Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):

On March 28 Richard’s other workmates were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica (南极洲), but Richard would have to stay and work at the base camp（探险营地）. He stood o1. the small house and shook hands with the men who were leaving.

‘I don’t like leaving you here alone.’ Peter said. ‘I’ll be OK.’ Richard r2.. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would record the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel (燃料) in the little house. He felt sure n3. would go wrong.

But something did go wrong. Richard burned the fuel for heat, but the fumes (有毒气体) didn’t leave the house. Slowly he was poisoned (中毒). On May 31 he broke down. When he came to（苏醒）, he made h4.into the sleeping bag. Three days later he knew it was Sunday. The men thought of his radio message. Richard moved hard out of bed and made the call. He didn’t want the men to know how sick he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.

By will-power, Richard stayed alive. He was quite weak and was hardly a5.to walk. But he tried to do the basics. He cooked food and had a simple m6.. He took notes of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men guessed that something was wrong. Most of the time, Richard’s messages made no answer.

On August 11 Peter and two others reached the base camp. They hardly recognized (认出) Richard. He was very thin and looked terrible. Richard greeted them and then fell to the ground. The men arrived in time. They saved Richard. After two months of care, he felt b7.. He and his men worked together again.

Answer 1