have it_________(repair). ________ the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy_______ food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles ____ the Caribbean _______ they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island _______there was no water, _______t this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. ______ they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a ___________(pass) tanker rescued them five days later, _______ men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.

Lesson 13 "It's only me'“是我，别害怕”

After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was ______ excited to do any housework that morning, _______ in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress part with her husband. She intended to dress _____ as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was _________(patient)to try it on. _________ the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. __________ putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out _______ it would be _________(comfort) to wear.

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock ___ the front door. She knew that it_______ be the baker. She had told him to come straight in________ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to _______(fright) the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board ___ had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, ________(say)'It's only me',______ it was too late. The man let _____ cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked _______ him, he fled, __________(slam) the door behind him.

Lesson 14 A noble gangster 贵族歹徒

There was a time _______ the __________(own)of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters ____ return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid