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1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:A
小题20:B
题目分析：本文讲述了约翰逊一家到澳大利亚海上观看座头鲸并经历冒险的故事，庆幸的是他们劫后余生。途中一头座头鲸不小心跳到了他们租借的大型帆船上，砸断了桅杆，弄断了控制方向的绳索，致使他们不能前进，所幸他们没有人员伤亡。最后他们用手机求援，平安归来。
小题1:考查动词。Explained解释；learned学习；told告诉；taught教。根据句意：约翰逊一家事先被告知如果他们租船出海，则有可能在海上看到鲸鱼。由下文they had no clue just how...可知别人并未给他们提示(clue),这与told呼应。explain解释，语法上用在这里要加to。learn学习，了解。用这里语态不对。teach教导，教，这里意思不合。故选C。
小题2: 考查动词。Hiring租用；running跑；taking拿；driving开。由后文的a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing...及two hours into their journey ...可知他们是旅行;另外第二段首句Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht告诉读者驾船的是他们的长子，可知这是租船之后的自驾游，否则开船的就该是船舶公司的人了。故选A。
小题3:考查名词。Competition竞争；game游戏；trail痕迹；trip旅行。下文的journey与这里的trip呼应，其它选项不当。故选D。
小题4:考查副词。Moreover此外；Nevertheless然而；Worthwhile值得做的；However无论如何。前文说到了美好的一面——出海可能见到座头鲸，但没提示潜在的危险，意思出现了对比，所以however适合这一空。故选D。
小题5:考查形容词。Wide宽的；close近的；vivid生动的；tense紧张的。根据上文可知他们租船开始十天的旅程10-day sailing，但出发两小时后Two hours into their journey 他们就碰到了鲸鱼，体现了how close。故选B。
小题6:考查动词。Swam游泳；leapt跳跃；slipped打滑；stretched伸直。leap out of意思为jump out of。这与空后的crash into以及下文中a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht呼吁。故选B。
小题7:考查副词。Suddenly突然地；occasionally偶尔；immediately立刻；accidentally意外地。前面说到他们家族的长子听到一声巨响和撞击声，他怀疑船触礁了，根据常识应该是立刻去查看受损情况。故选C。
小题8:考查动词。Shooting射击；jumping跳；falling落下；sliding滑动。既然前面说到已经听到撞击声和一声闷响，鲸鱼落在甲板上是既成的事实，不再可能是看到在falling或jumping过程中。鲸鱼在甲板上滑动slid合理。故选D。
小题9:考查形容词。exciting 兴奋的；surprising吃惊的；frightening恐惧的；astonishing令人惊讶的。这是个让人想起来都毛骨悚然的时刻，试想，如果庞大的鲸鱼落地时刚好撞到人了，那会是多大的危险啊。故选C。
小题10:考查名词。Size尺寸；sample样品；range范围；scale比例。这头巨鲸眼睛有进餐的盘子那么大，这符合事实。故选A。
小题11:考查副词。Certainly当然；Luckily幸运地；Definitely明确地；Possibly可能地。 此处用Luckily与后文no one was hurt.相呼应，过渡自然。故选B。
小题12:考查形容词。Severe严重的；extreme极端的；actual实际的；special特别。根据句意：整条船(由于鲸鱼的撞击而)受到严重的破坏。故选A。
小题13:考查名词。boat 船；beach海滩；sail船帆；journey旅行。根据句意：鲸鱼已经破坏了桅杆和控制杆，以及拉住船帆的绳索。Sail 船帆，hold the sail拉住船帆。故选C。
小题14:考查词组。by all means尽一切办法；in no time立即；from then on从那时起；with no way没办法。根据句意：(由于船的动力系统和桅杆损坏)，因此约翰逊一家在海上进退不能。故选D。
小题15:考查名词。Radio无线电；craft手艺；edition版本；compass指南针。根据句意：船的无线电设备也遭到了破坏，但幸运的是他们带有一部手机，并能借此求助。因为此刻他们不是找不到方向，而是没办法进退，借助无线电发sos求助才是要做的事。故选A。
小题16:考查名词。Problem问题；mystery谜；suspect嫌疑犯；question问题。根据句意：为何鲸鱼能正好跳到他们船的甲板上，这仍然是一个迷。but the family thinks that maybe...中maybe提示了问题的不确定性，只是猜测。故选B。
小题17:考查副词。Carefully小心翼翼地；surely一定地；purposely故意地；simply简单地。根据句意：他们猜测可能是船不经意间驶到这头鲸鱼和她的幼鲸之间，因此她想跳过船去抵近她的幼崽。not purposely不经意间，无意间。故选C。
小题18:考查动词。See看见；touch接触；tend倾向于；reach达到。根据句意：母鲸鱼想抵近幼崽(以便于提供保护)。故选D。
小题19:考查动词。Amazed吃惊的；worried担心的；interested感兴趣的；touched感动的。不管原因是什么，人们都惊奇于这样(这样小概率的)事件(居然)发生了。试想一下，广袤的海洋.鲸鱼能跳到船上!故选A。
小题20:考查名词。Surprises惊讶；chances机会；predictions预测；results结果。此处chances相当于possibilities,机会，可能性。鲸鱼落到夹板上这种概率很小。故选B。