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Module 3 The Steamboat
There was a big storm after midnight and the rain poured down. We stayed inside the shelter we ______(build) and let the raft sail _____the river. Suddenly ____ the light of the lightning, we saw something in the middle of the river. It looked ____ a house at first, but then we realized it was a steamboat. It had hit a rock and was half in and half ____ of the water. We were sailing straight _______ it.
“It looks as ____ it’ll go under soon,” Jim said, after a couple of minutes.
“let’s go and take a look,” I said.
“I don’t want to board a _____(sink) ship,” said Jim, but when I suggested that we might find something ____(use) on the boat, he agreed ____(go). So we paddled over and climbed on to the steamboat, ______(keep) as quiet as mice. To our ________(astonish), there was a light in one of the cabins. Then we heard someone shout, “Oh please boys, don’t kill me! I won’t tell anybody!”
A man’s angry voice answered, “You’re _____(lie). You said that last time. We’re going to kill you.”
When he heard these words, Jim _______(panic) and ran to the raft. But ______ I was ______(frighten), I also felt ______(curiosity), so I put my head round the door. It was quite dark, but I could see a man ______(lie) on the floor, _____(tie) up with rope. There were two men _____(stand) over him. One was short, _____ a beard. The other was tall and had something in his hand _____ looked like a gun.
“I’ve had enough _____ you. I’m going to shoot you now,” this man said. He was ________(obvious) the one ______ had threatened the man _____ the floor. And it was a gun he had in his hand.
“No, don’t do that,” said the short man. “Let’s leave him here. The steamboat will sink ______a couple of hours and he’ll go _____ with it.”
When he heard that, the _______(frighten) man on the floor started crying. “He sounds as if he’s going to die _____ fright!” I thought. “I have to find a way ______(save) him!”
I crawled _____ the deck, found Jim, and told him _____ I had heard. “We must find their boat and take ____ away, then they’ll have to stay here,” I said.
Jim looked _______(terrify). “I’m not staying here,” he said. But I persuaded him ______(help) me, and we found the men’s boat ______(tie) to the other side of the steamboat. We climbed _______(quiet) in and as we paddled away we heard two men _______(shout). By then we were a safe _______(distant) away. But now I began to feel bad about ___ we had done. I didn’t want all three men to die.。