Having passed what I considered the worst obstacle, our spiritsrose. We__1__towards the left of the cliff, where the going was better, 2 rathersteeper. Here we found little snow, __3__ most of it seemed to have been __4__ off themountain. There was no __5__ of the mountain in the distance because the cloudswere forming all around us.
About 1 o’clock a storm __6__ suddenly. We had time to have __7__ its approach but wewere concentrating on cutting steps, and __8__ we had time to do anything, we wereblinded by snow. We could not move up or down and had to wait __9__ , gettingcolder and colder. __10__ my hood(兜帽), my nose and cheeks were frostbitten and I dared not take a handout of my glove to warm them.
After two hours of this, I realized we would have to do __11__ to avoidbeing frozen to death where we stood. From time to time through the mist I had __12__ the outline of a dark buttress(扶壁)just above us, todescend in the wind was __13__ question; our only hope was to scramble up to thisbuttress, and dig out a platform at the foot of it on which we could __14__ ourtent.
We climbed to this place and started to __15__ the ice. At first mycompanion seemed to regard the __16__ as hopeless but gradually the wind __17__ and hecheered up. __18__ we had made a platform big enough to put up the tent, and we didthis as __19__ we could. We __20__ into our sleeping bags and fell asleep, felling thatwe were lucky to be still alive.
1.[单选题]____- A.came up
- B.came out
- C.came over
- D.came on
2.[单选题]____- A.Instead of
- B.Furthermore
- C.Indeed
- D.At last
3.[单选题]____- A.anything
- B.nothing
- C.something
- D.everything
4.[单选题]____- A.view
- B.vision
- C.look
- D.glimpse
5.[单选题]____- A.well
- B.good
- C.best
- D.better
6.[单选题]____- A.viewed
- B.noticed
- C.notified
- D.glanced
7.[单选题]____- A.In spite of
- B.In relation to
- C.In case of
- D.In the event of
8.[单选题]____- A.fallen
- B.flown
- C.split
- D.blown
9.[单选题]____- A.laid out
- B.made out
- C.drawn out
- D.marked out
10.[单选题]____- A.wrench
- B.wedge
- C.pad
- D.pinch
11.[单选题]____- A.without
- B.in
- C.beyond
- D.out of date
12.[单选题]____- A.position
- B.situation
- C.occupation
- D.orientation
13.[单选题]____- A.when
- B.where
- C.as
- D.so that
14.[单选题]____- A.climbed
- B.crashed
- C.crept
- D.Crawled
16.[单选题]____- A.cut down
- B.cut away
- C.cut out
- D.cut off
17.[单选题]____- A.died out
- B.died off
- C.died back
- D.died down
18.[单选题]____- A.motionlessly
- B.constantly
- C.steadily
- D.continually
19.[单选题]____- A.after
- B.before
- C.unless
- D.until
参考答案: A,D,C,A,C,B,A,D,B,D,D,B,C,D,B,B,D,A,B,C