A．that the brothers were on the edge of the whirlpool

　　B．that the brothers were in a terrible storm on their way home

　　C．that the brothers were going in the direction of the whirlpool

　　D．that the writer felt calmer at that moment

　　4．The writer tied himself to a barrel ________．

　　A．to make himself heavier

　　B．to help himself float

　　C．to make himself smaller

　　D．to make himself lighter

　　5．How can we describe the story?

　　A．Sad. 　　 B．Interesting.

　　C．Moving. D．Surprising.

　　答案：1～5.CADBA

　　Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks according to the text.

　　It may seem strange.When we were 1.____________ the edge of the whirlpool，I felt calmer.2.____________(sudden), we went over the edge.I thought my life was over.The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles 3._____________ great speed.I saw 4. ____________(clear) there were other objects in the whirlpool.My brother was 5.____________(terrify) and stayed in the heavy boat.Without 6.____________(wait)，I dived into the sea to try and escape.

　　I 7.____________ escape at last.Some time 8.____________ I left the boat，with my brother in it，it sank into 9.____________ bottom of the whirlpool.The sky was clear，the wind clamer and the moon 10.____________(shine)．In the end, a boat picked me up.I got safe.

　　答案：1.on　2.Suddenly　3.at　4.clearly　5.terrified 6．waiting　7.did　8.after　9.the　10.was shining

　　 terrify　vt.令人感到恐惧；使受惊吓

　　(教材P14)I tried to make my brother understand，but he was terrified and stayed in the heavy boat.　我努力使哥哥明白这一点，但他那时太恐惧了，待在沉重的船里。

　　(1)terrify sb.into doing sth.

　　 　　恐吓某人做某事

　　(2)terrifying adj. 极其可怕的；骇人听闻的

　　(3)terrified adj. 非常害怕的；极度恐惧的

　　be terrified of 因......而害怕(后接名词、代词或动名词表示原因)

　　be terrified at 因听到/看到......而害怕(后除接名词、代词或动名词外，还可接what从句)

be terrified out of one's sense