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二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The Sled(雪橇) Dog Race was about to begin. Susan’s team of dogs was lined up at the starting gate. Susan stood behind them. 16 teams were lined up, too, and the dogs were excited. Susan kept her 17 on the clock. At exactly ten o’clock, she and the other racers yelled, Mush! The dogs knew that meant 18 ! They ran forward and the race began! Susan had trained months for this race, and she hoped she and her dogs would win. Day after day, Susan’s dogs 19 the sled in order to get ready for the race. Now, they ran over snowy hills and 20 into deep valleys. They stopped only to rest and eat. The racers had to go a thousand miles across Alaska. Alaska is one of the 21 places on Earth. The dogs’ thick fur coats helped keep them warm. In many places along the route, the snow was deep. Pieces of ice were as 22 as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs’ feet. To keep that from happening, Susan had put special boots on their feet. At first, the dogs seemed to pull the sled very slowly. They were 23 getting used to the race. On the third day, they began to pull more quickly. They worked as a 24 and passed many of the other racers. Once, one of the dogs dropped into a hole and the sled 25 . Susan could have given up then, but she didnt. She fixed it and they kept going. When they finally reached the finish line, they found out that they had come in first place! 16. A. Others 17. A. eyes 18. A. Act 19. A. pushed 20. A. down 21. A. wettest 22. A. strong 23. A. almost 24. A. family 25. A. failed B. The others B. hands B. Go B. carried B. up B. highest B. hard B. already B. team B. died C. The other C. head C. Walk C. pulled C. around C. lowest C. sharp C. yet C. class C. broke D. Another D. arms D. Jump D. drove D. below D. coldest D. thick D. still D. queue D. disappeared 三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A We use alarm clocks every day in ord