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The crew of a clipper ship had to work together smoothly to keep the ship sailing. To help, they sang work songs called sea chan

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问题     The crew of a clipper ship had to work together smoothly to keep the ship sailing. To help, they sang work songs called sea chanteys.
    The chanteyman sang out the verses. They set the rhythm for the work to be done. The chanteyman made up his own lines, and the men joined in the chorus. The songs were about sailing, fishing, love, war, anything and everything. The men heaved or pulled the ropes on the beat of the chorus.
    Different rhythms were necessary for different shipboard jobs. There were slow capstan chanteys sung while turning the capstan, a large wheel on deck used to pull up the anchor. There were halyard chanteys sung while pulling up the sails. Pumping chanteys were sung, when the sailors manned the pumps amidships, and short-haul chanteys were sung for any job that required quick, sharp pulls.
Sailing a clipper ship called for______ . (  )
选项 A、a great many songs from the sailors
B、smooth action by the crew
C、teamwork on many jobs
D、both B and C
答案D
解析 细节题。“划快船需要什么?”D选项“船员动作麻利和团队工作”，正确。文中第一段说The crew of a clipper ship had to work together smoothly to keep the ship sailing。A选项“船员的许多歌”，文中没提及；B选项“船员动作麻利”，C选项“团队工作”都错误，这两个选项不全面。
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