山西省太原市第五中学2017-2018学年高二3月第三周考试英语试题（3.19-3.23）

太原五中2017—2018学年度第二学期阶段性练习 高 二 英 语 命题、校对：李军 (2018.3.22) I. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 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 w