Ⅲ.完形填空

　　(2014·全國新課標(biāo)Ⅱ)

　　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 __5__ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(繩).

　　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 huge crevasse(裂縫)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 kilometers __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 meters from their tent, still alive.

　　文章大意：這是一篇記敘文，兩個(gè)朋友Simon和Joe在成功登頂后回程途中遭遇惡劣天氣，Joe又摔斷了腿，Simon冒著生命危險(xiǎn)盡力營救Joe，但是，最后不得不含淚放棄。而Joe努力自救，最后二人團(tuán)聚。全文體現(xiàn)了人們對于生命對于友誼的堅(jiān)持、不放棄。

　　1.A.hurriedly B.carefully

　　C.successfully D.early

　　答案：C　 由上文他們是爬上the Siula Grande的第一批人，可知他們成功登頂。故選C項(xiàng)。

　　2.A.difficult B.similar

　　C.special D.normal

　　答案：A 　上文是成功，but表示轉(zhuǎn)折可知下文是不好的情況，所以選A項(xiàng)，“回去的路上，情況很困難”。其它都不合題意。

　　3.A.climbed B.worked

　　C.rested D.continued

　　答案：D 　由上文Joe摔斷了腿，可知如果simon(不照顧Joe)自己繼續(xù)走下去的話，他會(huì)回去的。

　　4.A.unwillingly B.safely

　　C.slowly D.regretfully

　　答案：B 　Simon自己會(huì)安全地回去的。Safely安全地，強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果。而slowly慢慢地，此處應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)對比照顧與不照顧Joe的結(jié)果。故選B項(xiàng)。

　　5.A.fortune B.time

　　C.health D.life

　　答案：D 　由上文提到如此艱難的環(huán)境，還要照顧斷腿的Joe，這是冒著生命的危險(xiǎn)，故選D項(xiàng)。

　　6.A.lay B.settled

　　C.went D.looked

　　答案：C　 由上文可知，他們是在下山，所以選C項(xiàng)，go down下去;而lie down躺下，settle down定居下來，look down向下看，皆不合題意。

　　7.A.damage B.storm

　　C.change D.trouble

　　答案：D 　 由下文“他們彼此既看不見又聽不見”，可知“又一個(gè)問題出現(xiàn)了”，故選D項(xiàng)，trouble問題，麻煩事。

　　8.A.by mistake B.by chance

　　C.by choice D.by luck

　　答案：A 　由上文“他們彼此既看不見又聽不見”，且由and連接，可知由此產(chǎn)生了不好的結(jié)果，因此選A項(xiàng)，by mistake錯(cuò)誤地。by chance偶然地，by choice出于自愿， by luck幸運(yùn)地，皆不合題意。

　　9.A.unnecessary B.practical

　　C.important D.impossible

　　答案：D　 由上下文可知Joe爬回去是不可能的，Simon把他拉上去也是不可能的，故選D項(xiàng)。

　　10.A.height B.weight

　　C.strength D.equipment

　　答案：B　 由上下文可知，Joe在下面，他的重量正在把Simon拉下懸崖。