五、完形填空。
I was tired. If my whole body ever did fall in, I'd never get out of the quicksand. It had been about five hours since Jess, my partner, left to ask for help. It was snowing heavily and it was getting ______1.
A few hours later, I saw a beam of light. I prayed it was a plane, but it was the moonlight shining over the canyon(峡谷)walls. I was all wet and knew I was ______2. I started to think about what I could do to end up faster. But I didn't want to be engulfed(吞没)by quicksand. That would be the ______3 way to go.
An hour later, another beam of light ______4 across my eyes. A flashlight! I shouted for help. A man shouted back as he ran to me. He said that his name was Tim and that Jess had ______5 rescuers. And the other team members were an hour behind him.
When the three others ______6, they set up a pulley(滑轮)system to pull me out, tying a strong rope around a stone. Two of the rescuers held me under each ______7 as Tim wrapped a rope around my knees. The fourth rescuer worked the pulley. With each ______8, it felt as if my legs were being cut off. Tim dug into the ______9 and got a hand around my legs and started pulling up. I felt a great pain, but I could feel my legs moving. “Keep going!” I shouted.
Pulling again and again, my legs were ______10. The rescuers drew me to the side of the canyon because I couldn't walk. I couldn't even feel my legs. It was too dark and ______11 for a plane to land, so they got me into a sleeping bag and gave me medicine. Then we ______12 there for the night.
When I woke up at 6 a. m., snow ______13 the top of my sleeping bag, and snowflakes were still coming down. Around noon, the snow stopped, and my rescuers called in a plane.
My legs were swollen(肿胀的)to the size of my thigh(大腿), ______14 when I got to the hospital, X-rays showed no fractures or breaks. I had sat in the quicksand for 12 hours and thought for sure I would ______15. But I didn't.
(
B
)1. A. hot
B. dark
C. warm
D. bright
(
A
)2. A. dying
B. lying
C. crying
D. calling
(
D
)3. A. easiest
B. best
C. fastest
D. worst
(
B
)4. A. failed
B. appeared
C. left
D. stopped
(
B
)5. A. taught
B. contacted
C. watched
D. helped
(
C
)6. A. stopped
B. left
C. arrived
D. talked
(
B
)7. A. leg
B. arm
C. eye
D. ear
(
A
)8. A. pull
B. push
C. drop
D. fall
(
C
)9. A. water
B. woods
C. sand
D. grass
(
D
)10. A. burnt
B. broken
C. hurt
D. freed
(
B
)11. A. cloudy
B. snowy
C. rainy
D. windy
(
B
)12. A. enjoyed
B. stayed
C. played
D. worked
(
A
)13. A. covered
B. hit
C. faced
D. reached
(
C
)14. A. or
B. so
C. but
D. and
(
D
)15. A. jump
B. live
C. rest
D. die
