DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched ...

DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched his homemade boat — after spending nearly 30 years building it in his mum’s garden.

Owen, 66, a retired engineer from Hordle, New Milton, Hants, first started work on the 40ft—long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own. He told mum Edith that it would only take five years but after suffering “a few problems” it lasted nearly three decades.

When he finally finished, he was left with the head-scratching task of getting the 18-tonne boat out of the back garden. After some time he found a way. A huge crane (起重机) was brought in to carefully raise it 40ft in the air over his mother’s house and onto a lorry. It was then driven to the seaside and, to Owen’s delight, it floated and showed no signs of leaking when lowered into the water.

Now, 28 years after he first started, Owen is at last preparing to set sail in his beloved boat, Wight Dolphin, with his long-suffering wife Anne. Owen said, “I am so relieved that it’s finished. There were times when I thought it would never end but I’m the sort of person who likes to finish something once I’ve started.”

At first he persuaded his mum to let him do it in her garden and started taking in sheets of steel and pieces of wood. “My mother was happy for me to build it at her house but only bacause I told her it would only take five years.”

1.Why did Owen decide to make his own boat by himself?

2.What problem did Owen face when he finished his boat?

3.Which of the following is TRUE about the boat ?

4.We can infer from the passage that _____.

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A 16-year-old in foster care has finally found a home. His adoption caseworker (社会工作者) who has known him since he was 7, will become his adoptive mother this month.

In October 2013, Davion Only spoke in front of a church congregation (会众）in St. Petersburg, Florida, and made an _______ for adoption. He had recently learned that his _______mother, who’d been in jail since Only was born, had died. He had spent years bouncing between foster homes. “My name is Davion and I've been in foster care since I was born," he said. "I know God hasn’t given up on me, so I’m not giving up either."

The _______ plea (恳求）went viral, and Only’s foster agency_______calls from more than 10,000 people, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Only _______ traveling to Ohio to live with a minister's family. But after Only got into a physical _______ with one of his older would-be siblings (兄弟姐妹),the minister and his wife changed their minds.

Back in Florida, Only passed through four different _______ homes over the next year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption caseworker, to make a special _______.

Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him but she always 49. "I always believed there was a better family than us out there,” Going tells Yahoo Parenting. " He _______so much in this world.”

But this past July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going says something felt________. "In adoption there is a 'claiming moment,’ when you know someone is your child. When he called me to ask, in that moment, I just knew,” she says. "When he asked me, my heart felt this ________ and I just knew he was my son.”

So Going ________ invited Only to start spending time ________ the rest of her family — the other four children who she also adopted out of foster care. ________, Going managed to rent a bigger home, got a lawyer, and started adoption ________.

Only will officially join Going’s family on April 22, when the adoption ________. "Today, I am feeling blessed and honored by being chosen to be the parent to all my children, she says. "I work every day on being the best parent I can to them, to be patient and creative so that I can ________ all their needs.”

A spokesperson for Eckerd, Only's foster agency, told the Tampa Bay Times they were ________ with the new development.” We are truly thrilled that Davion has been united with his forever family.”

While Going is waiting for the newest ________ to her family to become official in the eyes of the law, she says Only is already her child. "I want him to know he is ________ loved for who he is, the way he is, she says.” The changes he chooses to make in his life, and the choices, are his to make. As a family we will be there through it all, the good and the bad for our lifetime. He is home.”

1.A. apology　　 B. compensation　　 C. appeal　　 D. call

2.A. biological　　 B. botanic　　 C. adoptive　　 D. adaptive

3.A. delighting　　 B. satisfying　　 C. annoying　　 D. heartbreaking

4.A. received　　 B. accepted　　 C. made　　 D. answered

5.A. avoided　　 B. started　　 C. gave up　　 D. ended up

6.A. quarrel　　 B. experiment　　 C. examination　　 D. fight

7.A. permanent　　 B. full-time　　 C. rich　　 D. temporary

8.A. question　　 B. request　　 C. order　　 D. resolution

9.A. determined　　 B. hesitated　　 C. involved　　 D. devoted

10.A. declares　　 B. develops　　 C. discovers　　 D. deserves

11.A. different　　 B. the same　　 C. surprising　　 D. disappointing

12.A. force　　 B. courage　　 C. ache　　 D. energy

13.A. on　　 B. with　　 C. in　　 D. to

14.A. Particularly　　 B. Constantly　　 C. Previously　　 D. Eventually

15.A. performances　　 B. procedures　　 C. persuasion　　 D. production

16.A. goes across　　 B. goes about　　 C. goes through　　 D. goes down

17.A. refuse　　 B. ignore　　 C. meet　　 D. neglect

18.A. pleased　　 B. angry　　 C. disappointed　　 D. enthusiastic

19.A. burden　　 B. brother　　 C. addition　　 D. trouble

20.A. unconditionally　　 B. conditionally　　 C. partly　　 D. amazingly

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Alex has finally become an astronaut, __________all his family members think is his dream career.

A. which            B. who            C. that            D. whom

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He____ in London for many years, but he has never regretted his final decision to move back to China.

A．lived             B．was living          C．have lived         D．had lived

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194. The old farmer went to the_____nearby to sell his homemade basket every morning.

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Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children's education. In 1816, he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen's factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825,but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."

1.For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.

A. improving worker's houses

B. helping people to save money

C. preventing men from getting drunk

D. providing the children with a good education

2.From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.

A. into a rich family B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family D. into a middle class family

3.Owen's experiment in the United States failed because _______.

A. he lost all his money

B. he did not buy enough land

C. people who visited it were not impressed

D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly

4.We may infer form the passage that no children in Britain could enjoy free education until ____.

A. 1771    B. 1816    C. 1825    D. 1860

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Cook was a strict but good captain, _________ who, usually, took care of the sailors on his  ship.

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Cook was a strict but good captain, __________ usually took care of the sailors on his ship.

A. the one who　　　　　　 B. one who

C. that　　　　　　　　　　 D. he who

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Judy is going to marry the sailor she ________in Rome last year.

A. meets          B. met

C. has met         D. would meet

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Judy is going to marry the sailor she ________in Rome last year.

A. meets          B. met

C. has met         D. would meet

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