2022届高考英语（译林版）总复习真题周练习题 (14).docVIP

精品 Word 可修改 欢迎下载 最新 精品 Word 欢迎下载 可修改 精品 Word 可修改 欢迎下载 Task 1：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 (2021·北京) A Race Against Death It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome，Alaska.The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow. On the 20th of that month，Dr.Welch __1__ a sick boy，Billy，and knew he had diphtheria，a deadly infectious(传染的)disease mainly affecting children.The children of Nome would be __2__ if it struck the town.Dr.Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.__3__，the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away，in Anchorage. How could the medicine get to Nome? The town's __4__ was already full of ice，so it couldn't come by ship.Cars and horses couldn't travel on the __5__ roads.Jet airplanes and big trucks didn't exist yet. __6__ January 26，Billy and three other children had died.Twenty more were __7__.Nome's town officials came up with a(n) __8__.They would have the medicine sent by __9__ from Anchorage to Nenana.From there，dogsled(狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”—would __10__ it to Nome in a relay(接力)． The race began on January 27.The first musher，Shannon，picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.__11__ he handed the medicine to the next musher，Shannon's face was black from the extreme cold. On January 31，a musher named Seppala had to __12__ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound.It was the most __13__ part of the journey.Norton Sound was covered with ice，which could sometimes break up without warning.If that happened，Seppala might fall into the icy water below.He would __14__，and so would the sick children of Nome.But Seppala made it across. A huge snowstorm hit on February 1.A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm.At one point，huge piles of snow blocked his __15__.He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹)to get around them.Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to __16__ the trail again.The only hope was Balto，Kaasen's lea