第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。

　　I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. One day, I fell down for no ____41___reason. I saw many different specialists and was finally diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (MD).

　　It was a very difficult time. I had no idea what life was going to___42____at me and I was scared. By my late 30s it was____43___and I had transitioned (转变) from a walking stick to a wheelchair. I wanted to be master of my own____44___, so I had to recognize my___45____and play to my weaknesses. What I wanted to make____46___was a trip to the north pole.

　　People with MD feel the cold. So why did I want to go to one of the most extreme, cold and ____47___places on Earth? I'd read about Chris Cope, who wanted to go to the north pole to raise money for MD, and it had____48___my adventurous spirit: I wanted to raise awareness about the ___49____, but I also wanted to find out what I was capable of. I'm very____50___.

　　In the two years it had taken to organize the expedition, my muscles had worsened but we ___51____regardless. The unpleasant life coaching and cold training helped me to___52____how my body would behave in extreme cold, which made me aware of what to____53___.

　　I had an amazing team around me, ___54____ the four different flights we took to get to the inner Arctic ice shelf were nevertheless discouraging. While we were on the ice the runway____55___ and we had to wait for it to refreeze. ____56___we reached the north pole, I was bitterly cold, exhausted and a complete___57____. I was on the ice for the best part of three long days, then____58___ the final 350m. The expedition raised £50,000 for____59___.

MD is slowly destroying my life but I have chosen to fill it with____60___and I live life to the full.

41. A. apparent B. adequate C. sound D. major

42. A. yell B. throw C. target D. direct

43. A. modest B. initial C. advanced D. minor

44. A. disease B. business C. fortune D. fate

45. A. privileges B. strengths C. achievements D. commitments

46. A. differ B. work C. happen D. count

47. A. autonomous B. mysterious C. fantastic D. inaccessible

48. A. referred to B. belonged to C. applied to D. appealed to

49. A. significance B. conservation C. condition D. ambition

50. A. competitive B. delicate C. ridiculous D. trustworthy

51. A. pulled out B. took off C. pressed on D. hung about

52. A. clarify B. illustrate C. stress D. assess

53. A. value B. expect C. require D. forgive

54. A. though B. but C. so D. as

55. A. floated B. split C. disappeared D. twisted

56. A. Because B. Unless C. Once D. Before

57. A. pride B. failure C. mess D. envy

58. A. ran B. climbed C. walked D. rolled

59. A. treatment B. ecology C. charity D. training

60. A. responsibilities B. imaginations C. recreations D. experiences