2015年职称英语综合类A级阅读理解例题精讲(四)_职称英语阅读理解

2015年职称英语综合类A级阅读理解例题精讲(四)

　　I heard Toby, my partner on the mountain that day, shouting at me. I looked across, he was safe beneath an overhanging canopy of rock. I could not understand him. Then I felt a thump, and was tugged backwards and around it, as though somebody had clamped a heavy hand on my shoulder and turned me to face them. A rock had hit the lid of my rucksack.

　　I looked up again. A rock was heading down straight towards me. Instinctively, I leant backwards and arched my back out from the rock to try to protect my chest. What about my fingers, though, I thought: theyll be crushed flat if it hits them, and never get down. Then I heard a crack directly in front of me, and a tug at my trousers, and a yell from Toby. Are you all right? That went straight through you. The rock had passed through the hoop of my body, between my legs, missing me but snatching at my clothing as it went.

　　Toby and I spent the evening talking through the events of the morning: what if the big final stone hadnt leapt sideways, what if I had been knocked off, would you have held me, would I have pulled you off? A more experienced mountaineer would probably have thought nothing of it. I knew I would not forget it.