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As usual, it was always cold during the days. Hibury was cut off from the rest of the world because of heavy snow.

  It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off on the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch  41 a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(傳染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Hibury would be  42  if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.  43 , the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

  How could the medicine get to Hibury? The town’s  44  was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the  45 roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

  __46  January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were  47 Hibury’s town officials came up with a(n)  48  . They would have the medicine sent by  49  from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogeled(*拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”---would   50  it to Hibury 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.  51  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  52 a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most  __53 part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would  54  , and so would the sick children of HIbury. But Seppala made it across.

   A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point huge piles of snow blocked his  55  . He had to leave the trail(雪橇痕跡) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to  56  the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground,  57  to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Hibury. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to  58  . He had found the trail.

   At 5:30 a m. on February 2, Kaasen and his dog  59  in HIbury. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

   Hibury had been   60  .

41. A. examined    B. warned   C. interviewed   D. cured

42. A. harmless   B. helpless  C. fearless  D. careless

43. A. Moreover   B. Therefore   C. Otherwise   D. However

44. A. airport   B. station   C. harbor   D. border

45. A. narrow   B. snowy  C. busy  D. dirty

46. A. From  B. On   C. By   D. After

47. A. tired  B. upset  C. pale  D. sick

48. A. plan  B. excuse   C. message  D. topic

49. A. air  B. rail  C. sea  D. road

50. A. carry  B. return  C. mail  D. give

51. A. Though   B. Since   C. When  D. If

52. A. enter  B. move  C. visit  D. cross

53. A. shameful   B. boring   C. dangerous  D. foolish

54. A. escape   B. bleed  C. swim   D. die

55. A. memory  B. exit  C. way   D. destination

56. A. find   B. fix  C. pass   D. change

57. A. pretending   B. trying   C. asking  D. learning

58. A. run   B. leave   C. bite   D. play

59. A. gathered   B. stayed   C. camped   D. arrived

60. A. controlled   B. saved   C. founded   D. developed

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知識點：人物傳記 故事閲讀類

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