Directions (For the following 21 items) :
In this section there are six short passages. Each passage is followed by items based on the passage. Read each passage and answer the items that follow.
Our voyage was very prosperous, but I shall not trouble the reader with a journal of it. The captain called in at one or two ports and sent in his long-boat for provisions and fresh water, but I never went out of the ship till we came into the Downs, which was on the 3rd day of June, 1706, about nine months after my escape. I offered to leave my goods in security for payment of my freight, but the captain protested he would not receive one farthing. We took kind leave of each other, and I made him promise that he would come to see me at my house in Redriff. I hired a horse and a guide for five shillings which I borrowed from the captain.
When the writer uses the word "prosperous" to describe the voyage, he means that
- Ait made him rich.
- Bit made him healthy.
- Cit was very pleasant.
- Dit was uneventful.
Explanation
A 'prosperous' voyage is a successful, pleasant one; the passage describes a smooth journey with kind farewells, not one that made him rich or was merely uneventful.