Debra Veal is a very brave woman. She took part in a race to  36  the Atlantic, a journey for about 3,360 kilometers. She was in one of the 36 small rowing  37  that set off on October 7th, 2001 from Tenerife. Each small boat was the same with food for the  38 . She arrived in Barbados on January 26th, 2002 after rowing across the Atlantic for three-and-a-half months.

Debra began the journey with her  39  in a small boat called Troika Transatlantic. But after 14 days he became very afraid, so he was taken off the small rowing boat. This did not make Debra  40 . For the next hundred days, she rowed her small boat against the  41  and the wind.

When she at last arrived at the end of her journey, she was reluctant(不情愿的) to leave her boat  42  her husband and family were there to welcome her. The boat had carried her  43  to the end of the journey. She said, “I just want to toast(给……敬酒) this lady, this very special lady. I am full of  44  that I will have to leave her. She has  45  me through many storms.”

36. A. row across   B. flew over   C. swam across

37. A. ships      B. boats    C. planes

38. A. picnic     B. travel    C. journey

39. A. brother     B. husband    C. friend

40. A. give in     B. give up    C. give off

41. A. sun       B. seawater   C. waves

42. A. but       B. though    C. because

43. A. safely      B. dangerously  C. quietly

44. A. happiness    B. sadness    C. love

45. A. protected    B. save     C. made

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