When I was a child ,I spent most of the time near the sea watching the ships, large and small, go in and out of the harbor. At the age of eighteen I   1   home to take a job on a passenger 2 that sailed between San Francisco and YokohamA．I was   3   about my new adventure and a little afraid, too. For over a year, I 4 the Pacific on the Rosa Lee. The brilliant blue waters were   5   in the sunlight; under stormy skies the angry 6 became dark, dangerous, and exciting. I   7   the sea in all its glorious beauty — both when it was quiet and when it was violent. 8 , I knew it was the life for me. After a year, during a rip from Melbourne to Honolulu, I had a very strange   9  . I have never forgotten it. We couldn’t get 10 the way in time and were hit by a violent 11  . The wind grew stronger and stronger — 12 fifty miles an hour, and mountains of water   13   the Rosa Lee over on its side. The ship rolled back only to be 14 again by the next wave. All during the rain-filled night, we worked in a frantic   15   to save the ship, but there was a breakdown in the engine room and the motors 16 . We knew that there was   17   more we could do. At dawn the Captain 18 the order to leave the ship. A few minutes later Rosa Lee   19   beneath the angry seA．All that could be 20 were a few lifeboats here and there among the waves. 1．A．left         B．went         C．landed        D．forgot 2．A．bus         B．ship          C．plane          D．train 3．A．worried   B．narrow       C．excited        D．sure 4．A．struck      B．imagined       C．remarked       D．sailed 5．A．shallow    B．terrifying      C．irregular        D．beautiful 6．A．situation  B．gains        C．waters         D．management 7．A．hated       B．loved        C．improved      D．greeted 8．A．In the end B．What’s more    C．That’s to say    D．From the beginning 9．A．dream      B．practice        C．imagination   D．experience 10．A．in        B．up            C．out of        D．down 11．A．purpose  B．storm         C．soul           D．rock 12．A．up to     B．far from       C．less than        D．behind 13．A．pushed   B．pulled         C．drew          D．looked 14．A．protected        B．attacked       C．destroyed      D．applied 15．A．request   B．decision        C．sense          D．attempt 16．A．worked  B．based          C．stooped        D．finished 17．A．nothing  B．space         C．light          D．recognized 18．A．gave      B．threw         C．forced         D．recognized 19．A．floated   B．sank         C．fell           D．pushed 20．A．enjoyed  B．criticized       C．seen         D．climbed