The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been ____ that they might see some whales when they were ____ a yacht—a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing ____ around the Whitsunday Islands. ____, they had no clue just how ____ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale ____ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water. 　　Mark Johnson，the eldest son，was sailing the yacht when he heard an immense bang and a thud (重击声). He ____ thought the yacht had hit a rock. But when he looked up, he saw the whale ____ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “We were staring into its right eye. It was a very ____ moment. The eye was about the ____ of a dinner plate. It was huge!” 　　____ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered ____ damage. The whale had ruined the mast and rigging—the pole and ropes which hold the ____ —and so the family was left with no way at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The ____ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help. 　　Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a ____，but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not ____ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to ____ its calf when it jumped, and hit the yacht by accident. 　　____ the reason, people are completely ____ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the ____ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The possibility of something like this happening is extremely small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises. 小题1: A．explained B．learned C．told D．taught 小题2: A．taking B．driving C．hiring D．running 小题3: A．competition B． C．training D．trip 小题4: A．Moreover B．Thus C．Meanwhile D．However 小题5: A．exciting B．close C．vivid D．tense 小题6: A．swam B．leapt C．slipped D．stretched 小题7: A．suddenly B．occasionally C．immediately D．casually 小题8: A．drifting B．jumping C．falling D．sliding 小题9: A．surprising B．annoying C．frightening D．astonishing 小题10: A．size B．sample C．range D．form 小题11: A．Certainly B．Luckily C．Definitely D．Possibly 小题12: A．severe B．extreme C．actual D．special 小题13: A．boat B．beach C．sail D．journey 小题14: A．radio B．craft C．guide D．compass 小题15: A．problem B．mystery C．suspect D．question 小题16: A．carefully B．surely C．deliberately D．simply 小题17: A．see B．touch C．tend D．reach 小题18: A．Whenever B．Wherever C．Whoever D．Whatever 小题19: A．amazed B．worried C．interested D．touched 小题20: A．wonders B．chances C．predictions D．consequences