第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 26 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps around the ring. The 27 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I 28 it. You could hear the faint 29 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was 30 because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 31 and I was able to 32 what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it 33 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step 34 the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be 35 to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit.
She tried to 36 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run. 37 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he 38 . It really made the 39 seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was 40 . I had 41 in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have 42 her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot 43 . As all of this happened I watched my sister’s face transform (变形) through many different 44 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.
As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life 45 he saved my sister’s.
26.A. picking B. warming C. catching D. setting
27.A. bitterly B. hardly C. gently D. perfectly
28.A. challenged B. witnessed C. enjoyed D. hated
29.A. ceremony B. tradition C. victory D. laughter
30.A. windy B. bright C. dark D. cloudy
31.A. quiet B. quality C. impression D.significance
32.A. rely on B. focus on C. insist on D. put on
33.A. let out B. held on C. participated in D.took place
34.A. close to B. out of C. into D. towards
35.A. able B. frightened C. content D. proud
36.A. evaluate B. worry C. scream D. escape
37.A. Accidentally B. Normally C. Generally D. Somehow
38.A. sped up B. rose up C. broke down D. wore out
39.A. moment B. contest C. comment D.technique
40.A. advancing B. breathing C. concluding D. dreaming
41.A. that B. none C. neither D. it
42.A. hit B. recognized C. missed D. acknowledged
43.A. how B. what C. when D. why
44.A. actions B. emotions C. attitudes D. thoughts
45.A. if B. because C. as if D. so that
