阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Four men and a cat reached Australia last night after drifting on a log raft from South America. Their 7000-mile trip 1 the Pacific Ocean 2 161 days. It was not an easy journey. The raft arrived in terrible disrepair(破损) from the 3 it had taken from huge waves and storms 4 . The once brightly painted sails had become so 5 by the sun and water that they were now a washed-out 6 . The 7 of the little deckhouse(舱面船室) were broken. During bad storms, clothing and equipment were 8 inside, 9 everything in wild disorder. One of the men said that the 10 would not last another week at sea. 11 was hard to believe it had lasted that long, so no one 12 .

　　The passengers arrived 13 . The greatest 14 they felt came from the long 15 days and nights when they could not leave the 16 deckhouse, they had plenty of rain water to drink. And day after day they ate only 17 ! 18 the cat, the travelers said they now felt 19 a distaste(嫌恶) for fish that they would probably 20 eat another one again.

　　1. A. through B. across C. over D. in

　　2. A. took B. spared C. paid D. spent

　　3. A. flying B. waving C. beating D. making

　　4. A. off the coast B. in the port C. in the end D. at sea

　　5. A. color B. colorful C. discolored D. beautiful

　　6. A. gray B. red C. yellow D. black

　　7. A. chimneys B. foods C. floors D. walls

　　8. A. thrown around B. put away C. laid orderly D. taken away

　　9. A. left B. to leave C. leaving D. leave

　　10. A. boat B. raft C. ship D. flight

　　11. A. It B. That C. This D. He

　　12. A. point B. believe C. understand D. disagree

　　13. A. out of shape B. in good shape C. seriously ill D. dangerously

　　14. A. discomfort B. comfort C. comfortable D. comfortably

　　15. A. sunny B. hot C. cold D. stormy

　　16. A. crowding B. crowded C. empty D. large

　　17. A. fish B. bread C. meat D. nothing

　　18. A. Besides B. Including C. Except for D. As well as

　　19. A. so B. such C. very D. too

　　20. A. ever B. even C. often D. never

　　【答案及解析】1. B。through指从内部"穿过"，across指从表面"横过"。 2. A 3. C 4. D。at sea在海上，空10后有体现。5. C 6. A 7. D 8. A。thrown around与in wild disorder一致。9. C。 现在分词作状语, 表结果。10. B 11. A 12. D 13. B。in good shape身体良好。14. A。discomfort不适。15. D 16. B。木筏本身很狭窄，deckhouse自然拥挤。 17. A 18. C。 except for除……外，即小猫例外。19. B。 这里是such+a(n)+可数名词+that构成的结果状语从句。20. D

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