Most of us have formed on【C1】________pictures of life on a desert island. We sometimes【C2】________a desert island to be a sort o

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问题     Most of us have formed on【C1】________pictures of life on a desert island. We sometimes【C2】________a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and【C3】________ Ripe fruit【C4】________from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the【C5】________. Life on a desert island is poor. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe,【C6】________a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures, but few of us have had the opportunity to【C7】________.
    Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island【C8】________they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it【C9】________. During the journey, their boat began to【C10】________. They quickly loaded a small life raft with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles【C11】________the Caribbean【C12】________they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a【C13】________The men collected rainwater in the life raft. As 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 passing tanker【C14】________them five days later, both men were【C15】________sorry that they had to leave.
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选项 A、before
B、until
C、unless
D、as

答案B

解析 考查until引导的时间状语从句。句意:他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒装在一只救生筏上,然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里,一直飘到一座珊瑚岛上。before意为“……之前”;until意为“直到……为止”;unless意为“除非”;as意为“当……时候”。根据句意,“直到……”符合。故选B。
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