People have sailed the world in quite small boats. It is not an easy thing to do. Sometimes the weather gets bad. That can be the end of everyone in it. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident with some big fish. The fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Seawater came in, of  course ,and the boat soon sank. However, these people had another small boat--a lifeboat ,and they all got into that. They lived and hoped for many days. They ate and slept ,and they always hoped. At last a ship found them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat? Perhaps for weeks or months? They must be strong in every way. They must have hope--they must want to live. But you can’t eat and drink hope. You can’t drink seawater. Drink a lot of seawater--and you will quickly die. Sailors can drink rainwater. They must catch rainwater in their boat. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry a cooker, so the sailors can’t cook their food. Raw fish and bird meat is not very nice. But there is no other choice in a lifeboat. The sailors must eat raw food ,or they will die.

What do people think about in a lifeboat? They think about land, a warm bed ,dry clothes, fresh water and food ,food, food.

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1. When sailors’s boat sink ,their lifeboat gives them _________

A. food        B. beds         C. rainwater         D. hope

2. One family once had an accident at sea because           .

A. their boat was caught in bad weather

B. the boat knocked against a rock and seawater came in

C. some fish bit through the bottom of their boat

D. none of them knew how to sail at sea

3. Sailors can catch          for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

A. rainwater                      B. fish and birds

C. both seawater and rainwater       D. both A and B

4. Lifeboats do not often carry a cooker, which is ______

  A. something used for cooking    B. food for cooking

  C. a large basin                D. a person who cooks food

5. Which of the following is not true?

  A. Sailing around the world in quite small boats is not easy.

  B. All the sailors have cooked fish and bird meat in a lifeboat.

  C. Anyone who drinks a lot of seawater will die.

  D. No one lives for weeks in a lifeboat unless he is strong and wants to live,

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) 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 die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.
【小题1】Alain Bombard was ______.

A．an old sailor

B．a fisherman

C．a cook

D．a doctor

【小题2】He wanted to show that _____.

A．sea water was dangerous	B．sailors often died
C．people could drink sea water and not die	D．fish were good for people

【小题3】He went across ______.

A．a large ocean

B．a town

C．a boat

D．a ship

【小题4】 Dr. Bombard lived on ______.

A．sea water

B．food that he cooked

C．only fish

D．sea water, fish and small plants

【小题5】The story is about _____.

A．drinking sea water

B．a dying sailor

C．a kind doctor

D．eating good food

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) 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 die.
Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.
Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.
He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.
【小题1】Alain Bombard was ______.

A．an old sailor

B．a fisherman

C．a cook

D．a doctor

【小题2】He wanted to show that _____.

A．sea water was dangerous	B．sailors often died
C．people could drink sea water and not die	D．fish were good for people

【小题3】He went across ______.

A．a large ocean

B．a town

C．a boat

D．a ship

【小题4】 Dr. Bombard lived on ______.

A．sea water

B．food that he cooked

C．only fish

D．sea water, fish and small plants

【小题5】The story is about _____.

A．drinking sea water

B．a dying sailor

C．a kind doctor

D．eating good food

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink(下沉) far away from land. When this happens, the sailors(海员) 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 die.

Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). He did not take any food or water with him.

Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.

Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados.

He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea.

1.Alain Bombard was ______.

A．an old sailor

B．a fisherman

C．a cook

D．a doctor

2.He wanted to show that _____.

A．sea water was dangerous	B．sailors often died
C．people could drink sea water and not die	D．fish were good for people

3.He went across ______.

A．a large ocean

B．a town

C．a boat

D．a ship

4. Dr. Bombard lived on ______.

A．sea water

B．food that he cooked

C．only fish

D．sea water, fish and small plants

5.The story is about _____.

A．drinking sea water

B．a dying sailor

C．a kind doctor

D．eating good food