Accident in the sea
People have sailed the world in quite small boats. It isn’t an easy thing to do. Sometimes the weather gets bad. That can be the end of everyone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly. One family once had an accident with some big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in, of course, and the boat soon sank. However, these people had another small boat ----- a lifeboat, and they all got into that. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept, and they always hoped… At last a ship found them. How do people live in a very small lifeboat? Perhaps for weeks or months? They must be strong in every way. They must have hope ----- they must want to live. But you can’t eat and drink hope. You can’t drink sea water. Drink a lot of sea water and you will quickly die. Sailors can drink rain water. They must catch rain water in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats don’t often carry a cooker, so the sailors can’t cook their food. Raw fish and bird meat isn’t very nice. But there is no other choice in a lifeboat. The sailors must eat raw food, or they will die. What do people think about in a lifeboat? They think about land, a warm bed, dry clothes, fresh water and food, food, food.
222. When sailors’ boat sinks, their lifeboat gives them ____. ** a. food b. beds c. rain water d. hope
223. One family once had an accident at sea because ____. ** a. their boat was caught in bad weather b. the boat knocked against a rock and sea water came in c. some fish bit through the bottom of their boat d. none of them knew how to sail at sea
224. Sailors can catch ____ for good and drink at sea in a lifeboat. ** a. rain water b. fish and birds c. both sea water and rain water d. both a. and b
225. Lifeboats don’t often carry a cooker, which is ____. ** a. something used for cooking b. food for cooking c. a large basin d. a person who cooks food
226. Which of the following isn’t true? ** a. Sailing around the world in quite small boats isn’t easy b. All the food sailors have in a lifeboat is cooked fish and bird meat c. Any one who drinks a lot of sea water will die d. No one live for weeks in a lifeboat unless he is strong and wants to live