Night fell. Loug Falter returned home, teary-eyed and ________. The 33-year-old professional photographer had just run from one end of Hawaii’s Waimea Bay to the other, scanning the water ________ his “baby”, a custom-made (定制的)blue surfboard.
At home, Falter ________ his search online. “Was surfing tonight and ________ my baby,” he wrote on Facebook. He hoped it would wash ashore in the coming days and whoever ________ it would have also seen his Facebook post . But instead of pushing Falter's surfboard to ________ , the currents of Waimea Bay swept it out to sea, ________Hawaiian Island.
Weeks passed with no ________ of the surfboard . Then ________ Lyle Carlson, who had made the board for Falter, comforted him with the possible reunion but nobody knew when .
But Falter never completely________ about the board . It ________ on the remote island of Sarangani in the southern Philippines—six months after and over 5,000 miles away. The local fisherman sold the unusual________ to Giovanne Branzuela, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher for $40. For Branzuela, riding the big waves had been his dream .
The once-blue board had ________ to a pale straw color during its journey, but its ________markings were still there: two elephants and the words “Lyle Carlson Surfboards, Hawaii.”
On realizing how far the surfboard had traveled, Branzuela ________ Carlson online, who, in turn, contacted Falter. Falter ________ the board was his with extra shots and was ________ to learn his “baby” had floated across the World 's largest ocean-and ________.
He was thrilled, but not only for himself. Seeing interest in the sport grow ________a lot to Falter and he couldn’t imagine a better________to the story .
【小题1】A.exhausted | B.puzzled | C.refreshed | D.scared |
【小题2】A.picking up | B.running after | C.caring for | D.looking for |
【小题3】A.continued | B.stopped | C.started | D.rushed |
【小题4】A.expected | B.lost | C.comforted | D.held |
【小题5】A.liked | B.needed | C.spotted | D.made |
【小题6】A.surface | B.shore | C.bottom | D.height |
【小题7】A.along with | B.close | C.next to | D.away from |
【小题8】A.post | B.photo | C.sign | D.mark |
【小题9】A.months | B.years | C.days | D.decades |
【小题10】A.commented | B.concerned | C.forgot | D.remembered |
【小题11】A.floated | B.landed | C.knocked | D.dropped |
【小题12】A.catch | B.fish | C.gift | D.baby |
【小题13】A.added | B.faded | C.reduced | D.removed |
【小题14】A.familiar | B.hidden | C.common | D.unique |
【小题15】A.dropped in on | B.made up with | C.reached out to | D.put up with |
【小题16】A.claimed | B.predicted | C.confirmed | D.associated |
【小题17】A.moved | B.shocked | C.content | D.upset |
【小题18】A.changed | B.approached | C.survived | D.remained |
【小题19】A.means | B.contributes | C.costs | D.supplies |
【小题20】A.solution | B.ending | C.answer | D.response |