五、完形填空
About two hundred paragliders were in Australia to prepare for the World Championship. They included Ewa Wisnierska, a German paragliding champion. One morning, as the 1 were getting ready to take off, they noticed that a terrible storm was coming. However, they decided to 2. After all, these were the best paragliders in the world.
Unluckily, as the competitors took off, the weather quickly became 3. Ewa tried to get away from the storm, but two huge 4 came together and caught her.
The clouds pulled Ewa up inside the storm like a leaf in the 5. She flew higher and higher, with lightning and hailstones(冰雹) all around her. “I was 6,” she told reporters afterward. “The last thing I 7 was that it was dark. I could hear lightning all around me.” She 8 to about 10,000 metres high and then lost all her senses. At that height, the temperature was about -40℃.
After forty minutes, Ewa woke up. She was still inside the storm. It was dark and hailstones were 9 past. They were as big as tennis balls. Finally, Ewa came out of the storm cloud and 10 toward a small farm and landed 11. She fell to the ground, too 12 to call for help. When her team 13 her, she was 60 km away from the place where she took off. She was covered in ice—but alive!
Ewa was sent to a(n) 14 for treatment at once, but a few days later, she competed in the World Championship. “Flying is too fantastic to stop 15 an accident,” she said.
()1. A. runners B. competitors C. pilots D. winners
()2. A. get up B. turn on C. look up D. carry on
()3. A. colder B. cooler C. worse D. wetter
()4. A. storms B. clouds C. birds D. hands
()5. A. wind B. rain C. tree D. world
()6. A. shaking B. pulling C. dreaming D. smiling
()7. A. decide B. repeat C. consider D. remember
()8. A. guided B. drove C. returned D. rose
()9. A. flying B. walking C. crying D. pushing
()10. A. climbed B. ran C. headed D. swam
()11. A. comfortably B. safely C. sadly D. secretly
()12. A. proud B. nervous C. weak D. brave
()13. A. served B. caught C. visited D. reached
()14. A. hospital B. school C. hotel D. office
()15. A. next to B. according to C. because of D. instead of

1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C
11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.C

【分析】
首先通读全文把握主旨：本文讲述德国滑翔伞运动员Ewa参加世界锦标赛时遭遇风暴、惊险生还的故事。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等方法，逐一分析每个空的选项，排除不符合语境的答案，选出最恰当的选项。
【解析】
1. 考查名词辨析。前文提到“competitors（参赛者）”，此处指准备起飞的参赛选手，故选B。
2. 考查动词短语辨析。尽管有风暴，他们仍决定继续（carry on），符合语境，故选D。
3. 考查形容词辨析。起飞后天气变得更糟（worse），对应前文的风暴，故选C。
4. 考查名词辨析。结合后文“clouds”可知，是两朵云（clouds）裹挟了她，故选B。
5. 考查名词辨析。像风中（wind）的叶子一样被风暴卷走，符合语境，故选A。
6. 考查动词辨析。在风暴中Ewa在发抖（shaking），符合恐惧状态，故选A。
7. 考查动词辨析。她记得（remember）最后是天黑，对应后文描述，故选D。
8. 考查动词辨析。升到（rose）10000米高空，符合语境，故选D。
9. 考查动词辨析。冰雹飞过（flying），对应风暴场景，故选A。
10. 考查动词辨析。朝农场飞去（head toward），是固定搭配，故选C。
11. 考查副词辨析。安全（safely）降落，符合结果，故选B。
12. 考查形容词辨析。太虚弱（weak）而不能呼救，符合当时状态，故选C。
13. 考查动词辨析。她的团队到达（reached）她的位置，故选D。
14. 考查名词辨析。被送往医院（hospital）治疗，符合语境，故选A。
15. 考查短语辨析。因为（because of）事故不能停止飞行，符合句意，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.A 7.D 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.A 15.C
【知识点】
完形填空解题、词汇词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文是一篇记叙文，通过讲述Ewa遭遇风暴的惊险经历，既考查学生对英语词汇、短语的掌握，也检验语篇语境理解能力，是典型的完形填空练习题，有助于提升学生语篇分析和解题能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
lap

n. 一圈

【分析】对于单词lap，需结合常见词汇考点，明确其词性和核心词义。回忆lap的基础用法，作为名词时，有“（跑道的）一圈”的常用含义，属于基础词汇拓展内容，需准确对应词性和意思。
【解析】lap是英语基础词汇，本题考查其名词词性下的常用含义，即“（跑道的）一圈”，因此词性为名词，中文意思是一圈。
【答案】n. 一圈
【知识点】英语词汇（词性与词义）
【点评】本题属于英语基础词汇的拓展练习，考查常见单词lap的核心词性和词义，是英语学习中词汇积累的基础内容，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.9