[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：6-Wednesday 神秘 304詞

6-Wednesday 神秘 304詞

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Mike enjoyed going fishing and decided to buy a new boat．A friend named Peter said that he knew of a boat for sale at a place called Sheeps Bay．Mike telephoned and asked why it was for sale．The owner explained that it had been her husband's．His name was Wayne and he used to go fishing at night．One morning，however，another fisherman found Wayne's boat empty out at sea．Wayne wasn't in the boat and people thought that he had drowned．The woman said that her husband's body had never been found．Now she hated the boat and wanted to sell it quickly．

It was a good fishing boat but Mike bought it very cheaply．He moved the boat 100 kilometres or so to a harbour near where he lived．

One Friday Mike and Peter were out in the boat a long way from the coast．It suddenly became very cloudy so they couldn't see anything around them．Mike told Peter to turn off the engine and wait for the weather to get better．He said that as they were a long way from land it was much safer to wait．The men waited but the weather didn't improve．At ten o'clock Mike told Peter to start the engine but it wouldn't start．Mike tried to use the radio but it was broken．Then the lights went out．They were in the dark in a broken-down boat a long way out to sea．

At around 12 a．m．they decided to go to sleep．The next thing Mike knew was that it was morning and he could hear something noisy．Was it another boat？He opened his eyes and looked out．The noise wasn't a boat，it was a car．Their boat wasn't at sea；it was in a harbour，but not Mike's harbour．The boat was back in Sheeps Bay where Mike had bought it．Only one person could have brought the boat there safely．That was Wayne．And he was dead！

生詞

drown　v． （使）淹死：The ship sank within minutes，drowning all the passengers on board．沒有幾分鐘船便沉沒了，全體旅客遇難。

harbour　n． 港口，港灣：During the gale the ships stayed in the harbour．大風期間，船只都停泊在港內(nèi)。

body　n． 尸體：A diary was found on the body．在尸體上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一本日記。

improve　v． 改進，進步；好轉：The patient improved after receiving treatment．病人經(jīng)過治療后情況有所好轉。

broken-down　adj． （機械等）壞的：a broken-down old car已壞的舊車

1．Why did Wayne's wife want to sell the boat？

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2．How did people think about it when a fisherman had found Wayne's boat empty？

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3．Why did Mike go to Sheeps Bay？

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4．Why did they turn off the engine at sea？

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5．What happened when they went to sleep？

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參考譯文

邁克喜歡釣魚，于是決定買一艘新船。他的朋友彼德告訴他，在一個叫做綿羊灣的地方有船出售。邁克打電話過去，問為什么要把船賣掉。船主解釋說，船以前是她丈夫的。他叫韋恩，他喜歡晚上出去釣魚。然而，一天早上，另一名漁夫發(fā)現(xiàn)韋恩的空船在海上漂蕩。韋恩不在船上，所以人們認為他淹死了。這位婦女說，她丈夫的尸體至今仍未找到?，F(xiàn)在，她憎恨這條船，想把它盡快出手。

這是一艘很好的漁船，但邁克以很低的價錢買到了手。他把這艘船開了100公里左右，停到他家附近的港口。

在某個周五，邁克和彼德坐船外出，他們來到了離海岸很遠的地方。天空突然出現(xiàn)濃霧，他們看不見周圍的一切。邁克讓彼德關掉發(fā)動機，等待天氣好轉。他說，由于他們離陸地很遠，所以，等待是比較安全的辦法。兩個人等啊等，但氣候一直沒有好轉。到了10點，邁克讓彼德開動發(fā)動機，但發(fā)動機開動不了了。邁克想用無線電聯(lián)絡，但無線電也壞了。接著，燈熄了。他們只能待在遠離海岸、漆黑一片的破船上。

到了午夜12點左右，他們決定睡覺。接下來，邁克知道的情況是：天亮了，他能聽到喧鬧的聲音。附近又來了一條船嗎？他睜開眼向外望去。聲音不是船傳出來的，而是一輛車。他們的船不在海上，而是停泊在某個港口，但不是邁克家附近的那個港口。這條船回到了邁克購買它的綿羊灣。只有一個人能使這艘船安全地返回那里。他就是韋恩。而韋恩已經(jīng)死了。

參考答案

Wednesday 1．Because she hated the boat．（Because the boat made her sad．）　2．People thought that he had drowned．　3．To buy the boat．　4．Because of the bad weather．　5．The boat went back to Sheeps Bay.