One of the signals，other than a distress signal，that can be used by a rescue boat to attract attention is a/an（）.
Her parents died when she was very young, so she was （）by her aunt.
（）the visibility to reduce to one mile by heavy rain，it（）be impossible to rescue the vessel in distress.
By using previous communication system, rescue is often a matter of chance. What does “a matter of chance” mean?（）
When she was told that her cat was killed by the neighbor’s dog, the old lady _____ tears.
Fiona said, ‘A princess is rescued by a brave knight’ Here knight means（ ）.
He was suddenly amused by her spontaneity.
Mary was surprised to realize that it was us, her old school friends, calling her from Paris.
纠错Being that he was a good swimmer, John jumped into the water and rescued thedrowning child.
纠错 Being that he was a good swimmer, John jumped into the water and rescued the drowning child.
The Summer Palace was initially built by Emperor Qianlong as a gift for his mother on her birthday.
She was ______ by her failure in applying for the post she had long dreamed of.
She sniffed at the files handed to her by the court and refused to answer questions in ____(选词填空：contempt, contention) of the rules of the court, for which she was sentenced to six months in prison.
Her mother was more willing to accept her career.4：Her mother was more willing to accept her career. （）
（not pass) ______ the final examination, she was laughed by her classmates.
The heroine Tess in Tess of the D’urbervilles seems to be led to her final destruction step by step by ______, as Hardy says at the end of the novel: "Justice was done, and the President of the Immortals had ended his sport with Tess."
The actress was very______at the insulting question raised by her opponent at the conference.
So absorbed she was in her work that she didn’t realizeit was time that she picked up her daughter.
When I was about 12 I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was skinny, I wasn&39;t a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on. I put up with her as long as I could. At last, with great anger, I ran to my father in tears. He listened to my outburst quietly. Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not？" True？ I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it？
He was deceived by her soft words.
Ann was humiliated by her friend’s remarks（）
Shona says that in her questionnaire her aim was____.
Marys aunt told her that it was ______ that she was brought up after her mothers death.
Her heart was slightly damaged her long illness. （)
