单元综合分层-Unit1 单元拓展巩固 组合训练

一、完形填空

　　I was reading an article the other day about a man by the name of Steven Callahan. In 1982, he was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it 1 something and sank. He was out of the shipping lanes and 2 in a life raft, alone. He had few 3 and his chances of survival were small. Yet when three

4 found him seventy-six days later, lie was 5 much skinnier(极瘦的)than lie was when lie started.

　　His account of how he survived was 6 Somehow he managed to catch fish and even made a device to make fresh water from sea water. The most remarkable thing, 7 , was how lie managed to keep himself 8 when all hope seemed lost. 9 how often he must have thought there was no point in continuing with the 10 He was suffering a great deal. His life raft was punctured(刺破）and even after trying for more than a week to 11 it, it was still leaking (使渗漏)air and it was wearing him out to keep pumping it up. He was starved, totally exhausted. 12 would have seemed to be the only choice.

　　Whenever you read about people who 13 these kinds of situations, you will 14 that they do something with their minds 15 give them the courage to keep going. However, there are many people in similarly hopeless situations that give in or go 16 . The survivors do something with their

17 that help them find the courage to carry on.

　　For Callahan, he wrote simply, "I told myself I could 18 it. Compared to what those have been through, I was 19 . I told myself these things over and over. "

　　Next time when it seems as if your own goals are far-off or when your problems seem too difficult to deal with, repeat that 20 over and over again, "I can handle it. I can handle it. "

1. A. pushed B. pressed C. struck D. damaged

2. A. lying B. driving C. swimming D. floating

3. A. supplies B. friends C. experiences D. signals