通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
. G0 v9 M6 K6 ^& r9 h% f) R The goggled race(狗拉雪橇比赛) was about to begin. My team of dogs were lined up at the starting gate. I stood behind them. Other teams were __31__ up, too, and the dogs were excited. I kept her __32__ on the clock. At exactly ten o'clock, she and other racers shouted, " Mush!" The dogs knew that meant, " __33___!" They jumped forward and the __34___started!. m4 }' l/ c% x5 v7 u/ I8 p
Now, my team ran up and down over the snowy hills. They _35___ only to rest and eat. They wanted to stay ___36___ of the other teams. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the __37___places on Earth. The dogs' thick fur coats helped __38___them warm in the cold wind. In many places along the way, the snow was deep. Pieces of ice were as __39___ as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs' feet. To keep that from __40___, I had put special boots on their feet.
- o K6 w: D% |' L At first, the dogs seemed to __41___ the sled very slowly. They were __42___getting used to the race. But on the third day out, they began to run more __43___. They worked __44___a team and passed many of the other racers. Once, one of the sled's runners fell into a ho le and __45___. I could have given up then, but I didn't. I fixed it and they kept going.
3 q0 R y" _. u When they finally reached the finishing line, they found that they had come in first place! It was a great day for me and my dogs.
8 C# f: u, D7 p- b' ` ( )31. A. lined B. looked C. called D. picked; P+ u7 U8 C; X0 z, w5 Y0 z
( )32. A. runners B. hands C. dogs D. eyes
3 Q1 _: U% U) q( F/ M ( )33. A. Action B. Walk C. Hurry D. Go; ~) w. t% J3 w( k' Y0 s# Y
( )34. A. game B. race C. play D. test
8 H5 M3 Y: c. O) t ( )35. A. went B. ran C. stopped D. asked
' ?+ q1 B" m* _2 G+ `2 X, O% q ( ) 36. A. tired B. ahead C. afraid D. free* O0 G& `/ W8 W+ I
( )37. A. wettest B. highest C. coolest D. coldest( r- s {# _6 s# x- X9 p
( )38. A. keep B. make C. find D. leave
; k( F) M# d' a, H- O: v! N ( )39. A. strong B. hard C. thick . D. sharp
* j0 I- R, W1 J* R ( )40. A. coming B. hurting C. happening D. cutting. s, ^3 U& N% B6 t- B) ]- w
( )41. A. push B. pull C. walk D. drive
! b! x4 u, \3 Y8 V, u4 g' q" @9 r ( )42. A. still B. yet C. usually D. almost
/ Q/ r6 ^0 P* Z% G8 l( `+ ] ( )43. A. hardly B. happily C. quickly D. quietly
# ?3 d" e9 E; ` ( )44. A. as B. like C. for D. with
0 D, A" `' N+ t: f/ \8 _: O3 |) I ( )45. A. died B. failed C. broke D. disappeared
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