五、完形填空。
I was tired. If my whole body ever did fall in, I'd never get out of the quicksand. It had been about five hours since Jess, my partner, left to ask for help. It was snowing heavily and it was getting 1.
A few hours later, I saw a beam of light. I prayed it was a plane, but it was the moonlight shining over the canyon (峡谷) walls. I was all wet and knew I was 2. I started to think about what I could do to end up faster. But I didn't want to be engulfed by quicksand. That would be the 3 way to go.
An hour later, another beam of light 4 across my eyes. A flashlight! I shouted for help. A man shouted back as he ran to me. He said that his name was Tim and that Jess had 5 rescuers. And the other team members were an hour behind him.
When the three others 6, they set up a pulley (滑轮) system to pull me out, tying a strong rope around a stone. Two of the rescuers held me under each 7 as Tim wrapped a rope around my knees. The fourth rescuer worked the pulley. With each 8, it felt as if my legs were being cut off. Tim dug into the 9 and got a hand around my legs and started pulling up. I felt a great pain, but I could feel my legs moving. "Keep going!" I shouted.
Pulling again and again, my legs were 10. The rescuers drew me to the side of the canyon because I couldn't walk. I couldn't even feel my legs. It was too dark and 11 for a plane to land, so they got me into a sleeping bag and gave me medicine. Then we 12 there for the night.
When I woke up at 6 a. m., snow 13 the top of my sleeping bag, and snowflakes were still coming down. Around noon, the snow stopped, and the rescuers called in a plane.
My legs were swollen (肿胀的) to the size of my thigh (大腿), 14 when I got to the hospital, X-rays showed no fractures or breaks. I had sat in the quicksand for 12 hours and thought for sure I would 15. But I didn't.
( )1. A. hot
B. dark
C. warm
D. bright
( )2. A. dying
B. lying
C. crying
D. calling
( )3. A. easiest
B. best
C. fastest
D. worst
( )4. A. failed
B. appeared
C. left
D. stopped
( )5. A. taught
B. contacted
C. watched
D. helped
( )6. A. stopped
B. left
C. arrived
D. talked
( )7. A. leg
B. arm
C. eye
D. ear
( )8. A. pull
B. push
C. drop
D. fall
( )9. A. water
B. wood
C. sand
D. grass
( )10. A. burnt
B. broken
C. hurt
D. freed
( )11. A. cloudy
B. snowy
C. rainy
D. windy
( )12. A. enjoyed
B. stayed
C. played
D. worked
( )13. A. covered
B. hit
C. faced
D. reached
( )14. A. or
B. so
C. but
D. and
( )15. A. jump
B. live
C. rest
D. die
I was tired. If my whole body ever did fall in, I'd never get out of the quicksand. It had been about five hours since Jess, my partner, left to ask for help. It was snowing heavily and it was getting 1.
A few hours later, I saw a beam of light. I prayed it was a plane, but it was the moonlight shining over the canyon (峡谷) walls. I was all wet and knew I was 2. I started to think about what I could do to end up faster. But I didn't want to be engulfed by quicksand. That would be the 3 way to go.
An hour later, another beam of light 4 across my eyes. A flashlight! I shouted for help. A man shouted back as he ran to me. He said that his name was Tim and that Jess had 5 rescuers. And the other team members were an hour behind him.
When the three others 6, they set up a pulley (滑轮) system to pull me out, tying a strong rope around a stone. Two of the rescuers held me under each 7 as Tim wrapped a rope around my knees. The fourth rescuer worked the pulley. With each 8, it felt as if my legs were being cut off. Tim dug into the 9 and got a hand around my legs and started pulling up. I felt a great pain, but I could feel my legs moving. "Keep going!" I shouted.
Pulling again and again, my legs were 10. The rescuers drew me to the side of the canyon because I couldn't walk. I couldn't even feel my legs. It was too dark and 11 for a plane to land, so they got me into a sleeping bag and gave me medicine. Then we 12 there for the night.
When I woke up at 6 a. m., snow 13 the top of my sleeping bag, and snowflakes were still coming down. Around noon, the snow stopped, and the rescuers called in a plane.
My legs were swollen (肿胀的) to the size of my thigh (大腿), 14 when I got to the hospital, X-rays showed no fractures or breaks. I had sat in the quicksand for 12 hours and thought for sure I would 15. But I didn't.
( )1. A. hot
B. dark
C. warm
D. bright
B
( )2. A. dying
B. lying
C. crying
D. calling
A
( )3. A. easiest
B. best
C. fastest
D. worst
D
( )4. A. failed
B. appeared
C. left
D. stopped
B
( )5. A. taught
B. contacted
C. watched
D. helped
B
( )6. A. stopped
B. left
C. arrived
D. talked
C
( )7. A. leg
B. arm
C. eye
D. ear
B
( )8. A. pull
B. push
C. drop
D. fall
A
( )9. A. water
B. wood
C. sand
D. grass
C
( )10. A. burnt
B. broken
C. hurt
D. freed
D
( )11. A. cloudy
B. snowy
C. rainy
D. windy
B
( )12. A. enjoyed
B. stayed
C. played
D. worked
B
( )13. A. covered
B. hit
C. faced
D. reached
A
( )14. A. or
B. so
C. but
D. and
C
( )15. A. jump
B. live
C. rest
D. die
D
答案：1. B 【点拨】根据“the moonlight shining over the canyon(峡谷) walls”可知，天要黑了。故选 B。2. A 【点拨】根据“I started to think about what I could do to end up faster.”可知，作者知道自己要死了。故选 A。3. D 【点拨】根据“But I didn’t want to be engulfed by quicksand.”可知，作者不想被流沙吞没，因为那是最糟糕的死法。故选 D。4. B 【点拨】根据句意可知，另一道光出现了。故选 B。5. B 【点拨】根据“since Jess，my partner，left to ask for help”可知，杰斯联系上救援人员了。故选 B。6. C 【点拨】根据语境可知，其他的救援人员也到了。故选 C。7. B 【点拨】leg 腿；arm 胳膊；eye 眼睛；ear 耳朵。故选 B。8. A 【点拨】根据“pulling up”及“Pulling again and again”可知，是要把作者拉出来。故选 A。9. C 【点拨】根据“I’d never get out of the quicksand”可知选 C。10. D 【点拨】根据“The rescuers drew me to the side of the canyon because I couldn’t walk.”可知，作者被救出来了，所以腿彻底自由了。故选 D。11. B 【点拨】根据“It was snowing heavily”可知，雪下得很大。故选 B。12. B 【点拨】根据“It was too dark”及“so they got me into a sleeping bag”可知，要在那里过夜。故选 B。13. A 【点拨】由前文知，此句意为“当我早上六点醒来时，雪覆盖了我的睡袋”。cover 覆盖；hit 击，打；face 面对；reach 到达。故选 A。14. C 【点拨】空前后是转折关系，用 but 连接。故选 C。15. D 【点拨】根据前文内容可知，作者曾以为自己死定了。故选 D。