When dawn came, they realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had 1_____ asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him. He took a small axe(斧), and 2_____great care, so as to 3_____ a hole in the ice on the deck（甲板）, he began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes 4_____ the others looked on 5_____. By this time he was 6______ cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.

Each member of the crew took it in 7_____ to cut the ice away as long as he could 8_____it.

First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their 9_____. Standing on that rolling deck meant 10_____, because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.

 Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called 11_____ one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would 12 _____enough heat to warm the cabin above 13_____ point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the 14_____ could be raised, they were in 15_____.

It took an hour’s 16_____ before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in 17_____ most of the ice.

Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again 18_____ their work. In the face of this danger, Captain Slater 19______ the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would 20_____ until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for anther day.

A.gone           B. fallen        C. become         D. grown

A.at             B. for           C. with            D. by

A.make          B. drill          C. dig             D. fill

A.until           B. before        C. after            D. while

A.excitedly       B. anxiously      C. happily          D. strangely

A.too            B. so            C. as              D. very

A.surprise         B. time          C. trouble          D. turn

A.support         B. help          C. bear            D. put up

A.knees           B. legs          C. feet             D. arms

A.life            B. pain          C. damage          D. death

A.to             B. on            C. up             D. at

A.get out         B. give off        C. get over        D. give in

A.boiling         B. marking        C. freezing        D. melting

A.boat           B. deck           C. sail            D. back

A.ruins          B. excitement       C. danger          D. surprise

A.delay          B. work          C. break            D. play

A.piling           B. getting        C. freezing         D. removing

A.whichever       B. though        C. as long as        D. in spite of

.A.demanded        B. made         C. ordered          D. agreed

A.sink            B. live           C. float             D. flow

—What should we pay more attention to if we go out for a mountain camp.

—Nothing special. Take a special pair of glasses ______the wind there is strong and cold.

A. now that     B. in case    C. providing that    D. so long as

David threatened_____ his neighbour to the police if the damages were not paid.

A. to be reported                  B. reporting

C. to report                       D. having reported

Professor Williams keeps telling his students that the future ______to the well-educated.

A. belongs                            B. is belonged

C. is belonging                        D. will be belonged

It took building supplies to construct these energy-saving houses. It took brains, too.

A. other than    B. more than  C. rather than  D. less than

Usually John would be late for meetings. But this time,   ____ to my surprise, he arrived on time.  

A little                            B. much                   C. ever                     D. even

His efforts to raise money for his program were ______ because, no one showed any intention to take a cent out of their pockets.

A. in place      B. in sight          C. in effect         D. in vain

At the age of 29, Dave was a worker,  _____ in a small apartment near Boston and ______ what to do about his future.

A. living; wondering                                B. lived; wondering

C. lived; wondered                                  D. living; wondered

Some of you may have finished unit one. _____ , you can go on to unit two.

A. If you may      B. If you do      C. If not       D. If so

A. notice was______ in order to remind the students of the changed lecture time.

A. sent up    B. given up     C. set up     D. put up