AShipinaStormDidyouevergofaroutintothegreatocean?Howbeautifulitistogooutatseawhenheseaissmoothandstill！Letastormapproachandthesceneischanged.Theheavy，blackcloudsappearinthedistanceandthrowadeep，deathlike（死了一樣的）shadeovertheworldofwaters.Thecaptainandsailorssoonseeinthecloudsthesignsofevil.Allhandsarethensettoworktotakeinsail.Thehoarse（沙啞的）notesofthecaptain，speakingthroughhistrumpet，areechoedfromliptolipamongtherigging（索具）.Happywillitbe，ifallismadesnug（舒適的）beforethegalestrikesthevessel.Atlast，thegalecomeslikeavastmovingmountainofair.Itstrikestheship.Thevesselheaves（強(qiáng)烈起伏）andgroansunderthedreadfulweightandstrugglestoescapethroughthefoamingwaters.Ifsheisfaroutatsea，shewillbelikelytorideoutthestorminsafety.Butifthewindisdrivingherupontheshore，thepoorsailorswillhardlyescapebeingdashedupontherocksanddrowned.Thecaptaintoldoneofthementogoaloftandthrowdownarope.Thiswastiedfasttotheboatandwhentheseawassomewhatcalmtheboatwashoisted（吊起）andlandedontheshipwithadreadfulcrash.Itwasadesperatewayofgettingonboard，butfortunatelynoliveswerelost.Onthedangerouspointsalongourseacoastarelighthouses（燈塔）whichcanbeseenfaroutatseaandserveasguidestoshipssometimesthefogissodensethattheselightscannotbeseen,butmostlighthouseshavegreatfogbellsorfoghorns;someofthelatteraremadetosoundbysteamandcanbeheardforalongdistance.Thesebellsandhornsarekeptsoundingaslongasthefoglasts.Therearealsomanylife-savingstationsalongthecoastwheretrainedmenarereadywithlifeboats.“Whenashipisdrivenashore,theyatoncegototherescueofthoseorboard,andthusmanyvaluablelivesaresaved.”Takeitallinall;asailor’slifeisaveryhardone.Ouryoungfriendsoweadebtofgratitudetothosewhosehomeisuponthegreatwaters,andwhobringthemtheluxuriesofothercountries.ReadingComprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerforeachquestion.1.Howareshipswarnedofdangeralongthecoastinadensefog?A.Byfogbellsorfoghornsfromlighthouses.B.Bynotesofthecaptain.C.Bylightsfromlighthouses.D.Bytheradar.2.Accordingtothepassage,whatisagale?A.Anextremelystrongrain.B.Anextremelystrongwind.C.Aheavysnow.D.Astorm.3.Whatdolife-savingstationsdo?A.Theyserveasguidestoships.B.Theytrainmenhowtouselifeboats.C.Theywarnpeopleofdangerousanimals.D.Theyrescuethoseonboardwhenashipisdrivenashore.4.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Ashipneartheshoreismorelikelytosurviveastormthanwhenitisfaroutatsea.B.Bellsandhornsarekeptsoundingaslongasthefoglasts.C.Therearemanylife-savingstationsalongthecoast.D.Gettingontheboatinastormcanbehorrible5.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A.Ashipinastormishardtosurvive.B.Densefogcanbeabigproblemforsailing.C.It’stoodangerousforpeopletogofaroutintothegreatocean.D.Sailors’livesareveryhardonesandweshouldshowgratitudetothem.Vocabulary基礎(chǔ)詞smooth adj.平坦的；光滑的英completelyflatandevenwithoutanyroughareasorholesshade n.（樹(shù)）蔭；陰涼處；（色彩的）濃淡；陰影vt.遮住光線captain n.船長(zhǎng)；機(jī)長(zhǎng)；隊(duì)長(zhǎng)；（海軍或英國(guó)空軍）上校，（陸軍或美國(guó)空軍）英thepersoninchargeofashiporcommercialaircraft記詞根記憶：capt（拿，握住）+ain（表人）→掌握一群人→船長(zhǎng)sailor n.水手；海員；船員記來(lái)自sail（v.航行）echo v.回響；充滿回聲；重復(fù)（別人的話）英ifasoundechoes，itisreflectedoffawall，thesideofamountain,etcsothatyoucanhearitagainstrike v.[struck-struck/striken]（雷電、暴風(fēng)雨等）襲擊；打；撞擊；罷工n.罷工escape v.逃跑，逃脫；避免，避開(kāi)；泄露n.逃離，逃脫記聯(lián)想記憶：他夢(mèng)想著有一天能穿著蝙蝠俠的斗篷（cape）逃跑（escape）搭escapefromprison越獄dashⅵ.猛沖，急奔n.猛沖，急奔；匆忙；短跑英anactofgoingsomewheresuddenlyand/orquickly例Idasheddownstairstoanswerthephone.我飛奔下樓去接電話。drown v.淹沒(méi)；溺死，淹死搭drownout淹沒(méi)（聲音）calm adj.平靜的；鎮(zhèn)靜的，沉著的v.使平靜，使鎮(zhèn)定，平息記聯(lián)想記憶：她手心（palm）出汗，內(nèi)心很不平靜（calm）搭calm（…）down（使）平靜下來(lái)；平息hornn.喇叭；號(hào)角英adeviceinavehicleformakingaloudsoundasawarningorsignal搭blowthehorn吹響號(hào)角；鳴喇叭rescue n./vt.援救，營(yíng)救記聯(lián)想記憶：res（看作rest，休息）+cue（線索）救援人員放棄休息，尋找線索→援救，營(yíng)救Vocabulary進(jìn)階詞trumpet v.鼓吹，宣揚(yáng)n.小號(hào)；喇叭英Mothersoftenliketotrumpettheirownwaystonurtureandeducatetheirchildren.媽媽們經(jīng)常喜歡宣揚(yáng)自己養(yǎng)育孩子的方法。vessel n.[總稱]船；艦；容器；血管國(guó)英alargeshiporboatgroanⅵ.呻吟；嘆息；發(fā)出低沉的聲音n.呻吟聲；嘆息聲；低沉的聲響英tomakeasoundlikeapersongroaning例Theroofcreakedandgroanedundertheweightofthesnow.屋頂在雪的重壓下發(fā)出嘎吱嘎吱的聲響。dreadfuladj.可怕的；令人不快的英verybadorunpleasant記詞根記憶：dread（害怕）+ful（…的）→可怕的strugglevi.斗爭(zhēng)；奮斗；努力n.奮斗；爭(zhēng)斗；難事搭strugglewith與…斗爭(zhēng)aloftadv.在高處；在空中英highintheair記詞根記憶：a（在…）+loft（天空）→在空中crashv.碰撞；猛撞；倒閉n.碰撞；撞擊聲；倒閉adj.速成的；應(yīng)急的記聯(lián)想記憶：卡車撞上（crash）了路邊的一堆垃圾（trash）例Thetwocarscrashedintoeachother.兩輛汽車相撞了。desperateadj.拼命的，不顧一切的；絕望的；孤注一擲的；極