When the sun began to rise, the sailors realized that the boat was blocked in ice. The captain had     asleep but the rest of the crew hurriedly woke him up. He took a small axe(斧), and      great care, so as to      a hole in the ice on the deck. He began to knock. From time to time a wave burst over the boat and swept over him but he kept working for ten minutes      the others looked on     . By this time he was      cold that he could no longer trust what he was doing.
Each member of the crew took it in     to cut the ice away as long as he could
    it.
First, they had to knock off enough ice to get down on their     . Standing on that rolling deck meant     , because a man who had fallen into the sea could not have been rescued.
Then the captain discovered that ice was forming inside the cabin(船舱). He called      one of the crew and together they managed to get the stove alight, hoping that it would      enough heat to warm the cabin above     point. Unless the ice in the bottom could be melted enough so that the      could be raised, they were in     .
It took an hour’s      before the boat began to float better. But by this time they had succeeded in      most of the ice.
Throughout the afternoon, the coating of ice began to build up again    their work. In face of this danger, Captain Slater      the crew to clear the ice so that the boat would      until the next morning. Then they settled down to wait for another day.
A. gone     B. fallen
C. become    D. grown
A. at     B. for
C. with     D. by
A. make     B. drill
C. dig     D. fill
A. until    B. before
C. after    D. while
A. excitedly   B. anxiously
C. happily    D. strangely
A. too     B. so
C. as     D. very
A. surprise   B. time
C. trouble    D. turn
A. support    B. help
C. bear     D. put up
A. knees    B. legs
C. feet     D. arms
A. life     B. pain
C. damage    D. death
A. to     B. on
C. up     D. at
A. get out    B. give off
C. get over   D. give in
A. boiling    B. marking
C. freezing   D. melting
A. boat     B. deck
C. sail     D. back
A. ruins    B. excitement
C. danger    D. surprise
A. delay    B. work
C. break    D. play
A. piling    B. getting
C. freezing   D. removing
A. because of   B. though
C. as long as   D. in spite of
A. suggested   B. made
C. demanded   D. agreed
A. sink     B. blow
C. float    D. flow