The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been
that they might see some whales when they were _
a yacht （帆船）— a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing
around the Whitsunday Islands.
, they had no clue just how
their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale
out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud(重击声).He
thought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whale
down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very
_ moment. The eye was about the
of a dinner plate. It was huge.”
for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered
damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging — the pole and ropes which hold the
——and so the family was left
at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The
equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a
，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not
sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to
its calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completely
that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean , so what are the
of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is miniscale, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
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| 小题2: | | A．hiring | B．running | C．taking | D．driving |
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| 小题3: | | A．competition | B．game | C．trail | D．trip |
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| 小题4: | | A．Moreover | B．Nevertheless | C．Worthwhile | D．However |
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| 小题5: | | A．wide | B．close | C．vivid | D．tense |
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| 小题6: | | A．swam | B．leapt | C．slipped | D．stretched |
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| 小题7: | | A．suddenly | B．occasionally | C．immediately | D．accidentally |
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| 小题8: | | A．shooting | B．jumping | C．falling | D．sliding |
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| 小题9: | | A．exciting | B．surprising | C．frightening | D．astonishing |
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| 小题10: | | A． size | B．sample | C．range | D．scale |
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| 小题11: | | A． Certainly | B．Luckily | C．Definitely | D．Possibly |
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| 小题12: | | A． severe | B．extreme | C．actual | D．special |
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| 小题13: | | A． boat | B．beach | C．sail | D．journey |
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| 小题14: | | A． by all means | B．in no time | C．from then on | D．with no way |
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| 小题15: | | A． radio | B．craft | C．edition | D．compass |
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| 小题16: | | A． problem | B．mystery | C．suspect | D．question |
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| 小题17: | | A． carefully | B．surely | C．purposely | D．simply |
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| 小题18: | | A． see | B．touch | C．tend | D．reach |
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| 小题19: | | A． amazed | B．worried | C．interested | D．touched |
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| 小题20: | | A． surprises | B．chances | C．predictions | D．results |
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