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　　It seemed that nothing had happened when dawn came. But they soon  1 that the entire boat was surrounded in ice. The captain had fallen asleep behind, so the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe with great care,  2 make a hole  3 the deck (甲板) , and he began to knock the ice away. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he  4 on working for ten minutes  5 the others looked  6 anxiously. By this time he was so cold that he could  7 trust his grip (紧握力) or balance.

　　Each member of the crew took the axe in turn to cut the ice away for  8 he could bear it. First, they  9 knock off enough ice to get on their knees. Standing up on that rolling deck would have been committing suicide (自杀) because a man who had fallen overboard  10 .

　　Then the captain discovered that ice was  11 inside the cabin (船舱). He  12 one of the crew and together they  13 to get the stove  14 in the hope that it would  15 enough heat to warm the cabin above freezing point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that it could be pumped out, they were in danger of  16 .

　　It  17 an hour's work before the boat began to float better. But during this time they succeeded in getting rid of most of the ice.

　　Throughout the afternoon, the coating of the ice began to build up again  18 they tried their best. In the face of this new danger, Captain Slater decided that it was much too dangerous to gamble (孤注一掷) on the chance  19 the boat would survive (幸存)until the next morning. Once more, he ordered the crew to clear ice. Then they settled down to wait for  20 day.

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　　The cold weather of the last week has had a surprising result. Forty thousand Russian red-necked ducks have ___1___ in Britain where the weather, just below freezing, is like spring to them.

　　The Russian red-necked ducks manage perfectly well at temperatures down to thirty degrees ___2___ zero. They wouldn't think of ___3___ home at minus forty. But, as the weather gets colder, if it docs, they make a quick ___4___ to take off together all with a single thought ____5___,“Go somewhere ____6____”.

　　Last Tuesday the small ___7___ near my house was invaded by about three hundred Russian red-necked ducks, a noisy lot, though I must say they were not troublesome. Our local birds were at first quite ___8___ by these ___9___ from far away, and there were some obvious language difficulties too. At nine o'clock I went down ___10___ to the edge of the lake, with a little bread and milk ___11___ our own birds. I saw them standing up, __12___ the foreigners to eat up everything. But my worry proved ___13__：the red-necked birds didn't like the bread at all. Many of them ___14___ a mouthful, and threw up. In fact they pushed and fought to get away from the food, ___15___ own birds looked at them ___16___.

　　My wife had ___17___ me down the path with a hopeless cake she had made on Monday evening. She had forgotten to turn off the electricity in time, and the cake got ___18___ Now that, funnily enough, the Russian birds ___19__, though our birds wouldn't touch it. We realized then the visitors were used to ___20___ bread probably, and my wife agreed to make some for them.

　　The cold weather of the last week has had a surprising result. Forty thousand Russian red-necked ducks have ___1___ in Britain where the weather, just below freezing, is like spring to them.

　　The Russian red-necked ducks manage perfectly well at temperatures down to thirty degrees ___2___ zero. They wouldn't think of ___3___ home at minus forty. But, as the weather gets colder, if it docs, they make a quick ___4___ to take off together all with a single thought ____5___,“Go somewhere ____6____”.

　　Last Tuesday the small ___7___ near my house was invaded by about three hundred Russian red-necked ducks, a noisy lot, though I must say they were not troublesome. Our local birds were at first quite ___8___ by these ___9___ from far away, and there were some obvious language difficulties too. At nine o'clock I went down ___10___ to the edge of the lake, with a little bread and milk ___11___ our own birds. I saw them standing up, __12___ the foreigners to eat up everything. But my worry proved ___13__：the red-necked birds didn't like the bread at all. Many of them ___14___ a mouthful, and threw up. In fact they pushed and fought to get away from the food, ___15___ own birds looked at them ___16___.

　　My wife had ___17___ me down the path with a hopeless cake she had made on Monday evening. She had forgotten to turn off the electricity in time, and the cake got ___18___ Now that, funnily enough, the Russian birds ___19__, though our birds wouldn't touch it. We realized then the visitors were used to ___20___ bread probably, and my wife agreed to make some for them.

The city of Stockholm shoots thousands of wild rabbits spread across the green spaces of the Swedish capital and sends their bodies to be burned as heating fuel, a practice which has angered animal rights groups．

The rabbits going up in smoke are the inhabitants of Stockholm’s parks who are killed to protect the bushes and trees on which they feed．But many of them are tame domestic pets turned loose by owners who no longer want them．Six thousand rabbits were killed last year．The bodies were frozen and then sent to a special heating plant at Karlskoga, in central Sweden, where the bodies were burnt in order to help heat the homes of residents of Värmland．

“One should put this in the view that we （humans） are actually cremated （火葬） ourselves and that generates a completely different reaction,” Freij said in response to criticism．

Animal Rights Sweden spokeswoman Lise-Lott Alsenius questioned whether the practice was humane or ethical and suggested neutering （阉割） the male rabbits as an alternative method of holding down the population．“One at least has to evaluate what possible alternatives are to just simply shooting them,” she said．

Konvex, the company handling the operation, said the rabbits were ground up with the bodies of other beasts, mainly farm animals such as cows which have been thought unfit for human consumption, turned into flammable （可燃的） form and burnt．“Just as with us people ．．．the bodies contain a lot of fat and fat has exactly the same energy content as normal heating oil for instance,” Konvex Chief Executive Leo Virta said．

1．The rabbits in Sweden are killed because ______．

       A．the rabbits made the animal rights groups angry

      B．there are too many rabbits for people to keep as pets

      C．Sweden lacks fuel for heating the homes of residents of Värmland

      D．the rabbits feed on the trees thus causing great damage to them

2．Which of the following statements is true according to the animal rights groups?

       A．The number of rabbits shouldn’t be cut down．

       B．Animals are more important than plants．

       C．It is not acceptable to use rabbit bodies as heating fuel．

      D．Neutering the male rabbits is the best way to reduce rabbit population．

3．The writer quotes Freji’s speech with the purpose of ______．

       A．supporting the writer’s own point of view

       B．illustrating that the opinion of animal rights groups is wrong

       C．indicating that human bodies should also be burnt as heating fuel

       D．showing that people don’t quite agree with each other on the burning issue

4．What does the underlined phrase “ground up” probably mean?

       A．eaten up              B．crushed up          C．burnt up              D．dug up

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　　It seemed that nothing had happened when dawn came. But they soon 1 that the entire boat was surrounded in ice. The captain had fallen 2 so the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe with great care, 3 make a hole 4 the deck（甲板）, and he began to knock the ice away. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he 5 on working for ten minutes 6 the others looked that anxiously. By this time he was so cold that he could 7 trust his grip（紧握力）or balance.

　　Each member of the crew took 8 in turn to cut the ice away for 9 he could bear it. First, they 10 knock off enough ice to get on their knees. Standing up on that rolling deck would have been committing suicide（自杀）because a man who had fallen overboard 11 .

　　Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin（船舱）. He 12 one of the crew and together they 13 to get the stove 14 in the hope that it would 15 enough heat to warm the cabin above freezing point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that it could be pumped out, they were in danger of 16 .

　　It 17 an hour’s work before the boat began to float better. But during this time they succeeded in getting rid of the most of the ice.

　　Throughout the afternoon, the coating of the ice began to build up again 18 they tried their best. In the face of this new danger, Captain Slater decided that it was 19 dangerous to gamble（孤注一掷）on the chance 20 the boat would survive（幸存）until the next morning. Once more, he ordered the crew to clear ice. Then they settled down to wait for another day.