Years ago,in a small fishing village in Holland,a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village 1 the fishing industry,a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of 2 . One night a strong storm capsized (倾覆) a fishing boat at sea. In trouble,the 3 sent out the SOS immediately. Spotting the signal,the captain of the rescue team sounded the alarm and the villagers 4 on the beach. While the team 5 their way through the wild waves,the villagers waited anxiously,holding lanterns to light the way 6 .
An hour later,the rescue boat 7 and the villagers ran to greet them. The 8 reported that the rescue boat couldn’t hold any more 9 and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more would have 10 capsized the res cue boat and all would have been lost.
Therefore,the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lonely 11 Sixteen-year-old Hans 12 forward. His mother grabbed his arm and said, “Please don’t go. Your older brother,Paul,has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans,you are all I have 13 . ”
Hans replied, “Mother,I have to go. What if everyone said ,‘I can’t go,let 14 else do it?’ When the call for 15 comes,we all need to take our turn and do our 16 . ” Hans kissed his mother,17 the team and disappeared into the night.
Another hour passed,which seemed to Hans’ mother 18 a century. Finally,the rescue boat reappeared in the fog with Hans 19 on the boat. And he 20 yelled, “We found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother,Paul!”
( ) 1. A. depended on B. suffered from
C. turned away D. got through
( ) 2. A. struggle B. preparation
C. consequence D. emergency
( ) 3. A. groups B. family
C. crew D. army
( ) 4. A. traded B. gathered
C. shouted D. separated
( ) 5. A. lost B. went
C. felt D. fought
( ) 6. A. back B. up
C. ahead D. down
( ) 7. A. appeared B. followed
C. returned D. succeeded
( ) 8. A. journalists B. volunteers
C. villagers D. policemen
( ) 9. A. soldiers B. guests
C. patients D. passengers
( ) 10. A. hardly B. gradually
C. surely D. rudely
( ) 11. A. son B. survivor
C. traveller D. brother
( ) 12. A. stepped B. looked
C. put D. threw
( ) 13. A. taken B. received
C. left D. wanted
( ) 14. A. everyone B. someone
C. anyone D. no one
( ) 15. A. service B. protection
C. relief D. sacrifice
( ) 16. A. part B. lesson
C. business D. exercise
( ) 17. A. built B. trained
C. managed D. joined
( ) 18. A. for B. with
C. like D. at
( ) 19. A. working B. standing
C. running D. fishing
( ) 20. A. calmly B. worriedly
C. sincerely D. excitedly