完形填空。
It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopping in Sydney. In the window of
a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock
1 in a canyon (峡谷). "That's
what I'm going to do next
2 ," I said. Suzanne laughed. "Sure, Mum! Don't forget you're 65 years old!"
I didn't feel I was that age! I
3 a club and trained weekly. Each day I felt my physical energy
4 and,
along with it, my confidence (信心). Then Suzanne pointed out, "Ws good, but how can you clear away
the
5 of height?" "I've got it all worked out," I replied bravely. "We're going to the indoor climbing centre."
While I was going up the high wall, I was afraid to look down as if a terrible animal was after me. Some
time later, as I reached the ground, I sat down
6 on the floor. Later that night, as I lay in bed, I encouraged
myself, "You had climbed the wall! You will certainly make it!"
We set off with our packages to the Grand Canyon. When we reached it, I found the canyon was a huge
black hole-far
7 than I had imagined. As the guide clipped (夹住) me onto the rope, my heart
8 double-time
and I wondered why I had got myself into this. Time lost all meaning
9 I pushed my body forward. Only
the strong rope kept me from
10 hope. I began to think it would never end when everyone had stopped. "This
is as far as we go, and we can climb out after a few steps," the guide said finally. Two and a half hours later,
we returned to the car park at last. I began to shake, one hard step after another.
Getting onto the bus, I
11 into the seat I had left so confidently a lifetime before. Then, while I was in the
seat catching my breath, a feeling of great happiness spread
12 me. I had done it, at 66 years of age.
( )1.A. side
( )2.A. week
( )3.A. joined
( )4.A. appear
( )5.A. sense
( )6.A. quickly
( )7.A. higher
( )8.A. hit
( )9.A. as
( )10.A. dropping
( )11.A. climbed
( )12.A. through |
B. top
B. month
B. found
B. change
B. idea
B. quietly
B. deeper
B. beat
B. since
B. forgetting
B. fell
B. around |
C. face
C. season
C. got
C. rise
C. fear
C. suddenly
C. longer
C. jumped
C. before
C. losing
C. stepped
C. from |
D. back
D. year
D. visited
D. increase
D. worry
D. heavily
D. lower
D. knocked
D. after
D. missing
D. sat
D. along |