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2014届高考英语复习讲练测：单元精练18 It was late in the afternoon. Several hundred villagers left their houses and gathered in the open air outside the village. They were staring __1__ at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with __2__ —beautiful and dangerous. The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had __3__ the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the __4__ side. But now one man was daring to try the __5__ route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy. For two days he had climbed.The village people had watched him __6__. Now they were waiting to see his __7__. If he planned to __8__ the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was __9__. A tiny green light __10__ high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people __11__. The next day he continued his way upward.He was so lonely and so __12__！ But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the __13__ light. In the morning, Bonatti __14__. He could not see the top, but he knew he was __15__ there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up. Bonatti had spent months __16__ for the climb.Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and __17__ to climb to the top? He was finally at the top! News about his __18__ was radioed to the world. The trip __19__ the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ __20__ ”， and would be well remembered as a climber of all time. 1．A.back　　　　　　　　　B．forward C．down D．up 【答案与解析】　D　the mountain top应在平地上的村民们的上方，故用up。 2．A.flowers B．ice and snow C．green trees D．rocks 【答案与解析】　B　从下文可以知道，很少有登攀者登临山顶，可见山峰很高，已不可能有花草树木；如若仅是rocks也并不beautiful，故应为 ice and snow，在阳光下闪闪发光，既美丽又危险。 3．A.watched B．passed C．reached D．climbed 【答案与解析】　C　登攀者曾使用南山坡的路线到达山顶。 4.A.western B．eastern C．southern D．northern 【答案与解析】　D　与 southern相对。 5．A.difficult B．diff