（四川专用）2016届高三英语一轮复习语法练习必修5 Unit 5 （新课标版）_高考复习指南

（四川专用）2016届高三英语一轮复习语法练习必修5 Unit 5 （新课标版）

　　Ⅲ.完形填空

　　(2017·皖南八校第二次联考)

　　Last November, Nick heard a disorder at a party. A group of people had __1__ outside, pointing at something floating in the Bay. As he ran to __2__， he soon saw what was wrong: Two kids in a boat were caught in the __3__ and being pulled out to sea.

　　Tim and Jack had climbed into a boat anchored nearby and had rowed out to __4__ a football. Reaching beyond the calm waters,

　　the __5__ fitted to the boat caught the wind and pulled it into open water. They tried to row back. But they were no __6__ for the wind and turned around in circles. Nick dashed to the farthest of land. The boat was already just a __7__ on the sea. He knew that the __8__ boat would soon be overtaken by the huge waves, and that it was 2 degrees. Nick jumped into the __9__ cold water. Every 90 yards, he raised his head to assess his __10__. At one point, he considered turning back before managing to yell to them, “Take down the umbrella！”

　　Tim battled with the ropes holding the umbrella. Finally he loosened the ropes and __11__ the umbrella. Then Nick caught up, but soon waves crashed over the boat, which began to sink. Nick __12__ it would be faster to pull them toward the nearest bank. They __13__ wore life jackets, which Nick held in one hand, swimming __14__.“Are we there？” they asked repeatedly. “Yes，” Nick __15__ them each time. It was 30 minutes before they got to the bank and stayed as close as possible for __16__. Worn out, Nick had hardly arrived when he __17__.It was an hour later when he found himself in a hospital that he came to. Asked what it took him to make the __18__ move, he replied: