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题组层级快练(三十八) Ⅰ.完形填空 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 water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he ___14___ to get out of the crevasse and started to ___15___ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers ___16___. Simon had ___17___ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be ___18___, but he didn’t want to leave ___19___. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t ___20___ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive. | 
