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1．They sailed welland the old man ____his hands in the salt water and tried to keep his headclear.

A. coated B. soup C. soaked D. soared

2. He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of bloodhad settled and ____ in the mile deep sea.

A. disappeared B. dispersed C. disappointed D. displayed

3. Then he fell back into the sea and ____ the scent and startedswimming on the course the skiff and the fish had taken.

A. picked off B. picked up C. picked out D. put up

4. This was a fish built to ____ all the fishes in the sea.

A. feed back B. feed up C. feed on D. fed on

5. It ____ have been a dream, he thought.

A. maybe B. perhaps C. might D. might as well

6. The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not ____.

A. live B. life C. alive D. shine

7. He took my harpoon too and all the rope, he thought, and now my fish ____again and there will be others.

A. blood B. floods C. bleeds D. bled

8. When the fish had been hit it was ____ he himself were hit.

A. like B. though C. even if D. as though

答案：1C 2 B 3B 4C 5D 6C 7C 8D