2013届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集(十九)
完形填空
As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring 36 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered wi th ice and snow beautiful and 37 .
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. The mountain climbers had 38 the top,using the southern route(路线). But no one had ever 39 to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the 40 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had 41 him anxiously. Now they were waiting to see his 42 . If he planned to 43 the next day,he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was turning.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up!The people 45 .
The next day he 46 his way upward. He was so lonely and so 47 !But he would not give up. Again that