Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the rewards of unselfish service. Because the entire village the fishing industry, a volunteer rescue team was needed in cases of . One night a strong storm capsized
( 倾覆) a fishing boat at sea. In trouble, the sent out the S.O.S immediately. Spotting the signal, the captain of the rescue team sounded the alarm and the villagers on the beach. While the team their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited anxiously, holding lanterns to light the way .
An hour later, the rescue boat and the villagers ran to greet them. The reported that the rescue boat couldn’t hold any more and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more would have capsized the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
Therefore, the captain called for another volunteer team to go after the lonely . Sixteen-year-old Hans forward. His mother grabbed ( 抓住 ) his arm and said, “Please don’t go. Your older brother, Paul, has been lost at sea for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have .”
Hans replied, “Mother, I have to go. What if everyone said, ‘I can’t go, let else do it?’ When the call for comes, we all need to take our turn and do our .” Hans kissed his mother, the team and disappeared into the night.
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans’ mother a century. Finally, the rescue boat reappeared in the fog with Hans on the boat. And he yelled, “We found him. Tell my mother it’s my older brother, Paul!”
A.depended on B.suffered from C.turned away D.got through
A.struggle B.preparation C.consequence D.emergency
A.groups B.family C.crew D.army
A.traded B.gathered C.shouted D.separated
A.lost B.went C.felt D.fought
A.back B.up C.ahead D.down
A.appeared B.followed C.returned D.succeeded
A.journalists B.volunteers C.villagers D.policemen
A.soldiers B.guests C.patients D.passengers
A.hardly B.gradually C.surely D.rudely
A.son B.survivor C.traveller D.brother
A.stepped B.looked C.put D.threw
A.taken B.received C.left D.wanted
A.everyone B.someone C.anyone D.no one
A.service B.protection C.relief D.sacrifice
A.part B.lesson C.business D.exercise
A.built B.trained C.managed D.joined
A.for B.with C.like D.at
A.working B.standing C.running D.fishing
A.calmly B.worriedly C.sincerely D.excitedly