第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky. The poor men held on to any bit of wood they could find. They called to the Marie (圣母玛丽亚) for  36 , but she was far  37  the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning, the water was getting  38 , and a strong  39  had begun to blow. Suddenly  40  were seen in the distance; another ship! The shouts of the swimmers were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The  41  of the ship that had so  42   arrived on the scene in time to save their lives was Ellen. What had brought her to the exact spot through the  43  and the pathless sea? Her captain had known  44  about the wreck (沉船) and had indeed attempted to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.
“I was forced by the wind,” he said long afterwards, “to  45  my course (航道). Just as I did it, a small  46  flew across the ship once or twice and then  47  at my face. I took  48  of this until exactly the same thing happened at a   49  time, which caused me to think it rather  50 , while I was thus  51  it, the same bird for the third time, made its appearance and flew  52  in the same way as before. I was then  53  to change my course back to the original (原来的) one. I had not gone far  54  I heard strange noises; and when I tried to   55  where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked (船只失事). I immediately did my best to save them.”
36. A. food       B. help       C. rest           D. stop
37. A. between    B. out        C. beyond          D. in
38. A. colder       B. deeper    C. saltier          D. warmer
39. A. smoke      B. wave      C. sand           D. wind
40. A. people     B. lights      C. ships          D. houses
41. A. name       B. owner     C. captain        D. person
42. A. slowly      B. early       C. immediately      D. fortunately
43. A. light        B. wind     C. darkness       D. water
44. A. everything   B. nothing    C. something     D. anything
45. A. continue    B. turn      C. change        D. sail
46. A. light       B. fish       C. plane         D. bird
47. A. flew       B. stopped    C. stayed         D. looked
48. A. no care     B. good care C. no notice       D. some notice
49. A. good       B. second    C. third          D. long
50. A. interesting   B. funny     C. common        D. unusual
51. A. searching   B. expecting   C. considering     D. hearing
52. A. back       B. about           C. up           D. down
53. A. decided     B. advised   C. persuaded      D. invited
54. A. when      B. while           C. as            D. after
55. A. listen to     B. search for C. make sure      D. look out