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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，共20分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中．选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year. I heard about the Himalayas and the melting of the ice because of climate change. I
decided to do a 36 swim underneath Mt. Everest, the highest mountain on this earth.
When we got up to the small lake undemeath the summit of Mt. Everest, I prepared myself
in 37 ways. I put on my iPod,listened to some music, got myself as 38 as possible and
then I 39 myself into that water.
I swam as 40 as I could for the first hundred meters. Afterwards I 41 the huge
problem on my hands. My fingers were 42 the size of sausages because——you know, we're made partially of water——when water freezes it 43 . I then could barely breathe, began to 44 and even threw up in the water. It all happened so quickly. I don't know why, but I went 45 .Luckily, the water was quite shallow, and I was able to push myself 46 the bottom of the lake.
I've heard it said that drowning is the most 47 death you can have. l have never, ever heard such nonsense.
In our camp, I 48 about what had gone wrong there on Mt. Everest with my crew. My team just gave it to me 49 . "Lewis, you need to have a complete 50 if you want to 51 it.We want you to take some time to rest and think about things instead of swimming fast and remember. never ever swim with aggression. Every single thing you've leamed in the past 23 years of swimming, you must 52 . And also the every single thing you leamed when you were 53 inthe British army, about speed and aggression. This is the time to swim with real 54 ."
I can't tell how good and 55 I felt when I swam to the other side two days later. But I leamed a very. very important lesson there on Mt. Everest: just because something worked in the
past so well, it doesn't mean it's going to work in the future.
36. A. passionate B . symbolic C. creative D. remarkable
37. A. different B. simple C. common D. usual
38. A. aggressive B. optimistic C. protective D. energetic
39.A. put B. threw C. walked D. tried
40. A. carefully B. quickly C. slowly D. deeply
41. A. realized B. touched C. solved D. caused
42. A. hardly B. exactly C. mostly D. likely
43.A. freezes B. swells C. expands D. squeezes
44. A. choke B. weep C. swallow D. drink
45. A. underwater B. floating C. ahead D. slower
46. A. towards B. at C. off D. from
47. A. regretful B. helpful C. merciful D. peaceful
48. A. debated B. complained C. worried D. talked
49. A. fast B. straight C. direct D. forward
50. A. leaming B. shift C. preparation D. understanding
51.A. use B. take C. make D. keep
52. A. remember B. insist C. exploit D. forget
53 . A. swimming B. serving C. training D. fighting
54. A. respect B. intelligence C. imagination D. ambition
55. A. hopeful B. skillful C. painful D. thankful
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