My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at __. As for me, I __ both well before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario. The last time Dad and I set sail together is really __ . It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and __ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the __ __ lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything well with the tiller（舵柄）in his hands. When we were in the middle of the lake, a wind came all of a sudden. The boat was _ _ violently(猛烈地). Dad was always at his best in any __, but at this moment he __ . “John! __ !” he shouted in a trembling(颤抖的) voice, with the tiller still in his hands. In my memory he could fix any __. He was the one I always __ __ for strength and security. Before I could respond, a _ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller it was too late. Anther huge wall of water the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely of him. I swam to Dad and assisted him in climbing onto the hull（船壳）of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was still a little frightened. “It’s all right, Dad. We are __ __ now,” I comforted him. That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency(紧急情况). More importantly, I found it was my turn to start __ of my father.
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:D
题目分析：这是一个发人深思的故事。父亲一直都是孩子的伟岸的形象，但是一次外出活动中，“我”突然发现父亲也有害怕的时候，在帮助了父亲的同时，感到自己长大了应该回报父亲照顾父亲了。体现了浓浓的父子之情，感人至深。
小题1:考查动名词辨析和对语境的理解。由倒数第三段倒数第二句We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly.以及倒数第二段第一句I swam to Dad可以看出，父亲虽然擅长划船，但是不会游泳，故选C。A. boating划船；B. running跑；C. swimming游泳；D. teaching教书。故选C。
小题2:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. enjoyed喜欢；B. desired渴望；C. hated不喜欢；D. learned学习。虽然父亲不擅长游泳，但是我住在安大略湖湖边，因此十二岁之前我就学会了划船和游泳，故选D。
小题3:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. unforgivable不可原谅的；B. unforgettable难忘的；C. cheerful 令人振奋的；D. regretful后悔的。由下文描述的那次非凡的划船经历可以看出，经历是难以忘怀的，故选B。
小题4:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. sent派遣；B. ordered命令；C. invited邀请；D. allowed允许。我毕业回家后邀请父亲去划船，其余选项不符合对父亲的态度，故选C。
小题5:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. calm平静的；B. icy结冰的；C. stormy暴风雨的；猛烈的；D. thundery将要打雷似的。由下一段描述突遭风暴可以看出，刚开始在湖上划船时是风平浪静的，故选A。
小题6:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. finished结束；B. went走，进展；C. seemed似乎；D. sounded听起来。虽然父亲好几年没有划船了，但是他对舵柄还是掌控自如。Everything goes well一切进展顺利， 故选B。
小题7:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. strong强壮的；B. gentle温和的；C. cold冷的；D. hot热的。后面讲述了我们的船被掀翻了，可以看出来风力很大，故选A。
小题8:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. pulled拉；B. broken坏；C. sailed航行；D. hit击打，袭击。风暴突袭，剧烈地碰撞着小船，故选D。
小题9:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. danger危险；B. place地方；C. sport运动；D. job工作。父亲以前在任何危境中总能处在最佳状态，应对自如，故选A。
小题10:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. suffered遭受；B. fell落下；C. froze冻住，呆住了，手足无措；D. forgot忘记。但是这一次他却手足无措了，故选C。
小题11:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. Look看；B. Help帮助；C. Run跑；D. Jump跳。父亲手里拿着舵柄却不知如何是好，因此向我呼救，由后面颤抖着声音对我大喊可以看出选B。
小题12:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. problem问题；B. relationship关系；C. machine机器； D. boat船。在我记忆中，父亲能解决任何问题，故选A。
小题13:考查动词短语辨析和对语境的理解。A. turned to转向；B. lived with和……一起生活；C. argued with争论；D. objected to反对。他是一个我可以去寻求力量与安全感的人，turn to sb. for...向某人寻求……，故选A。
小题14:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. fountain喷泉；B. stream小溪；C. shower淋浴；D. wave海浪。我还没来得及回答，一股水浪冲进了小船。故选D。
小题15:考查连词辨析和对语境的理解。A. before在……之前；B. or或者；C. after在……之后；D. but 但是。我冲过去拿舵柄，但是已经太晚了来不及了。表示转折意义，故选D。
小题16:考查动词短语辨析和对语境的理解。A. turned on打开；B. turned into变成；C. turned over翻转； D. turned up打开，调大。由后一句“我们被打落进水中”，可以看出前一句为“又一堵巨大的水墙把小船打翻了”。故选C。
小题17:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. ashamed感觉羞耻的；B. protective给予保护的；C. tired感觉劳累的；D. afraid害怕的。看到父亲在水中无助的挣扎，我感觉要给予保护了。故选B。
小题18:考查副词辨析和对语境的理解。A. hopelessly无助地；B. quickly很快地；C. slowly慢慢地； D. helplessly无助地。我迅速游到父亲身边并帮他爬到船壳上去，故选B。
小题19:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。A. painful痛苦的；B. dangerous危险的；C. safe安全的；；D. tired累的。 我安慰父亲“我们现在安全了。”，故选C。
小题20:考查动词短语辨析和对语境的理解。A. catching sight of看见；B. getting fond of喜欢；C. getting tired of疲倦；D. taking care of照料。更重要的是，我发觉该轮到我来照料父亲了。故选D。