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单选题 [A] person [B] star [C] woman [D] man
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查上下文的逻辑。根据第二句话She is the most famous woman climber in the world…，此处应该选择star，表示“明星”。所以答案是[B]。
单选题 [A] with [B] by [C] without [D] from
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题可以根据常识来判断。通常，攀岩时人们都要借助绳索，而此处凯瑟琳却不用绳索，并因此而闻名于世。所以，答案是[C]。
单选题 [A] most [B] more [C] not [D] less
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。英文中，most often是个固定用语，表示“最经常”，所以答案是[A]。
单选题 [A] there [B] which [C] where [D] that
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查定语从句的关系副词。此空恪处需要一个关系副词，因为前面的先行词Chamonix是个地名，所以用where来引导。故答案是[C]。
单选题 [A] climb [B] climbing
[C] to climbing [D] being climbed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词的搭配。动词start的句型是start doing/to do sth.，所以此处应该用climbing。故答案是[B]。
单选题 [A] joined [B] would join [C] enjoyed [D] had enjoyed
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词形相近的动词的辨析。join表示“参加，加入”，而enjoy表示“喜欢，乐于”。此处表示“加入一个俱乐部”，所以应该用join。另外，本句应该是过去时态，所以答案是[A]。
单选题 [A] people [B] women [C] students [D] members
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是个固定搭配，members of the club/the club members表示“俱乐部会员”。所以答案是[D]。
单选题 [A] won [B] beat [C] caught [D] gained
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。win a competition表示“赢得比赛”。故[A]为正确答案。
单选题 [A] down [B] on [C] up [D] by
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是个常识性问题。本句话的意思是“三年前，她找到了一条登上德鲁山的新路线”，所以此处应该用up。故答案是[C]。
单选题 [A] spends [B] spent [C] takes [D] took
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查近义词的辨析和用法。本句句意是“此次登山用了11天，其中四天雪下得太大她根本无法行走”。take表示“花费、用去时间”，其主语是物。而spend的主语必须是人。因此，此题选[D]。
单选题 [A] big [B] loud [C] heavy [D] serious
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定表达法：英语中，要形容雨、雪下得大，要用heavy。heavy snow的意思是“大雪”，heavy rain的意思是“大雨”。所以这里的答案是明确的，即[C]。
单选题 [A] go [B] follow [C] come [D] change
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查崮定表达法。follow one's route表示“沿着、循着某人的路线、足迹”，此处的follow表示“沿着”。所以答案是[B]。
单选题 [A] ask [B] doubt [C] care [D] wonder
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查固定搭配。ask sb. about sth. 表示“询问某人关于某事”。此外，参考下一句话，本句应该是人们对凯瑟琳的提问。所以答案是[A]。
单选题 [A] finding [B] touching [C] winning [D] moving
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对词义和句意的理解。此处，凯瑟琳解释她喜欢登山的理由，所以“喜欢触摸岩石”应该是符合句意的。故答案是[B]。
单选题 [A] after [B] when [C] before [D] as
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是个常识性问题。做好准备应该是在出发之前，所以此处应该填入before故答案是[C]。
单选题 [A] worry [B] worried [C]fail [D] failed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词的用法。参考上题的解析，做好了充分准备，所以“我从来不担心”或者“我从来不失败”都说得通，所以动词worry/fail都是不错的选择。但是，由于空格前面有了I'm never-…，此处不能用fail，而只能用worried(过去分词作形容同用)。故[B]为正确答案。
单选题 [A] as [B] while [C] without [D] like
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查句子结构。由于空格后是个动名词短语，所以此处应该填入一个介词，而不是连词。英文中，like可以用作介词，表示“像，如”所以答案是[D]。
单选题 [A] next [B] second [C] other [D] last
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查行文逻辑。根据上下文，我们知道本句话的意思应该是“她要攀登的下一座山是在巴基斯坦”。所以此处答案是[A]。
单选题 [A] an [B] the [C] a [D]/
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查不定冠词的用法。由于此处是第一次提到这个美国的登山者，所以用不定冠词an。故答案为[A]。
单选题 [A] that [B] whom [C] what [D] who
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查定语从句的关系代词。由于此处的定语从句是来修饰某个人，而且关系代词在从句中作主语，所以用who。故答案是[D]。