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IV.完形填空

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top 1 , but on their way back conditions were very 2 . Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 3 alone,he would probably get back 4 . But Simon decided to risk his 5and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope (绳) .

As they 6 down,the weather got worse. Then another 7 occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and,8 ,Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice (峭壁) . It was 9 for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe's 10 was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. 11 , after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold,Simon had to 12 In tears,he cut the rope. Joe 13 into a large crevasse (裂缝) in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk,but he 14 to get out of the crevasse and started to 15 towards their camp,nearly ten kilometres 16 .

Simon had 17 the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be 18 , but he didn't want to leave 19 Three days later,in the middle of the night,he heard Joe's voice. He couldn’t 20 it. Joe was there,a few metres from their tent,still alive.

1. A. hurriedly   B. carefully

   C. successfully   D. early

2. A. difficult   B. similar

   C. special   D. normal

3. A. climbed   B. worked

   C. rested   D. continued

4. A. unwillingly   B. safely

   C. slowly   D. regretfully

5. A. fortune   B. time

   C. health   D. life

6. A. lay   B. settled

   C. went   D. looked

7. A. damage   B. storm

   C. change   D. trouble

8. A. by mistake   B. by chance

   C. by choice   D. by luck

9. A. unnecessary   B. practical

   C. important   D. impossible

10. A. height   B. weight

   C. strength   D. equipment

11. A. Finally   B. Patiently

   C. Surely   D. Quickly

12. A. stand back   B. take a rest

   C. make a decision   D. hold on

13. A. jumped   B. fell

   C. escaped   D. backed

14. A. managed   B. planned

   C. waited   D. hoped

15. A. run   B. skate

   C. move   D. march 16 . A. around   B. a way

   C. above   D. along

17. A. headed for   B. travelled to

   C. left for   D. returned to

18. A. dead   B. hurt

   C. weak   D. late

19. A. secretly   B. tiredly

   C. immediately   D. anxiously

20. A. find   B. believe

   C. make   D. accept

IV. 1. C解析:考查副词词义辨析及上下文理解。

A项意为“匆忙地”;B项意为“细 心地”;C项意为“成功地”;D项意为 “早”;根据on their way back (在回来的 路上) 可知他们都成功地登上了 Siula Grande。故C项正确。

2. A解析:考查形容词词义辨析及上下 文理解。

A项意为“困难的”;B项意为 “相似的”;C项意为“特别的”;D项意为 “正常的”;根据6空后的the weather got worse (天气变得更糟糕了) 可知在他 们返回的路上情况变得很糟糕、很困难。 故A正确。

3. D解析:考查动词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“攀登”;B项意为“工作,

起作用”;C项意为“休息”;D项意为“继 续”。

Joe摔断了腿,如果Simon独自一 人继续返回,他会安全到达营地。但是 如果他想带着Joe —起回去,可能谁都 无法安全返回。根据句意可知D正确。

4. B解析:考査副词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“不愿意地”;B项意为 “安全地”;C项意为“慢慢地”;D项意 为“遗憾地”。如果Simon独自一人继 续返回,他会安全到达营地。故B 正确。

5. D解析:考査名词词义辨析和上下文 理解。从下文他帮助Joe —起回去,可 知他冒着失去生命的危险,用登山绳帮 助Joe下山。故D正确。

6. C解析:考査动词短语辨析。

lie down 项意为“躺下”;settle down项意为“定 居,解决”;go down项意为“下降”;look down项意为“向下看”;当他们两个人从 山顶上向下走返回的时候,天气变得更 糟糕了。

7. D解析:考査名词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“破坏”;B项意为“暴风 雨”;C项意为“改变”;D项意为“麻烦 事”。根据下一句“They couldn’t see or hear each other."可知,本来 Joe 受伤 已经是一件很麻烦的事情了,他们相互 看不见对方,对于他们来说这又是一件 麻烦的事情。故D项正确。

8. A解析:考査介词短语辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“错误地”;B项意为“偶然 地”;D项意为“侥幸”。根据空后的 Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice 可知 Simon 错误地把 Joe 送到了峭壁边上。这主要是由他们看不 见对方而导致的。

9. D解析:考查形容词词义辨析及上 下文理解。

A项意为“不必要的”;B 项意为“实用的”;C项意为“重要的”。

D项意为“不可能的”。因为Joe的腿 已经断了,所以他不可能自己爬上来。

Simon根本看不见Joe ,也不可能把他 拉上来的。所以D项符合上下文 语境。

10. B解析:考查名词词义辨析及上下文 理解。

A项意为“高度”;B项意为“体 重”;C项意为“力气”;D项意为“设 备”。根据 pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice 可知 Simon 也被拉 向峭壁这边来了,这主要是因为Joe的 体重。因为他们两个人系在一根绳子 上,所以Joe拉着Simon向峭壁这边 来了。

11. A解析:考查副词词义辨析及上下文 理解。

A项意为“最后,终于”;B项意 为“耐心地”;C项意为“确定地”;D项 意为“迅速地”。最后,在黑暗中斗争了 一个多小时后,Simon不得不做出了一个艰难的决定,砍断绳索。如果不砍断 绳索,两个人都会死去。故A项符合 上下文语境。

12. C解析:考査动词短语辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“避开”;B项意为“休 息”;C项意为“做出决定”;D项意为 “坚持,别挂断”。

Simon不得不做出了 一个艰难的决定,砍断绳索。如果不砍 断绳索,两个人都会死去。

13. B解析:考査动词词义辨析及上下文 理解。

A项意为“跳跃”;B项意为“摔 倒,跌倒”;C项意为“逃脱”;D项意为 “支持”。流着眼泪,Simon砍断了绳 索,Joe摔到了下面冰上的一个巨大的 裂缝中。

14. A解析:考査动词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“设法;管理”;B项意为 “计划”;C项意为“等待”;D项意为“希 望”。

Joe没有食物也没有水而且浑身 疼痛。他无法步行,但是他设法从裂缝 里爬了出来,开始朝着营地的方向 移动。

15. C解析:考査动词词义辨析及语境 理解。

A项意为“奔跑”;B项意为 “滑冰”;C项意为“移动”;D项意为 “行军;前进”。从上文可知Joe已经 摔断了腿,所以他不可能是奔跑、滑 冰或者行军前进,他只能是在地上爬 着前进。

16. B解析:考査副词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“大约,四处”;B项意为 “在远处,离开”;C项意为“在上面”; D项意为“成行,沿着”。他朝着大约 10千米之外的营地爬过去。

away和 具体的表示距离的词连用,表示“…… 之外的地方”。

17. D解析:考查动词短语辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“朝……过去”;B项意为 “旅游”;C项意为“出发去某地”;D项 意为“返回”。

Simon把Joe丢下后,他 自己很快就回到了营地。根据句意可 知D项正确。

18. A解析:考査形容词词义辨析及上下 文理解。

A项意为“死的”;B项意为 “受伤的”;C项意为“虚弱的”。

D项意 为“迟的,晚的”。因为Joe摔断了腿, 而且又掉进冰的裂缝里,所以Simon认 为他肯定无法幸存下来了。所以A 正确。

19. C解析:考査副词词义辨析及语境理 解。

A项意为“秘密地”;B项意为“疲 惫地”;C项意为“立刻,马上”。

D项意 为“焦虑地”。虽然他认为Joe肯定死 了,但是他也不想立刻就离开这个营 地,就又在营地里住了下来。

20. B解析.•考査动词词义辨析及上下文 理解。

A项意为“发现”;B项意为“相 信,认为”;C项意为“生成,制作”;D项 意为“接受”。三天以后,当他半夜听见 Joe的声音的时候,他无法相信这竟然 是真的,Joe竟然活了下来。

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