A traveler was in a large desert, planning to walk across it in one month. Twenty more days passed. the journey had been going on 41 . “Soon I'll be able to walk out of this desert”, he thought gladly.
But the desert was never friendly 42 travelers. In a short time, there came a strong sandstorm. He hurriedly 43 his head with the clothes, prostrate on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm 44. He shook the clothes and stood up. At that moment, he found himself in a hopeless situation — the backpack with food and water was swept away by the 45 .
As we know, it seems 46 to leave the desert without food and water. 47 he had a pear left. He held it in his hands lightly. ^{, (}Not too bad. at least I have a pear. I 48  I can walk out of the desert.
Days and nights went by quickly, but the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirst and fear of 49 were always around him like ghosts. 50 each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been51. "Not too bad, at least I have a pear. ”
A small pear became the 52 for his survival (生存). Three days later. 53  he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He fell completely relaxed—the “pear”  brought him back to 54.
To keep hope is the best weapon(武器 ) for victory. so never tell you 55 left" because only if you try to search, you can always find a'' pear'' to pull you out of trouble.
41. A. well B. badly C. terribly D. heavily
42. A. at B. on C. to D. by
43. A. played B. beat C. filled D. covered
44. A. began B. stopped      C. hid         D. continued
45. A. snow B. desert       C . sandstorm    D. smoke
46. A. right     B. impossible     C. safe      D. important
47. A. Carefully     B. Easily      C. Sadly    D. Luckily
48. A. believe    B. wonder      C. remember    D. advise
49. A. death     B. pain     C. illness    D. sand
50. A. Also     B. And      C. Or     D. However
51. A. smelling     B. eating     C. keeping     D. imagining
52. A. hope    B. rule     C. question     D. plan
53. A. as long as      B. even if      C. so that     D. as soon as
54. A. danger       B. steep        C. life      D. mind
55. A. anything     B. nothing      C. something     D. everything

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【主旨大意】本文是一篇叙事文。讲述的是一个人独自穿越沙漠，开始时相较顺利，然而途中遭遇沙尘暴，最终凭借着一颗梨存活下来的故事。
41.A  考查副词。根据后面的他自己说道Soon I’ll be able to walk out of this desert 可知旅程一直比较顺利，只有well表示好。因此答案选A。