阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 ______,but on their way back conditions were very _____.Joe fell and broke his leg.They both knew that if Simon ______ alone,he would probably get back ______.But Simon decided to risk his _____ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.
As they _____ down,the weather got worse.Then another ______ occurred.They couldn’t see or hear each other and,_____,Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(绝壁).It was ______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up.Joe’s _____ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice.______,after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold,Simon had to ______.In tears,he cut the rope.Joe ______ 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 _____ to get out of the crevasse and started to ______ towards their camp,nearly ten kilometers ______.
Simon had ___ the camp at the foot of the mountain.He thought that Joe must be _____,but he didn’t want to leave ______.Three days later,in the middle of the night,he heard Joe’s voice.He couldn’t ______ it.Joe was there,a few meters from their tent,still alive.
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