2014年全国卷2完形填空第43空解析：为啥选D不选A?

2014全国卷2

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 ____41___, but on their way back conditions were very ___42____. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon ___43____ alone, he would probably get back ___44____. But Simon decided to risk his ___45____ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.

As they ____46___ down, the weather got worse. Then another __47_____ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, ___48____, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was ____49___ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _____50__ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. ___51____, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to ___52____. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe ___53____ 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 ___54____ to get out of the crevasse and started to ___55____ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers ___56____.

Simon had ___57____ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be ____58___, but he didn’t want to leave ___59____. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t ___60____ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

41．A．hurriedly B．carefully C．successfully D．early

42. A．difficult B．similar C．special D. normal

43. A．climbed B．worked C．rested D. continued

44. A．unwillingly B．safely C．slowly D. regretfully

45. A．fortune B．time C．health D. life

46. A．lay B．settled C．went D．looked

47. A．damage B．storm C．change D. trouble

48. A．by mistake B．by chance C．by choice D. by luck

49. A．unnecessary B．practical C．important D．impossible

50. A．height B．weight C．strength D．equipment

51. A．Finally B．Patiently C．Surely D．Quickly

52. A．stand back B．take a rest

C．make a decision D．hold on

53. A．jumped B．fell C．escaped D．backed

54. A．managed B．planned C．waited D．hoped

55. A．run B．skate C．move D．march

56. A．around B．away C．above D．along

57. A．headed for B．traveled to C．left for D．returned to

58. A．dead B．hurt C．weak D．late

59. A．secretly B．tiredly C． immediately D．anxiously

60. A．find B．believe C．make D．accept

这是一篇记叙文，讲述Joe 和Simon成功登顶后返回途中的惊险遭遇。好在有惊无险，两人最终脱离困境，安全回归。

答案：41---45 CADBD 46----50 CDACB

51----55 ACBAC 56----60 BDACB

整篇文章看下来，难度并不大。唯独第43个空，选错的比例很大。更多的学生倾向于选择

A. climbed，而不是选择D.continued。那如何解析呢？

其实要注意的是英语考试中答案的选择有别于数学或物理的非黑即白（正确答案），英语选择题一向要求选“最佳选项”，而不是“正确答案”。这就意味着如果最佳选项不存在，那么其他说得通的选项也是可以的。

回过头来看看第43个空的这道题。They both knew that if Simon ___43____ alone, he would

probably get back ___44____.他们俩都知道如果Simon独自一人（ ），他就很有可能安全返回。

选择D.continued的依据是：前面已经说到他俩在返回途中了，突然Joe摔了一跤，摔断了腿。那这个时候他俩必然要停下来，而continued表示停顿后继续之前的动作，故为正确答案。

A.climbed可以表示go up,即“向上攀爬”的意思，这个意思当然在此处不通。除此之外，还可以表示“吃力地向某处爬”，选A选项的学生正是理解了这点，但问题在于"往下爬”通常用到的表达是climb down。

最后总结一下: 完形填空选最佳答案时，如果在两个选项中纠结，难以决断，那么一定要在文章去找线索和依据，哪个选项能在文中找到对应的线索和依据，哪个选项即为最佳选项。