I’d meant to go to Miros that day. I’d packed my bag and was ready. The motor-boat in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn’t too strong for the two-hour . I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost of her, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor. A dozen passengers were their way there. I was about to join them --- when a man’s face at the light-house window. This was strange, because the light-house had been empty, unused and for thirty years. It was stranger still --- because I’d seen that before. I couldn’t place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and across. “I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.” I him to open his if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass motionless (静止). Seeing him more clearly now, I knew he was not looking at me. He seemed to be looking upwards, the clouds. How well I’d known that face, sometime, somewhere! I again. “We met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950s? I used to live in Plaka.” He didn’t reply nor give any that he’d heard. I went back further, to I was in the navy. “Perhaps we met at sea during the war,” and that thought at once him to mind. Commander Leftis! He was Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I’d saved his life once. But surely he … The motor-boat her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling . Laughing, I called, “Now I’ve missed her, and it’s your , Commander!” As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. minute it was there. Looking up, I could see the whites of the eyes. The minute it was gone. Well, I didn’t rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there’s one other thing I ought to tell you: the motor-boat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：作者想去Miros,去乘汽船时看到灯塔里有一张熟悉的脸.但想不起在哪儿见过，后来“我”想起他是“我”在海军时的指挥官! “我”曾经救过他,但是他已经…后来汽船开了, “我”没赶上…那艘汽船最后没有到达Miros,因为在途中它遇到了风暴,一船的乘客再也没有回来……
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. reached到达，B. arrived到达，C. went去，D. came来，摩托艇准时到了，reach是及物动词，不要介词，arrive后面没有宾语的时候，不需要介词，go后面用to，选D
小题2:考查名词辨析：A. voyage航海，B. crossing十字路口，C. travel旅行，D. boating划船，对于两个小时的横渡来说这个风不是很大，选B
小题3:考查名词辨析：A. sight 风景，视野，B. way路，方法，C. patience 耐心，D. chances机会，词组“lose sight of”看不见，从下文的an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbor.可知是看不见船了，选A
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. searching寻找，B. finding发现，C. making制作，D. hurrying匆忙，make one’sway向…走去，选C
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. placed放置，B. existed存在，C. occurred发生，D. appeared出现，我刚要加入他们，这时一个男子的脸出现在灯塔的窗户上。选D
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. locked锁，B. opened 打开，C. rebuilt重建，D. chained上锁链，灯塔已经空置没有使用，被锁上30年了。选A
小题7:考查名词辨析：A. man男子，B. face面容，脸，C. window窗户，D. light-house灯塔，从前面的句子：when a man’s face at the light-house window.可知我以前见过这张脸，选B
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. jumped跳，B. ran跑，C. shouted叫喊，D. screamed尖叫，从下文“I know we’ve met before, but I can’t remember where.”可知作者打开窗户，对着这张脸大声喊，选C
小题9:考查动词辨析：A. expected期待，B. hoped 希望，C. believed相信，D. asked问，我期待他打开门回答我，选A
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. became变成，B. remained仍然，C. seemed似乎，D. grew成长，玻璃后面的脸仍然是静止的。选B
小题11:考查介词辨析：A. through通过，B. after在…后面，C. for为了，D. at在…地方，和look搭配，用at，他在看着上面的云，选D
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. persuaded说服，B. repeated重复，C. tried尝试，D. continued继续，我再次尝试，选C
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. suggestion建议，B. answer回答，C. sign标志，迹象，D. action行动，他没有回答也没有迹象表明他听见了，选C
小题14:考查连词辨析：A. when当…时候，B. which哪个，C. where哪里，D. how怎样, 我继续回忆回到我做海军的时候。选A
小题15:考查动词辨析： A. kept保持，B. brought带来，C. caused导致，D. changed改变，这个想法立刻让我想起他。Bring sb to mind“想到”，选B
小题16:考查动词辨析： A. beat击败，B. rang 响起，C. turned on打开，D. put on穿上，摩托艇的铃声响起，选B
小题17:考查副词辨析：A. up向上，B. down向下，C. in在…里面，D. out在…外面，风变大了，船还是驶出去了。选D
小题18:考查名词辨析：A. problem问题，B. question问题，C. duty职责，D. fault过失，现在我错过了船，是你的过错。选D
小题19:考查代词辨析：A. Each每个，B. Every 每个，C. One一个，D. Some一些，从上文的：As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. 可知一分钟前他还在，选C
小题20:考查形容词辨析：A. next下一个，B. rest剩余的，C. other其他的，D. last最后的，下一分钟他就消失了，选A