M8 Lite 2.
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Determine which four events form a clear summary of the passage and place th
from Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Nothing can describe the confusion of thought which I felt
when I sank into the water. Though I swam very well, I could not
deliver myself from the waves so as to draw breath, till that
wave having driven me, or rather carried me, a vast way on
towards the shore, and having spent itself, went back, and left
me upon the land almost dry, but half dead with the water
took in. I had so much presence of mind, as well as breath left,
that seeing myself nearer the mainland than I expected, I got
upon my feet, and endeavored to make on towards the land as
fast as I could before another wave should return and take me
up again. However, I soon found it was impossible to avold it;
for I saw the sea come after me as high as a great hill, and as
furious as an enemy, which I had no means or strength to
contend with: my business was to hold my breath, and raise
myself upon the water if I could. By swimming, I could preserve
my breathing, and pilot myself towards the shore, "If possible.
My greatest concern now being that the sea, as it would carry
me a great way towards the shore when it came on, might not
carry me back again with it when it gave back towards the sea.
The wave that came upon me again burled me at once
twenty or thirty feet deep in its own body. I could feel myself
carried with a mighty force and swiftness towards the shore a
very great way, but I held my breath, and assisted myself to
till forward with all my might. I was ready to burst with
The waves pick up Crusoe two more
times, but he holds fast to a rock
and eventually makes it to shore.
Adrift at sea, Robinson Crusoe realizes
he is almost to the shore.
Robinson Crusoe is an excellent