SAT阅读真题
<p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moonless">moonless</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2003, <span word="Olivier">Olivier</span> <span word="de">de</span> <span word="Kersauson">Kersauson</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="yachtsman">yachtsman</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="racing">racing</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Atlantic">Atlantic</span> <span word="Ocean">Ocean</span>, <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fastest">fastest</span> <span word="sailing">sailing</span> <span word="voyage">voyage</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="mysteriously">mysteriously</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="halt">halt</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="miles">miles</span>, <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mast">mast</span> <span word="rattled">rattled</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hull">hull</span> <span word="shuddered">shuddered</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vessel">vessel</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="aground">aground</span>. <span word="Kersauson">Kersauson</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wheel">wheel</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="way">way</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span>; <span word="still">still</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gunwales">gunwales</span> <span word="shook">shook</span> <span word="inexplicably">inexplicably</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="darkness">darkness</span>. <span word="Kersauson">Kersauson</span> <span word="ordered">ordered</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="crew">crew</span>, <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="whom">whom</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deck">deck</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="investigate">investigate</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crew">crew</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="spotlights">spotlights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shone">shone</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="trimaran">trimaran</span>-<span word="a">a</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="hulled">hulled</span>, <span word="hundred">hundred</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="ten">ten</span>-<span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="racing">racing</span> <span word="machine">machine</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="kind">kind</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Geronimo">Geronimo</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Apache">Apache</span> <span word="warrior">warrior</span>-<span word="pitched">pitched</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="waves">waves</span>.</p><p> <span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="mate">mate</span>, <span word="Didier">Didier</span> <span word="Ragot">Ragot</span>, <span word="descended">descended</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deck">deck</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cabin">cabin</span>, <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trapdoor">trapdoor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="floor">floor</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="peered">peered</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="porthole">porthole</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ocean">ocean</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="flashlight">flashlight</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="glimpsed">glimpsed</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rudder">rudder</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="bigger">bigger</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="leg">leg</span>, <span word="Ragot">Ragot</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tentacle">tentacle</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="again">again</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="move">move</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span>.</p><p> <span word="He">He</span> <span word="beckoned">beckoned</span> <span word="Kersauson">Kersauson</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crouched">crouched</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opening">opening</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="animal">animal</span>, <span word="Ragot">Ragot</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p> <span word="Kersauson">Kersauson</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flashlight">flashlight</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inspected">inspected</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="himself">himself</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="me">me</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="tentacles">tentacles</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="lashing">lashing</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rudder">rudder</span>.</p>
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