C
In 1674, I was born on my father's small farm in Nottinghamshire, England. I was the third of five sons. My childhood was very happy. I liked going to school and learning new things. But I used to daydream about going to sea.
One day, Father asked, "Lemuel, have you thought about your future? I think you would be a good doctor."
I wanted to please him, so I said, "Yes, Father. I'll go to Cambridge University and study medicine." But as I spoke, I was thinking, "At university, I can also learn things that will be useful to a sailor."
After several years of study, I became a doctor. Not long after, I asked my sweetheart, Mary, to marry me. Before long, we had children, a boy and a girl. They gave us great joy. I enjoyed being a doctor for the first few years. But then I became bored, and ideas of travel filled my mind. I imagined going to far-off places and seeing wonderful new things.
"Mary," I said one day, "I need more adventures in my life. The captain of a ship about to sail has offered me a job as the ship's doctor. I don't know how long the journey will take, but I promise I will return. And when I do, I'll tell you and the children all about my adventures."
So in 1699, I set sail on the Antelope from Bristol. That city is a large and very old port in the southwest of England. The captain was a good man and had sailed a great deal!
"Welcome aboard. Doctor Gulliver," he said. "First we'll be sailing down the Atlantic Ocean and around the coast of Africa. Then we'll sail through the Indian Ocean to the South Seas." Our journey went well until one morning, somewhere near Tasmania in the South Pacific Ocean.
"I don't like the look of those clouds," the captain said. "I think a storm is coming."
Within an hour, a big storm began. The sea rose in great, angry waves much taller than the Antelope. The wind, now as strong as a hurricane, made a terrible sound.
"The wind is blowing the ship off course!" shouted the captain. "Look out!"
—Adapted from *Gulliver's Travels*
()8. What does the underlined word "Antelope" refer to in the text?
A. Name of an ocean.
B. Name of a city.
C. Name of a ship.
D. Name of a sailor.
()9. What's the right order of the events?
①Lemuel married his sweetheart Mary.
②Lemuel studied medicine in a university.
③Lemuel became the doctor of a ship.
④Lemuel worked as a doctor for years.
A. ③①②④
B. ②①③④
C. ③④②①
D. ②①④③
()10. What can be inferred(推断) from the article?
A. The captain had rich sailing experience.
B. Lemuel had four brothers and two sons.
C. Lemuel's parents supported Lemuel to become a sailor.
D. Lemuel was happy to go to university to study medicine.
D