完形填空2014新题赏析
主讲教师：麻雪玲 北京市英语教师
本讲目标
新题赏析
题一：
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 21 , but on their way back conditions were very 22 . Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 23 alone, he would probably get back 24 . But Simon decided to risk his 25 and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(绳).
As they 26 down, the weather got worse. Then another 27 occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, 28 , Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice (峭壁). It was 29 for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s 30 was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. 31 , after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to 32 . In tears, he cut the rope. Joe 33 into a large crevasse（裂缝） in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he 34 to get out of the crevasse and started to 35 towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers 36 .
