(2016·北京卷·完形填空)
话题:救援 词数:433 W 难度:★★★
A Race Against Death
①It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
②On the 20th of that month, Dr.Welch examined 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 helpless if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible (to stop other kids from getting sick). However, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.
③How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s harbor was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the snowy roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.
④ By January 26,Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were sick. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n) plan. They would have the medicine sent by rail from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as“mushers”—would carry it to Nome in a relay(接力).
⑤The race began on January 27.The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. When he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.
⑥On January 31,a musher (named Seppala) had to
cross a frozen body of water (called Norton Sound). It was the most dangerous 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 die ,and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.⑦A huge snowstorm hit on February 1.A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his way . 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 find the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground,( trying 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 run .He had found the trail.
⑧At 5:30 am on February 2,Kaasen and his dogs arrived in Nome. Within minutes, Dr.Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.
Nome had been saved.
2016年北京高考英语完形填空
本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了在阿拉斯加的一个小村庄Nome被冰雪覆盖的时候，一名医生诊断一个小男孩感染了致命的传染性疾病，在水路不通的情况下，村庄的赶雪橇的人们通过雪橇接力，把药品运到村子，拯救了整个村庄的故事。
A Race Against Death
与死神的赛跑 (生死时速)
①1925年，北阿拉斯加的一个寒冷的一月。由于大雪的原因，这个镇子与世隔绝
②在那个月也就是一月的20号，Welch医生检查了一个生病的小男孩，了解到他得了白喉，一种致命的传染性疾病，主要感染者为小孩。Nome的小孩们会很无助，如果这种疾病侵袭这个小镇的话。Welch医生急需药品来防止其他的孩子们感染这种疾病。然而，最近的供给点在1000多英里远的安克雷奇。
③药品要如何才能到到Nome呢？这个镇子的港口已经到处都是冰，因此乘船是无法到达的。汽车和马匹在雪路上不能通行。喷气飞机和大型货车在那是还没出现。
④在1月26日以前，比利和其它三个小孩去世了。又有20个小孩病了。Nome的官员提出一个计划。药品可以被铁路从安克雷奇派送到尼呐呐，然后由赶狗拉雪橇的人用雪橇接力带着它，运到Nome.
⑤这个争分夺秒的行程在1月27日开始了。第一个赶狗拉雪橇的人，Shannon，在尼呐呐的一辆货车上接来药品，连夜赶路。当他把这些药品交给第二个赶狗拉雪橇的人，Shannon的脸都因为极度的寒冷冻紫了。
⑥在一月31日，一个名叫Seppala的赶狗拉雪橇的人必须经过一个结冰的水湾，名叫诺顿湾。诺顿湾是这次行程最危险的部分。水湾被冰覆盖，这些冰可能没有任何预兆就破裂。如果冰真的破裂了，那么赛普拉就会掉入冰冷的水中。他会死掉，那么Nome生病的孩子们也会死掉，但是赛普拉安全的穿过了这个水湾。
⑦在2月1日，一场严重的暴风雪侵袭了这个地区。名叫卡森的赶雪橇的人不得不勇敢的面对这场暴风雪。一度，成堆的雪封堵了他的路。因此为了绕过这些雪堆，他不得不脱离雪橇痕迹。可情况非常糟糕以至于他不可能再找到雪橇痕迹。唯一的希望就寄托到Balto,卡森的领头狗身上。Balto用鼻子在地上嗅，努力找到其它的狗留下来的痕迹。如果Balto失败了，也就是没能找到路，那对Nome就意味着灾难。时间一点点过去了，突然间Balto开始跑起来，它找到了雪橇痕迹，也就是找到了通往目的地的路。
⑧在2月2日的早上5点半，卡森和他的狗到达了Nome. 很快，Welch医生就拿到了药。他立刻把药用在了生病的孩子们身上。孩子们都痊愈了。Nome 得救了。
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