题目内容：

    Many years later, I was sailing to Europe on a fine sailing ship across the Atlantic. For the greater part of the ________ we had pleasant weather, ________ towards the end of our crossing a terrible storm ________ and the ship would have sunk with all on ________ but for the efforts of the captain.

The ship started to leak and began to fill with water. The sailors were strong, able and willing. But after pumping for one whole night, they were losing the battle against the rising water and were on the ________of giving up.

The captain, as soon as he realized the ________, took charge. He ordered the sailors back to their pumps and encouraged them fiercely to ________ the ship. His strong will doubled their ________. How the men pumped like crazy! When the captain passed by me, I asked him whether there was any hope of saving the ship. He looked at me. “Yes sir.” he said. “While my feet remain standing above the water ________, there is hope. Neither I nor any of the sailors will leave the ship ________ it remains above the surface of the  ________. We shall do everything we can to save the ship and if we should fail, it will not be our________.” Then he turned to all the passengers and shouted, “To the pumps, every one of you!”

Three times during that day when we almost wanted to give up, the captain's courage, determination and iron ________forced us to ________, and we went back to the pumps. “I will ________ you safe in Liverpool,” he cried. “If you will stay strong and firm with me.”

In the end the ship sank soon after it reached the port of Liverpool but the captain did land us safe. The captain stood at the edge of the ship once it was safely tied up to the wall of the port and ________the thanks of the passengers as they hurried off the ship. As I expressed to him my________, he held my hand firmly, looked into my eyes and said, “Sir, don’t you ________ me?” I told him that I did not. “The boy who you followed when he had so much difficulty in buying a geography book, some thirty years ago in Cincinnati?” “Why yes. I ________that boy very well. His name was William Hartley.” “I am that same William Hartley.” “Goodness!” I said, “What good fortune that I travelled with you as my captain! The ________that thirty years ago got you that geography book has today saved our lives.”

1.A.journey B.travel C.trip D.voyage

2.A.and B.but C.however D.so

3.A.came across B.came through C.came out D.came up

4.A.broad B.board C.abroad D.aboard

5.A.point B.edge C.time D.end

6.A.situation B.condition C.state D.stage

7.A.break B.leave C.save D.settle

8.A.effects B.efforts C.experiences D.hardships

9.A.height B.level C.altitude D.degree

10.A.so long as B.as far as C.as well as D.as soon as

11.A.river B.bank C.sea D.beach

12.A.mistake B.concern C.fault D.reason

13.A.hand B.attitude C.head D.will

14.A.insist B.remain C.last D.continue

15.A.make B.ship C.land D.sail

16.A.afforded B.achieved C.received D.admitted

17.A.encouragement B.guidance C.greeting D.gratitude

18.A.realize B.know C.recognize D.rescue

19.A.remind B.remember C.recover D.regard

20.A.choice B.courage C.determination D.decision