Iworkedonboatsfortwentyfiveyears.NowIamadockingpilot(码头...

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I worked on boats for twenty five years. Now I am a docking pilot(码头领航员). My job is to __6__in the large luxury liners(轮船) and stay with them until they are __7__ stopped in the harbour. Sometimes this requires two tugs(拖船)，sometimes many more, __8__ the tide and the weather.

Most of you no __9__ have seen these tugs pushing and pulling at the big liners. What they are doing doesn't seem to make much __10__， as the minute the big boat is alongside the port, her heavy rope made fast, the job is__11__．

I felt very __12__ after I had docked several of the large liners. I realized I was in __13__ of a great ship worth millions of dollars and the __14__ were depending on me to bring her safely to the port. These tugs, whether one or ten, __15__ about in accord with(与……一致) whistle signals I __16__ them from the bridge of the big liner. These signals make up a language that is just as __17__ as the spoken word, or even more so, __18__ our docking signals are hardly misunderstood. The captain of each tug does his work according to the signals he __19__. He never asks questions. He takes __20__ faithfully，and it __21__works out.

Working around tugboats, where so much depends on __22__， has had its effect on what I believe. I believe that if I am to attain a __23__ place in the world I must have the help of my fellow men just as the great transatlantic(远洋的) liners depend on the __24__of the little tugs to bring them safely to the __25__．

6. A. put  B. push  C. bring  D. join

7. A. safely  B. dangerously  C. immediately  D. illegally

8. A. adding to  B. letting alone  C. thinking of  D. depending on

9. A. wonder  B. doubt  C. need  D. exception

10. A. sense  B. profit  C. progress  D. advance

11. A. prepared  B. lost  C. planned  D. done

12. A. bored  B. meaningless  C. important  D. tired

13. A. control  B. praise  C. defence  D. place

14. A. clerks  B. sportsmen  C. readers  D. owners

15. A. look  B. move  C. hear  D. worry

16. A. write  B. send  C. mail  D. bring

17. A. dependable  B. incredible  C. doubtful  D. visible

18. A. though  B. if  C. while  D. because

19. A. gives  B. spreads  C. receives  D. Passes

20. A. nothing  B. anything  C. something  D. everything

21. A. never  B. ever  C. always  D. seldom

22. A. imagination  B. creation  C. teamwork  D. performance

23. A. successful  B. frustrating  C. regretful  D. embarrassing

24. A. prevention  B. help  C. objection  D. delay

25. A. airport  B．station  C. port  D. Stop

【回答】

 6～10　CADBA　11～15　DCADB　16～20　BADCD

21～25　CCABC

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空