第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people zxxkto climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top 21_______, but on their way back conditions were very 22_______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 23_______ alone, he would probably get back 24_______. But Simon decided to risk his 25_______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(绳).

As they 26_______ down, the weather got worse. Then another 27_______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, 28_______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁). It was 29_______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s 30_______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. 31_______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to 32_______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe 33_______ 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 34_______ to get out of the crevasse and started to 35_______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers 36_______.

Simon had 37_______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be 38_______, but he didn’t want to leave 39_______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t 40_______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

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