III. Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete this passage. (15 points)
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ________ been caught in the storm (2) ________ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) ________ their door, (4) ________ worried to talk.
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ________the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ________ missing men. Some had (7) ________ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) ________ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ________ the east, a small point if light was (10) ________ in the darkness of the water and a (11) ________ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ________ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ________ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ________ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats (1) ____had____ been caught in the storm (2) ___which_____ had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood (3) _____by___ their door, (4) __too______ worried to talk.
The rest of the fishing fleet had (5) ____reached____the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (6) ____the____ missing men. Some had (7) _____bought___ thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (8) _____would___ be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (9) ____in____ the east, a small point if light was (10) ____seen____ in the darkness of the water and a (11) _____few___ minutes later, (12) ________ was a shout. Before long, the two boats (13) ____were____ turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (14) ___were_____ helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff (15) ___with_____ cold and tiredness, they were all safe.