Question

Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had _________ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After _______ the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves ________ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly ________ and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly _________. The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had _________ to mark their way home. To make things _________. Evans, whom they had all thought of _________ the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having ________ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were _______ pushed on at the best speed they could _________. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his _______ fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could _________ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great ________ . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that  _________ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him ______   a few more miles, until it was time to put up the ______  for another night.

The following morning, _________ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be  _________ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out _________ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

1.A. hit    B. fought    C. won    D. beaten

2.A. growing    B. putting    C. planting    D. laying

3.A. after    B. until    C. while    D. before

4.A. safe    B. fast    C. short    D. slow

5.A. rose    B. set    C. appeared    D. disappeared

6.A. taken up    B. cut up    C. set up    D. picked up

7.A. easier    B. better    C. bitter    D. worse

8.A. to    B. upon    C. as    D. in

9.A. battled    B. struggled    C. speeded    D. waited

10.A. left    B. lost    C. defeated    D. saved

11.A. manage    B. try    C. employ    D. find

12.A. ached    B. frozen    C. harden    D. harmed

13.A. hardly    B. never    C. seldom    D. nearly

14.A. pain    B. fear    C. trouble    D. danger

15.A. all others    B. some others    C. others    D. the others

16.A. away    B. with    C. off    D. on

17.A. bed    B. tent    C. blanket    D. sleeping-bag

18.A. while    B. since    C. for    D. once

19.A. missed    B. separated    C. passed    D. gone

20.A. patiently    B. lonely    C. alone    D. worriedly

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】本文讲述了五个去南极考察的英国人在返程的路上遇到了暴风雪，一人遇难死亡，而队长双脚冻僵，为了不拖累其他三人，选择独自走进风雪，希望可以用自己的死换来同伴的生。

1.根据第一句的disappointed可知，挪威人在比赛中打败了他们，beat sb.击败某人，而win后一般接比赛项目或奖项，故选D。

2.句意：在南极插上英国国旗后，他们拍了张照片…plant a flag插上旗帜，其他三个词无此意。

3.根据back可知，是回程之前拍照。句意：他们在开始950英里的回程之前拍了张自拍。故选D。

4.根据后半句the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them可知，回程路上已经没有了去极地时的喜悦和激动，因此回去的旅程显得异常得慢。

5.下一句提到了暴风雪，可知此处要表达的是“太阳几乎就没出现过”，rise升起，上升；set落沉；appear出现；disappear消失，故选C。

6.take up占据，从事；cut up切碎，抨击；set up设置，竖起；pick up拾起，捡起。根据mark their way home可知，他们摆好石头，用来标记回家的路，故选C。

7.上文说到暴风雪使他们找不到回家的标记，而下文提到Evans掉进了冰窟里，to make things worse“更糟糕的是”，故选worse。

8.think of sb as固定搭配，认为某人…，把…看作…句意：被认为是五个人当中最健壮的Evans掉进了很深的冰窟里。

9.battled战斗；struggled努力，挣扎；speeded加速；waited等待，从上文可知，他们是在去南极的路上往返，环境艰苦，因此选struggled努力，挣扎。

10.根据上文，Evans去世了，因此是“剩下的”四个人，选left。lost丢了的；defeated被击败了的；saved得救了的。

11.manage控制，管理；try尝试，努力；employ运用，雇佣；find寻找。根据句意，他们以能够控制的最快速度前进。故选A。

12.ached疼痛的；frozen冻僵了的；harden变硬了的；harmed受伤了的。根据语境，他们身处南极，又遇到暴风雪，因此脚应该是冻僵了，故选B。

13.句意：晚上他的脚肿胀得十分严重，以至于早上起来几乎穿不上靴子。故选A. hardly几乎不。never从不；seldom很少；nearly几乎。

14.in great pain处于巨大的痛苦中，句意：虽然他很痛，但仍勇敢地前行。

15.the others其余的（表示在一个范围内的其他全部），句意：他知道行动缓慢意味着降低其他人活下来的几率。

16.根据上一句可知，他们拒绝将他留下，因此此处要表达的是他们帮助他继续前行了几英里，因此选on向前地，继续着。away离开；with用，随着；off切断，走开。

17.put up the tent搭起帐篷，野外宿营，需要支起帐篷，而 sleep-bag睡袋不用搭建。

18.此处用while来引导时间状语，“当…时”，句意：当其他三个人还在睡袋的时候，他说…。

19.may be gone表示走开（一段时间），missed错过，思念；separated分开；passed经过，传递；gone走开。

20.句意：他独自走进风雪中，希望以自己的死来换取同伴们的生。patiently忍耐地；lonely孤独地；alone独自地，worriedly担心地，为难地，故选C。

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