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ADVERSITY AND COURAGE
Reading and thinking
语法填空
A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE
Reading and thinking
Perce Blackborow joined _______ expedition with Sir Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica on the ship Endurance in 1914. Shackleton was one of the most famous _______(explorer) of his day and it _______ (consider) a great honour to be part of his expeditions. Below are some of Blackborow’s diary _______(entry).
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31 Oct，1914
...Well，it so happened that one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition.
An expedition _______ the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton—this is the adventure that I _______(dream) of. And I was ready for it. At the age of 19，I am fit and full of vigor. However，when I applied to join the expedition，Shackleton turned me down because he thought I was too young and wasn’t qualified. But I was _______ enthusiastic about the idea of going along with them that I secretly went aboard his ship，the Endurance，and hid in a small cupboard.
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Unfortunately，three days after we set off I ______(discovered). Shackleton did not want to turn back _______ he offered me a job，but only after he promised me，“If anyone has to be eaten，then you will be the first!” He assigned me to be a steward，and I now serve meals for twenty-eight men，three times a day.
_______ everyone will envy me when I come back and tell them about the amazing places I have been to!
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21 Nov，1915
The journey has not been easy. Endurance became _____(stick) in the ice as we approached Antarctica. The ice ____(freeze) around us and we were well and truly stuck! We saw the ship get ____(crush) by the ice. And when the ship sank，our hearts sank with it.
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Before we abandoned the ship，Shackleton calmly called us together and told us to rescue our most essential supplies—the small boats，our food，the cook stove，candles，clothes，and blankets. This was no time____ ( panic). We were not allowed to take most of our personal ____(belong)，and Shackleton himself threw away all his gold. But ____ our surprise，he allowed Hussey to keep his banjo. Hussey often plays it to keep our spirits up.
We are now camped on the ice and we ________( manage) to survive，but spring is coming，and the ice will soon begin to melt.
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I feel low. It’s cold and windy. The island has no plants. Sometimes we are able to catch a seal or a penguin to eat. ________，there is no food. I try to think of happier things：decent food，warm and dry clothes，a cosy bedroom，sunny days，and my mother’s face ...However，these happy memories are soon interrupted by a sudden cold rush of air.
I shouted，“Shut the door!”
“Hold on now，Perce. Don’t you go _______(turn) into another Tom，”came the reply. “We’ve caught another penguin，so it’s penguin soup tonight!”
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20 May，1916
We ______(struggle) for days，but things on Elephant Island are going from bad to worse. We are now crowded together under one of our boats on the rocky shore of this miserable place. Soon after we arrived，Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island，1，320 kilometres away—the voyage was too dangerous and difficult for all of us to make it in our small boats. If Shackleton fails，will we have any hope of rescue No. No navy in the world ever stops at Elephant Island，and no one else knows that we are here.
have been struggling
Bless Frank Wild，the _______(kind) man there is after our leader，Ernest Shackleton. How could I become as selfish and bad-tempered _________ Thomas Orde-Lees!
_________ Frank and Ernest，we’d all be dead by now. Their genuine concern _____others，their perseverance，and their resolve fill me with hope.
Perhaps there is a chance we will return home，after all.
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THE REWARD FOR PERSEVERANCE
We watched ________ Shackleton and the boat sailed away from Elephant Island. It was easy______________(imagine) the danger ahead of them. Would they ever return to find us What might happen to them What ____________they were delayed We felt so alone and desperate. But it was not for long. There was nothing________a good dinner and some music to cheer us up.
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Life fell______ a regular pattern. ______________(stay) alive took all our time and energy. For example，we needed water，and Elephant Island had __________. We found that we could melt ice from the ocean and drink the water from it. But how could we make fire There were no trees ______________(grow) on Antarctica and no oil，_____ the only fuel we could use was animal fat. This gave off oily，black smoke，___________it stayed burning even in strong winds.
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Food was also a problem，_______ we did not find any vegetables or fruit on the island. One of our group members，Lionel Green street，noted in his diary about _______ bored he was with the meals：“The food now is pretty well all meat of sea creatures. ”If it ___________(be) for sea animals，we would all starve. _____ a chef，it was my duty to cook，________ I tried to vary the meals in whatever way I could. But it was difficult.
We had to be careful not to go outside too often，____ the changing temperatures could make us ill. It was almost as dangerous _____________(become) too hot from wearing too many clothes as to become too cold from wearing too few. The sweat could freeze very quickly. Many of us also became ill from the black smoke of the animal fat we burnt for our fires. It damaged our eyes and burnt our lungs.
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The twenty-two of us lived like this in the cold for four months. Our discipline and team spirit kept us optimistic and helped us deal with our fears____ a positive and successful way. We also celebrated our birthdays，festivals，and even the times when we ____________(catch) a sea animal. This was __________ episode in my life that I would never forget.
When we were finally rescued，we felt such relief and joy _________ many of us could not hide our tears. We were at last free to go home to warm beds，good food，and the care of our family and friends. Our optimism and faith ________ Shackleton had helped us persevere ____staying alive. And he paid us back by his _________(commit) to save us from a slow but painful death.
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