Question

Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians(挪威人) had ___36___ them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After ___37___ the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves ___38___ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly ___39___ and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly ___40___. The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had ___41___ to mark their way home. To make things ___42___. Evans, whom they had all thought of ___43___ the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having ___44___ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were ___45___ pushed on at the best speed they could ___46___. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his ___47___ fact; at night his feet swelled(腫脹) so large that he could ___48___ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great ___49___. He knew his slowness was making it less likely that ___50___ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him ___51___ a few more miles, until it was time to put up the ___52___ for another night.

The following morning, ___53___ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be ___54___ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out ___55___ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A. to B. upon   C. as       D. in

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

36---55      DCDDC   CDCBA   ABAAD   DBADC          

解析:

本篇文章描述人們到南極探險(xiǎn)的故事，五個(gè)英國(guó)人順利到達(dá)南極，當(dāng)他們返回時(shí)卻遇到惡劣天氣，使他們處境艱難。

36. D。英國(guó)人以為他們是最早到達(dá)南極的人，沒想到在這場(chǎng)比賽中他們輸給了挪威人。beat sb 指“擊敗某人”。

37. C。因?yàn)槟蠘O地區(qū)被冰雪覆蓋，在上面插上國(guó)旗很不容易，且南極風(fēng)很大，所以用plant較合適。plant 除表示“種植”外，還可表示“牢牢安置”“牢固地固定在一個(gè)位置上”。

38. D。根據(jù)常理，肯定是在插好國(guó)旗之后返回之前拍照留念，故用before。

39. D。根據(jù)下文可知，因?yàn)楸╋L(fēng)雪的原因，歸程很艱難，并且他們所做的回程標(biāo)志也不見了，因此返程速度很慢。

40. C。因?yàn)橐恢毕轮�暴風(fēng)雪，所以太陽(yáng)難得一見。

41. C。指暴風(fēng)雪使他們無法找到回程標(biāo)志——他們?cè)谌�時(shí)豎立的石頭。set up 指“設(shè)立”“豎立”“架起”。

42. D。to make things worse是固定短語(yǔ)，其意為“更糟糕的是”。

43. C。think of…as…是習(xí)語(yǔ)，其意為“認(rèn)為……是……”“把……看作……”。

44. B。Evans 掉進(jìn)了一個(gè)冰洞，他肯定要想辦法掙扎著要出來，故用struggle 最合適。

45. A。be left指“剩下的”。一共五個(gè)人，已經(jīng)死了一個(gè)，故剩下四人。

46. A。manage指設(shè)法做成某事。其他三項(xiàng)的意思是：try 試圖，設(shè)法；employ雇傭；find找到，發(fā)現(xiàn)。

47. B。因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)下著暴風(fēng)雪，并且下文又說 Oates 的腳在晚上腫脹得很大，由此可知，他的腳當(dāng)時(shí)是冰傷了。

48. A。此處的意思是，Oates的腳腫得很厲害，以至于幾乎不能穿靴子。

49. A。Oates的腳腫得很厲害，以至于幾乎不能穿靴子，這說明他當(dāng)時(shí)in great pain。

50. D。此處說的是，Oates若因腳傷走不快，就會(huì)影響到其他三個(gè)人的自救。the others指這四個(gè)人中除Oates外的其他三個(gè)人，其中的the表特指。

51. D。on在此表示“繼續(xù)向前”的意思。又如：They moved on to the next city. 他繼續(xù)趕往一個(gè)城市。

52. B。指他們晚上搭起帳篷過夜。注意，不能選sleeping-bag，因?yàn)槠淝暗膭?dòng)詞是 put up。

53. A。指當(dāng)其他三人還在睡袋中睡覺的時(shí)候，Oates打了個(gè)招呼就一個(gè)人出去了。while 表示“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”。

54. D。指要離開一會(huì)兒。

55. C。他一個(gè)人獨(dú)自(alone)出去，希望不拖累其他同伴。