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A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch   41   a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be   42   if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.   43  , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s   44   was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the   45   roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

  46   January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were   47  . Nome’s town officials came up with a(n)   48  . They would have the medicine sent by   49   from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(*拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would   50   it to Nome in a relay(接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.   51   he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black

from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to   52   a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most   53   part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would   54  , and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

   A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his   55  . He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹)to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to   56   the trail again. The only hope was Balto,

Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground,   57   to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to   58  . He had found the trail.

   At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog   59   in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

   Nome had been  60  .

41. A. examined            B. warned                     C. interviewed               D. cured

42. A. harmless          B. helpless                   C. fearless                  D. careless

43. A. Moreover          B. Therefore                C. Otherwise             D. However

44. A. airport             B. station                    C. harbor                    D. border

45. A. narrow              B. snowy                    C. busy                     D. dirty

46. A. From                      B. On                         C. By                         D. After

47. A. tired                  B. upset                      C. pale                       D. sick

48. A. plan                 B. excuse                    C. message                 D. topic

49. A. air                    B. rail                         C. sea                               D. road

50. A. carry               B. return                     C. mail                       D. give

51. A. Though             B. Since                      C. When                     D. If

52. A. enter                 B. move                      C. visit                       D. cross

53. A. shameful           B. boring                     C. dangerous             D. foolish

54. A. escape               B. bleed                      C. swim                     D. die

55. A. memory            B. exit                         C. way                      D. destination

56. A. find                   B. fix                          C. pass                      D. change

57. A. pretending                B. trying                     C. asking                    D. learning

58. A. run                   B. leave                       C. bite                        D. play

59. A. gathered            B. stayed                     C. camped                  D. arrived

60. A. controlled          B. saved                      C. founded                D. developed

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41—45 ABDCB   46—50CDABA      51—55  CDCDC       56--60 ABADB

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