六、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
dark
.
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
dying
. I started to think about what I could do to end up faster. But I didn't want to be engulfed by quicksand. That would be the
worst
way to go.
An hour later, another beam of light
appeared
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
contacted
rescuers. And the other team members were an hour behind him.
When the three others
arrived
, 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
arm
as Tim wrapped a rope around my knees. The fourth rescuer worked the pulley. With each
pull
, it felt as if my legs were being cut off. Tim dug into the
sand
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
freed
. The rescuers drew me to the side of the canyon because I couldn't walk. I couldn't feel my legs. It was too dark and
snowy
for a plane to land, so they got me into a sleeping bag and gave me medicine. Then we
stayed
there for the night.
When I woke up at 6 a. m., snow
covered
the top of my sleeping bag, and snowflakes were still coming down. Around noon, the snow stopped, and the rescuers called in a plane.
My legs were swollen(肿胀的) to the size of my thigh(大腿),
but
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
die
. 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. wood 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