Unit 2 Robots learning about language课时作业

第一节

　　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top __1_____, but on their way back conditions were very ___2____. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon __3_____ alone, he would probably get back _4______. But Simon decided to risk his __5_____ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.

　　As they __6_____ down, the weather got worse. Then another ___7____ occurred. They couldn't see or hear each other and, ___8____, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was ___9____ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe's __10_____ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. ___11____, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to __12_____. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe __13_____ into a large crevasse（裂缝）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn't walk, but he __14_____ to get out of the crevasse and started to ___15____ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers __16_____.

　　Simon had ___17____ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be __18_____, but he didn't want to leave ___19____. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe's voice. He couldn't ___20____ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

1.A. hurriedly B. carefully .C. successfully D. early

2. A. difficult B. similar C. special D. normal

3. A. climbed B. worked C. rested . D. continued