Gymnastics

　　The race began. Fred got off to a good   35   . But somewhere along the way, he made a   36   turn. He became lost in a wilderness of sand and rock－a lonely place   37  the temperature can   38  top 40 degrees centigrade!

　　A   39   party was organized, and planes were brought in. Soon the searchers began   40  something; Fred s motorcycle, foot prints in the sand, even his empty can.  41 they couldn’t find Fred.

　　The searchers could not   42   this. Why didn’t Fred try to signal (发信号) the airplanes above? Why didn’t he   43  marks for the searchers to follow? It was almost as if he didn’t   44 to be found. Twelve days after the race, the searchers found Fred’s body － And near it, they found his bright orange helmet (头盔)   45  under a small bush(树丛) . It seemed to be hidden so that  46  couldn’t be seen from the air.

　　Perhaps the searchers were right. Maybe Fred   47   want to be found. Why? Because he was a  48  man. He was trying to find his  49   way out of the desert. But he never  50   it. Fred Mundy had lost his race with time.

　　31.  A. enter         B. watch     C. help        D organize

　　[解析]enter有“参加”之意。B、C、D三项意思不符合题意。     答案：A

　　32. A. forest          B. meadow    C. desert     D. country

　　[解析]据前文所叙，应该是发生在沙漠荒地。     答案：C

　　33. A. defeat         B. enjoy    C. improve      D. win    答案：D

　　34. A. bottle             B. can     C. cup               D. mouthful

　　[解析]can 在此为名词，意为“罐”。    答案B

　　35. A. way      B. speed   C. position      D. start   答案：D

　　36. A. skillful            B. difficult   C. wrong             D. dangerous

　　[解析]后面说他迷路了，是由于这里拐弯出了差错。故应填C项。   答案：C

　　37. A. that       B. where   C. whose      D. when   答案：B

　　38. A. easily     B. hardly   C. mainly      D. fully

　　[解析]文中top为动词，意为“高达……”；根据句意是“很容易”达到40度以上。

　　 答案：A

　　39. A. race         B. helping    C. search      D. saving

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