictions | D．consequences |
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