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ntil next week, we won’t be so busy.A. since B. when C. while D. that( ) ’s so cold, I think I will have a cup of hot coffee a cold drink.A. than B. no more than C. rather than D. more than二、完形填空(,共30分)In June 1985, two British mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates made the firstever climb of the 21,000foot snowcovered Siula Grande mountain in Peru. It was an exceptionally 21 job, but nothing pared to what was to 22 . Early in the process, Simpson 23 and broke his right knee. Yates could have 24 him but managed to find a way of 25 him down the mountains on a rope in a series of difficult drops. Then Simpson fell into a crevasse(裂縫) and Yates eventually had no 26 but to cut the 27 , pletely convinced that his friend was now 28 .In his book on the 29 ,Joe Simpson wrote:30 I looked at the distant moraines(冰磧), I know that I must at least try I would probably 31 there among those rocks. If I died, well, that wasn’t so 32 , but I wouldn’t have 33 waited for it to happen. The 34 of dying no longer affected me as it had in the crevasse at first. I now had a chance to 35 it and struggle against it.The survival of Yates himself was 36 . That Simpson somehow found a way of 37 out of the crevasse after 12 hours and then crawled(爬行)and 38 himself six miles back to camp, 39 three days and might without food or drink, would be considered as a heroic fiction. But in fact it was so 40 .( ) 21. A. tough B. good C. easy D. new( ) 22. A. be came B. end C. e D. change( ) 23. A. bent B. fell C. raised D. survived( ) 24. A. helped B. saved C. pulled D. abandoned( ) 25. A. throwing B. turning C. lowering D. setting( ) 26. A. idea B. hope C. choice D. chance( ) 27. A. rope B. wire C. finger D. tree( ) 28. A. safe B. dead C. alive D. hurt( ) 29. A. person B. partner C. mountain D. climb( ) 30. A. Before B. Unless C. As D. If( ) 31. A. stick out B. hold out C. hang out D. die out( ) 32. A. happy B. great C. funny D. surprising( ) 33. A. ever B. just C. almost D. never( ) 34. A. horror B. dream C. picture D. imagination( ) 35. A. face B. defeat C. solve D. consider( ) 36. A. mon B. evident C. extraordinary D. lucky( ) 37. A. running B. walking C. climbing D. escaping( ) 38. A. brought B. pushe