2016年高考英语真题+模拟新题分类汇编：B单元 完形填空

2016 年高考英语真题+模拟新题分类汇编： B 单元 空 B1 记叙文 完形填 B1[2016· 北京卷] 阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选 项。 A race against death It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow. On the 20th of that month, Dr Welch __36__ 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 __37__ if it struck the town. Dr Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. __38__， the closest supply was over 1，000 miles away, in Anchorage. How could the medicine get to Nome? The town's __39__ was already full of ice, so it couldn't come by ship. Cars and horses couldn't travel on the __40__ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn't exist yet. __41__ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were __42__. Nome's town officials came up with a(n) __43__. They would have the medicine sent by __44__ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled( 狗 拉 雪 橇 ) drivers—known as “mushers”—would __45__ it to Nome in a relay(接力). The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __46__ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon's face was black from the extreme cold. On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __47__ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __48__ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ic