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It can be dangerous to travel by sea.Ships sometimes 1___ far away from land.When this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats.If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will 2____.
Most people believe (相信) we must nor drink sea water.They believe that if we 3___, we shall be very ill 4____ all the salt in the water.A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this.He thought that people 5____ stay alive by 6____ sea water and 7____ small fish, animals and plants from the sea.On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to 8____ the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋).He did not take any food 9___ water with him.
Every day Dr.Bombard drank just a little seas water.He also caught fish and they had water 10___ them.He drank this water.He could not cook the fish, so he ate them 11___ they were.He took small plants from the sea, 12____ gave him more food.
Dr.Bombard became 13____, tired and quite ill, but after 65 days at sea, he was still alive.He traveled 2750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24 December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He 14__ 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live 15____ sea water and the animals and plants in the sea.
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() 2.A.illB.dieC.deadD.sick
() 3.A.doB.drinkC.haveD.will do
() 4.A.becauseB.asC.forD.because of
() 5.A.couldB.canC.willD.had
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() 7.A.eatingB.to eatC.gettingD.cooking
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() 14.A.gotB.madeC.lostD.had
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