44. A. unnecessary　　　 B. practical　　　 C. important　　　 D. impossible

43. A. by mistake　　　 B. by chance　　 C. by chance　　　 D. by luck

42. A. damage　　　　 B. storm　　　　 C. change　　　　 D. trouble

41. A. lay　　　　　　 B. settled　　　　 C. went　　　　　 D. looked

40. A. fortune　　　　　 B. time　　　　 C. health　　　　 D. life

39. A. unwillingly　　　 B. safely　　　　 C. slowly　　　　 D. regretfully

38. A. climbed　　　　 B. worked　　　 C. rested　　 .　　 D. continued

37. A. difficult　　　　 B. similar　　　 C. special　　　　 D. normal

36. A. hurriedly　　　　 B. carefully　　 .C. successfully　　 D. early

2.She had just been adopted by a family in town who decided that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with american kids.

[翻译]她被一个城里的家庭收养，这家人决定了解美国生活方式最好的方法就是和美国孩子在一起。

[分析]本句中的定语从句who decided that the best way for her to learn American ways of life was to be with american kids修饰先行词a family；后面定语从句的表语是不定式to be with american kids.表示具体的动作或者行为。

三（2014大纲卷）

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top _36 _, but on their way back conditions were very _37__. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _38__ alone, he would probably get back _39__. But Simon decided to risk his __40__ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.

As they __41__ down, the weather got worse. Then another __42___ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, __43__, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was ___44__ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _45__ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. __46__, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to __47___. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe __48___ into a large crevasse（裂缝）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he __49__ to get out of the crevasse and started to __50__ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers __51___.

Simon had _52__ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be __53__, but he didn’t want to leave __54__. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t __55__ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.