二、完形填空
In February 2007, about two hundred paragliders (滑翔伞运动员) were in Australia to prepare for the World Championship. They included Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paragliding champion. One morning, as the 1 were getting ready to take off, they noticed that a terrible storm was coming. However, they decided to 2. After all, these were the best paragliders in the world.
Unluckily, as the competitors took off, the weather quickly became 3. Ewa tried to get away from the storm, but two huge 4 came together and caught her.
The clouds pulled Ewa up inside the storm like a leaf in the 5. She flew higher and higher, with lightning and hailstones (冰雹) all around her. “I was 6,” she told reporters afterwards. “The last thing I 7, it was dark. I could hear thunder all around me.” She 8 to about 10,000 metres high and then lost all her senses. At that height, the temperature was about -40°C.
After forty minutes, Ewa woke up. She was still inside the storm. It was dark and hailstones were 9 past. They were as big as tennis balls! Finally, Ewa came out of the storm cloud and 10 towards a small farm and landed 11. She fell to the ground, too 12 to call for help. When her team 13 her, she was 60 kilometres away from the place where she took off. She was covered in ice—but alive!
Ewa was sent to a(n) 14 for treatment at once, but she still wanted to complete the World Championship next week. “Flying is too fantastic to stop 15 an accident,” she said.
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In February 2007, about two hundred paragliders (滑翔伞运动员) were in Australia to prepare for the World Championship. They included Ewa Wiśnierska, a German paragliding champion. One morning, as the 1 were getting ready to take off, they noticed that a terrible storm was coming. However, they decided to 2. After all, these were the best paragliders in the world.
Unluckily, as the competitors took off, the weather quickly became 3. Ewa tried to get away from the storm, but two huge 4 came together and caught her.
The clouds pulled Ewa up inside the storm like a leaf in the 5. She flew higher and higher, with lightning and hailstones (冰雹) all around her. “I was 6,” she told reporters afterwards. “The last thing I 7, it was dark. I could hear thunder all around me.” She 8 to about 10,000 metres high and then lost all her senses. At that height, the temperature was about -40°C.
After forty minutes, Ewa woke up. She was still inside the storm. It was dark and hailstones were 9 past. They were as big as tennis balls! Finally, Ewa came out of the storm cloud and 10 towards a small farm and landed 11. She fell to the ground, too 12 to call for help. When her team 13 her, she was 60 kilometres away from the place where she took off. She was covered in ice—but alive!
Ewa was sent to a(n) 14 for treatment at once, but she still wanted to complete the World Championship next week. “Flying is too fantastic to stop 15 an accident,” she said.
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B
) 1. A. runners B. competitors C. pilots D. winners(
D
) 2. A. get up B. turn on C. look up D. carry on(
C
) 3. A. colder B. cooler C. worse D. wetter(
B
) 4. A. storms B. clouds C. birds D. hands(
A
) 5. A. wind B. rain C. tree D. world(
A
) 6. A. shaking B. pulling C. dreaming D. smiling(
D
) 7. A. decide B. repeat C. consider D. remember(
D
) 8. A. guided B. drove C. returned D. rose(
A
) 9. A. flying B. walking C. crying D. pushing(
C
)10. A. climbed B. jumped C. headed D. swam(
B
)11. A. comfortably B. safely C. sadly D. secretly(
C
)12. A. proud B. nervous C. weak D. brave(
D
)13. A. served B. caught C. visited D. reached(
A
)14. A. hospital B. school C. hotel D. office(
C
)15. A. next to B. according to C. because of D. instead of答案：1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.C
解析：
【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章是关于德国滑翔伞运动员Ewa参加世锦赛时遭遇风暴的惊险经历。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇含义及逻辑关系逐一分析：先找前后文的线索（如第1空后文出现competitors，对应选项），再辨析词汇（如第2空carry on表“继续”贴合语境），最后验证逻辑通顺度，确保选项匹配文章内容。
【解析】
1. 由后文“as the competitors took off”可知，此处指参赛选手，故选B。
2. 尽管有风暴来袭，他们仍决定继续，carry on表“继续”，符合语境，故选D。
3. 天气变得更糟，worse表“更差的”，故选C。
4. 结合后文“The clouds pulled Ewa up...”可知，此处指云，故选B。
5. 风暴中的物体像风中的叶子，wind表“风”，故选A。
6. 身处风暴中会因寒冷、恐惧发抖，shaking表“发抖”，故选A。
7. 此处指她最后记得的是天黑，remember表“记得”，故选D。
8. 她升到约10000米高空，rose表“上升”，故选D。
9. 冰雹飞过，flying表“飞”，故选A。
10. head towards是固定搭配，意为“朝……方向去”，故选C。
11. 她安全降落，safely表“安全地”，故选B。
12. 她太虚弱无法呼救，weak表“虚弱的”，故选C。
13. 她的团队到达她所在的位置，reached表“到达”，故选D。
14. 受伤后被送往医院治疗，hospital表“医院”，故选A。
15. because of表“因为”，后接名词短语an accident，符合语境，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕Ewa遭遇风暴的经历展开，重点考查学生对上下文语境的把握及常用词汇、短语的运用能力，解题需结合文章细节和逻辑关系，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6
首先通读全文，明确文章是关于德国滑翔伞运动员Ewa参加世锦赛时遭遇风暴的惊险经历。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇含义及逻辑关系逐一分析：先找前后文的线索（如第1空后文出现competitors，对应选项），再辨析词汇（如第2空carry on表“继续”贴合语境），最后验证逻辑通顺度，确保选项匹配文章内容。
【解析】
1. 由后文“as the competitors took off”可知，此处指参赛选手，故选B。
2. 尽管有风暴来袭，他们仍决定继续，carry on表“继续”，符合语境，故选D。
3. 天气变得更糟，worse表“更差的”，故选C。
4. 结合后文“The clouds pulled Ewa up...”可知，此处指云，故选B。
5. 风暴中的物体像风中的叶子，wind表“风”，故选A。
6. 身处风暴中会因寒冷、恐惧发抖，shaking表“发抖”，故选A。
7. 此处指她最后记得的是天黑，remember表“记得”，故选D。
8. 她升到约10000米高空，rose表“上升”，故选D。
9. 冰雹飞过，flying表“飞”，故选A。
10. head towards是固定搭配，意为“朝……方向去”，故选C。
11. 她安全降落，safely表“安全地”，故选B。
12. 她太虚弱无法呼救，weak表“虚弱的”，故选C。
13. 她的团队到达她所在的位置，reached表“到达”，故选D。
14. 受伤后被送往医院治疗，hospital表“医院”，故选A。
15. because of表“因为”，后接名词短语an accident，符合语境，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕Ewa遭遇风暴的经历展开，重点考查学生对上下文语境的把握及常用词汇、短语的运用能力，解题需结合文章细节和逻辑关系，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6