Having passed what I considered the worst obstacle, our spirits 1 .We made towards the left of the cliff,swheresthe going was better, though 2 steeper.Here we found 3 snow, as most of it seemed 4 blown off themountain.There was no 5 of the mountains in the distance because clouds were forming all around us.

　　About 1 o'clock a storm 6 suddenly.We ought to have noticed its approach but we were concentrating 7 cutting steps, and before we had time to do anything, we were 8 by snow.We could not move up or down and had to wait motionless, getting colder and colder. 9 my hood (兜帽)，my nose and cheeks were frostbitten and I dared not 10 a hand out of my glove to warm them.

　　After two hours of this, I realized I would have to do something to avoid being frozing 11 death.We stood from time to time through the mist, and I had 12 the outline of a dark buttress (扶垛) just above us; to descend in this wind was out of the 13 ; our only hope was to 14 up to this buttress, and dig out a platform 15 we could put up our tent.

　　We climbed to this place and started to cut away the ice.At first my companion seemed to regard the situation 16 hopeless but gradually the wind 17 and he cheered up.At last we had made a platform big enough to 18 the tent, and we did this as best as we could.We 19sintosour sleeping bags and 20 asleep, feeling that we were lucky to be still alive.

　　1.A.rose B.raise C.arose D.aroused

　　2.A.quite B.fairly C.rather D.hardly

　　3.A.few B.rare C.little D.Tiny

　　4.A.it had B.to have been C.it was D.to be

　　5.A.view B.vision C.spectacle D.outlook

　　6.A.went up B.sped up C.grew up D.came up

　　7.A.to B.for C.on D.with

　　8.A.blind B.deafened C.unsighted D.unseen

　　9.A.Nevertheless B.However C.Despite D.With

　　10.A.stretch B.bring C.take D.pick

　　11.A.of B.for C.to D.in

　　12.A.made out B.seen through C.looked to D.figured out

　　13.A.point B.question C.reach D.touch

　　14.A.slide B.slip C.stagger D.clime

　　15.A.in which B.on which C.by which D.with which

　　16.A.for B.to be C.as D.like

　　17.A.blew down B.moved C.died away D.relaxed

　　18.A.put B.pitch C.make D.strike

　　19.A.crawled B.crashed C.leapt D.jumped

　　20.A.went B.fell C.became D.grew

　　Cloze Test 35

　　1.【答案】A

　　【解析】rise为不及物动词，在此表示“(精神情绪等)高涨”；raise为及物动词，表示“举起，抬高”；发生出现；arose为arise的过去式，为不及物动词，表示“发生，出现”；arouse用作及物动词，表示“唤醒，唤起”；因而选D。

　　2.【答案】C

　　【解析】quite, fairly和rather都是表示“相当”的程度副词,但只有rather能修饰形容词比较级, quite和fairly不能这样使用,因而答案选C。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】little修饰不可数名词，表达“几乎没有雪”的意思。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】to have been blown为不定式的完成式，此动作发生在found之前，因而答案选B。

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】view意为“视野，视域”；vision意为“远见，想象力”；spectacle意为“景象，光景”；outlook意为“景象，前景”。只有A正确。

　　6.【答案】D

　　【解析】come up的意思是“出现，发生”。

　　7.【答案】C

　　【解析】concentrate on sth.是固定搭配，“集中精力做什么”。

　　8.【答案】A

　　【解析】blind为及物动词，表示“使看不见”；而unsighted和unseen均为形容词,不可选用，因而答案选A。

　　9.【答案】C

　　【解析】句子的意思是“尽管戴着兜帽”，所以应选despite这个词。

　　10.【答案】C

　　【解析】take…out of的意思是“从……拿出来”。

　　11.【答案】C

　　【解析】to的意思是“趋于，倾向，至某种状态”。如：move to tears.

　　12.【答案】A

　　【解析】make out的意思是“辨别出，辨认出”。

　　13.【答案】B

　　【解析】out of the question是固定短语，意为“不可能”。

　　14.【答案】D

　　【解析】答案根据句子意思判断。

　　15.【答案】B

　　【解析】介宾结构，which代替a platform.实际上是Put up our tent on a platform.

　　16.【答案】C

　　【解析】regard…as…是固定短语，意为“把……视为”。

　　17.【答案】C

　　【解析】die away的意思是“消退”。

　　18.【答案】B

　　【解析】pitch的意思是“搭(帐蓬)，扎(营)”。

　　19.【答案】A

　　【解析】根据句子意思, crawlsintosour sleeping bags,指钻进睡袋。

　　20.【答案】B

　　【解析】fell asleep是“睡着”的表达方式