1．The writer is an old man.(　　)

　　2．The writer and his brothers were trapped in the whirlpool.(　　)

　　3．The writer tried his best to tie himself to a barrel to help him float.(　　)

　　4．The writer and his brothers caught no fish that day.(　　)

　　5．At last the writer escaped, but his brothers didn't.(　　)

　　6．Some fishermen jumped into the sea and saved the writer and his brothers.(　　)

　　答案：1～6　FTTFTF

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Title：Sea Stories Introduction About three years ago, something terrible happened to me. Those six hours of 1.terror broke both my body and soul. Order

of

events

The

beginning On our way back from the islands, our boat was caught by a 2.horrible storm.

An enormous wave washed my younger brother overboard.

The wind and waves were taking our boat to the 3.whirlpool. The middle I felt 4.calmer when we were round and round near the edge of the whirlpool.

When the boat was on the inside of the 5.whirlpool,_we were going round in circles at great speed.

I noticed that the heavier objects went down more quickly than the smaller, lighter ones. So I tied myself to a barrel to keep myself 6.floating. My elder brother was too terrified to leave the heavy boat and 7.sank into the whirlpool. The end I dived into the sea and 8.escaped from the whirlpool.

When the wind was calmer, the waves carried me to an area where I was 9.picked up.

My old friends couldn't 10．recognise me, for my hair turned from black to white during a single day.