Somepeoplehavesailedtheworldinquitesmallboats．Itisnotaneasything26．Sometimestheweather27bad．Thatcanbethe28ofeveryoneinit．Accidentscanhappen29．Onefamilyoncehadanaccident30somebigfish．Thefishswam

　　Somepeoplehavesailedtheworldinquitesmallboats．Itisnotaneasy

　　thing26．Sometimestheweather27bad．Thatcanbethe28ofeveryonein

　　it．Accidentscanhappen29．

　　Onefamilyoncehadanaccident30somebigfish．Thefishswam31their

　　boat

　　and32holesinit．Seawater33,ofcourse,andtheboatsoon34．However,

　　thesepeoplehad35smallboat：alife－boatandtheyallgotintothat．They

　　livedand36manydays．Theyateand

　　slept,andtheyalwayshoped…Atlasta

　　ship37them．

　　38canpeopleliveinaverysmalllifeboat?Perhapsforweeksor

　　months?Theymustbestrong39everyway．Theymusthave

　　hope—theymustwanttolive．Butyoucannoteatanddrink40．

　　Youcannotdrinkseawater．Ifyoudrinkalotof41,youwillquickly

　　die．Sailorscandrinkrainwater．Theymust42rainwaterintheirboat．They

　　mustalsocatchfishandbirds43．

　　Lifeboatsdonotoftencarryacooker,

　　so

　　thesailorscannotcooktheirfood．

　　Rawfishandbirdmeatisnotverynice,

　　butthereis44choiceinalifeboat!Thesailorsmusteatrawfood,ortheywill

　　die．

　　45peoplethinkaboutinalifeboat?Theythinkaboutland,awarm

　　bed,dry

　　clothes,freshwaterandfood,

　　food,food．

　　26．A．for

　　doing

　　B.thatdo

　　C．todo

　　D.tobedone

　　27．A．becomeB.getsC.doesD.are

　　28．A．

　　end

　　B.beginC.

　　beginningD.finish

　　29．A．easyand

　　quick

　　B.easilyandquick

　　C．easyand

　　quickly

　　D.easilyandquickly

　　30．A．

　　and

　　B.or

　　C.by

　　D.with

　　31．A．

　　overB.

　　onC.

　　underD.in

　　32．A．

　　biteB.

　　bitC.

　　bitenD.bited

　　33．A．came

　　inB.

　　cameC.came

　　intoD.camedown

　　34．A．

　　roseB.

　　liftedC.went

　　downD.wentup

　　35．A．

　　otherB.the

　　otherC.

　　elseD.another

　　36．A．

　　hopedB