2014届高考英语二轮专题测试精选：完形填空40.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题测试精选：完形填空 1.阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring 36 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 37 , beautiful and dangerous. The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 38 the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39 side. But now one man was daring to try the 40 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy. For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 41 . Now they were waiting to see his 42 . If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was 44 . A tiny green light 45 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 46 . The next day he 47 his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 48 light. In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was 49 there. 50 the climb was painful, he moved up. Bonatti had spent months 51 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 52 to climb to the top? He was finally at the top! News about his 53 was radioed to the world. The trip down the southern 54 was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the 55 , and would be well remembered as a climber of all time. 36. A. up B. down C. back D. forward 37. A. green trees B. flowers? C. rocks D. ice and snow 38. A. passed B. reached C. climbed? D. watched?? 39. A. eastern B. western C. northern D. southern? 40. A. different B. difficult C. easy D. same?? 41. A. anxiously B. carefully C. patiently D. eagerly 42. A. signal B. flag? C. face D. figure 43. A. go down B. come back C