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—40 DCDDC 41—45 CDCBA         46—50 ABAAD         51—55 DBADC

解析:

36.解析：beat打敗，勝過。從上文的disappointed可以看出，當他們到達終點時，他們發現挪威人贏了他們。hit打；fight打仗；win后接表示運動的詞，意為“贏”。

37.解析：plant把……牢牢放在某處。把英國國旗插在了南極。put表示“放置”，指把東西放在某處。

38.解析：before在……之前。在他們回去之前拍了一些照片。

39.解析：從上文disappointed和下文“the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them”可以看出，由于情緒不佳，旅途的進程變得緩慢下來。

40.解析：appear出現。根據下文“The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones”可判斷出正下著暴風雪，太陽沒有出來。rise升起，指太陽升上了天空。

41.解析：set up豎立。為了辨別出道路，他們在沿途放置了一些石頭。take up拿起；cut up切成碎片；pick up撿起。

42.解析：to make things worse使事情更糟糕的是。上文講述了他們沒有取得第一，情緒不佳，下文又說到“fell badly into a deep hole in the ice”，可見情況進一步惡化。

43.解析：be thought of as被認為是。Evans被認為是五個人中最棒的一個。

44.解析：struggle斗爭。根據上文“fell badly into a deep hole in the ice”可判斷出Evans受了重傷，經過幾天的掙扎，掉下去死了。

45.解析：leave剩下。剩下的四個人。

46.解析：manage設法完成（某件困難的事）。他們想方設法以最快的速度前進。

47.解析：frozen凍僵的。根據上下文提供的信息the South Pole，the snow storms，his feet swelled可判斷出他的腳凍傷了。

48.解析：hardly幾乎不（能）。上文“at night his feet swelled so large”表示他的腳腫得早上無法穿上鞋子。

49.解析：pain疼痛。腳凍傷腫脹自然會非常疼痛。

50.解析：the others指剩余的三人。

51.解析：on繼續。幫助他繼續行走了幾英里。

52.解析：tent帳篷。Scott他們是到南極去，夜里是睡在帳篷里。

53.解析：while當……的時候。當其他三人在他們睡袋里的時候。

54.解析：be gone表示“不在，走了”或指人“死了”。從上文Captain Oates害怕連累其他三人，主動提出把他留在睡袋里和下文“his death would help his companies”可以看出他已下定決心結束自己的生命。

55.解析：alone獨自一人。他獨自一人從帳篷里走進了暴風雪。