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Two teenagers who are lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday.
Driscoll, 15, and his best friend, 18-year-old Josh Long, were found on Saturday about 11 km 21 Cape Fear in North Carolina. That was six days and more than 100 miles(161 km)from where they had 22 from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on April 24.
The boys had 23 a lot of water and were tired, but in pretty good 24. They set out 25 on a 4.3-metre sailboat on a 26 day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water. They realized they were 27 almost immediately and tried to swim back to 28 , 29 the boat along with them.
Within 30 , they were far out at sea.
“We 31 our fishing equipment on the second day,” Driscoll said. “So we couldn’t catch any fish.”
The boys’ hopes faded 32 each day. They stood on their boat 33 they saw another boat, 34 . One night they were woken up by 35 coming into the boat. A large ship was very close to them.
“ 36 was like some huge building in the water,” Driscoll said.
At one point, the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 37 , they were 179km north of their starting point. A coast guard boat set out to 38 them.
The boys got up and made some 39 . This time, they were heard.
“What we have experienced is a completely surprising story of 40 . That’s going to be studied for years to come,” said Richard Goerling, Long’s uncle. “I think the boys have a book to write.”
21. A. at B. on C. beside D. off
22. A. arrived B. set off C. returned D. finished
23. A. drunk B. lost C. saved D. found
24. A. shape B. health C. spirit D. energy
25. A. traveling B. racing C. fishing D. swimming
26. A. fine B. rainy C. windy D. snowy
27. A. in trouble B. in safe C. at sea D. far away
28 A. shore B. the sea C. an island D. harbor
29. A. driving B. sailing C. pushing D. pulling
30. A. a week B. hours C. minutes D. seconds
31. A. bought B. found C. lost D. repaired
32. A. by B. for C. on D. with
33. A. every time B. once C. one day D. sometimes
34. A. jumping and singing B. waving and shouting
C. crying and speaking D. screaming and whistling
35. A. a shark B. a mouse C. water D. some noise
36. A. He B. This C. That D. It
37. A. Instead B. Therefore C. But D. So
38. A. search B. look for C. look into D. defend
39. A. fire B. noise C. balloons D. flags
40. A. voyage B. struggle C. survival D. sailing
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Two teenagers who are lost at sea off the United States for six days were saved yesterday.
Driscoll, 15, and his best friend, 18-year-old Josh Long, were found on Saturday about 11 km 1Cape Fear in North Carolina. That was six days and more than 100 miles(161 km)from where they had 2from Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on April 24.
The boys had 3a lot of water and were tired, but in pretty good 4. They set out 5on a 4.3-metre sailboat on a 6day when the National Weather Service had warned small boats to stay out of the water. They realized they were 7almost immediately and tried to swim back to 8, 9the boat along with them.
Within 10, they were far out at sea.
“We 11our fishing equipment on the second day,” Driscoll said. “So we couldn’t catch any fish.”
The boys’ hopes faded 12each day. They stood on their boat 13they saw another boat, 14. One night they were woken up by 15coming into the boat. A large ship was very close to them.
“ 16was like some huge building in the water,” Driscoll said.
At one point, the boys thought they had gone across the Atlantic Ocean and were close to Africa. 17, they were 179km north of their starting point. A coast guard boat set out to 18them.
The boys got up and made some 19. This time, they were heard.
“What we have experienced is a completely surprising story of 20. That’s going to be studied for years to come,” said Richard Goerling, Long’s uncle. “I think the boys have a book to write.”
1.A. at B. on C. beside D. off
2.A. arrived B. set off C. returned D. finished
3.A. drunk B. lost C. saved D. found
4.A. shape B. health C. spirit D. energy
5.A. traveling B. racing C. fishing D. swimming
6.A. fine B. rainy C. windy D. snowy
7.A. in trouble B. in safe C. at sea D. far away
8.A. shore B. the sea C. an island D. harbor
9.A. driving B. sailing C. pushing D. pulling
10.A. a week B. hours C. minutes D. seconds
11.A. bought B. found C. lost D. repaired
12.A. by B. for C. on D. with
13.A. every time B. once C. one day D. sometimes
14.A. jumping and singing B. waving and shouting
C. crying and speaking D. screaming and whistling
15.A. a shark B. a mouse C. water D. some noise
16.A. He B. This C. That D. It
17.A. Instead B. Therefore C. But D. So
18.A. search B. look for C. look into D. defend
19.A. fire B. noise C. balloons D. flags
20.A. voyage B. struggle C. survival D. sailing
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