On a January morning Joel wit the other three fishermen got

On a January morning Joel wit the other three fishermen got on a fishing boat.The first few hours on the sea were not __39__.Then there was a terrible storm.The storm lasted for 22 days.When it stopped,they found their fishing nets were __40__.The engine(发动机)and the radio didn’t work.There was no food,and there was no drinking water.
The men talked to each other,“How can we live on the sea?” Without their nets,the men couldn’t fish.But they could __41__ out of the boat and catch big turtles.They needed protection from the sun and rain,so they built a simple roof.The roof __42__ rainwater,too.The men could drink rainwater __43__ the roof.
For the next five __44__ the men ate turtles when they caught them.They drank rainwater---when it rained.__45__ there was no food and no water,and sometimes they thought they were going to die soon.
Joel wrote a letter to his wife.“My dear Edith,” Joel wrote.“_46__ I die,I hope someone will send you this letter.Then you will know __47__ I died.I had the best in life-a great woman and beautiful children.I love you really.”
Ten days past,on June 15,a Japanese fishing boat found them.__48__ sent Joel’s letter to his wife.He showed it to her himself.Joel will always __49__the letter.The letter,he says,__50__ him remember.“On the sea I found that I love my wife and children very ,very much.My family is everything to me.I don’t want to forget that.
39.A.unusual B.unlucky C.quiet D.safe
40.A.broken B.missed C.gone D.left
41.A.leave B.work C.come D.reach
42.A.saved B.held C.got D.carried
43.A.in B.from C.under D.below
44.A.hours B.days C.weeks D.months
45.A.Often B.Only C.Once D.Suddenly
46.While B.Before C.If D.Since
47.A.why B.how C.where D.when
48.A.Somebody B.Anybody C.Everybody D.Nobody
49.A.bring B.keep C.take D.remember
50.A.lets B.has C.helps D.hopes