完形填空。 It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopp
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a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock 1 in a canyon (峡谷). "That"s
what I"m going to do next 2 ," I said. Suzanne laughed. "Sure, Mum! Don"t forget you"re 65 years old!"
I didn"t feel I was that age! I 3 a club and trained weekly. Each day I felt my physical energy 4 and,
along with it, my confidence (信心). Then Suzanne pointed out, "Ws good, but how can you clear away
the 5 of height?" "I"ve got it all worked out," I replied bravely. "We"re going to the indoor climbing centre."
While I was going up the high wall, I was afraid to look down as if a terrible animal was after me. Some
time later, as I reached the ground, I sat down 6 on the floor. Later that night, as I lay in bed, I encouraged
myself, "You had climbed the wall! You will certainly make it!"
We set off with our packages to the Grand Canyon. When we reached it, I found the canyon was a huge
black hole-far 7 than I had imagined. As the guide clipped (夹住) me onto the rope, my heart 8 double-time
and I wondered why I had got myself into this. Time lost all meaning 9 I pushed my body forward. Only
the strong rope kept me from 10 hope. I began to think it would never end when everyone had stopped. "This
is as far as we go, and we can climb out after a few steps," the guide said finally. Two and a half hours later,
we returned to the car park at last. I began to shake, one hard step after another.
Getting onto the bus, I 11 into the seat I had left so confidently a lifetime before. Then, while I was in the
seat catching my breath, a feeling of great happiness spread 12 me. I had done it, at 66 years of age.
| ( )1.A. side ( )2.A. week ( )3.A. joined ( )4.A. appear ( )5.A. sense ( )6.A. quickly ( )7.A. higher ( )8.A. hit ( )9.A. as ( )10.A. dropping ( )11.A. climbed ( )12.A. through | B. top B. month B. found B. change B. idea B. quietly B. deeper B. beat B. since B. forgetting B. fell B. around | C. face C. season C. got C. rise C. fear C. suddenly C. longer C. jumped C. before C. losing C. stepped C. from | D. back D. year D. visited D. increase D. worry D. heavily D. lower D. knocked D. after D. missing D. sat D. along | ||||||||
| 1-6 C D A D C D 7-12 B B A C B A | |||||||||||
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| Arnel Laparan grew up in Rosario. After his father died in 1970, five-year-old Amel had to work in a small shop to help his family. The boy insisted on going to school and his mother finally sent him to a nearby public school. "I was happy to study but my life became harder because I had to wake up earlier to do all my jobs before I went to school," says Arnel. Worn down by all the work, he was ready to give up by the time he reached the fifth grade. Then his teacher"s words changed his life and made him study harder. Arnel finished high school at the top of his class, received a scholarship (奖学金) from the Philippine Normal University in Manila and got a degree in education in 1985. He took a job teaching math at a Manila private school and did volunteer teaching at the school"s adult class in the evening. "The adults were from poor families and had to work when they were very young," he explains. "It was touching to see how they tried to get a high school education at their age." As time passed, he realized that helping needy students was his true calling. In 2004 he left his well-paid job and retumed to Rosario. "My goal was to educate street children for free." He began holding classes under a large tree. Slowly, more and more street children became interested in his teachirig. "I taught them the basics of reading, writing and math," says Arnel. He worked harder, walking to nearby villages, where he would give classes in parks or on playgrounds. To make ends meet, he began teaching children from rich families. In June this year Arnel borrowed a bicycle with a large sidecar from a neighbour. The sidecar holds a small wooden desk, textbooks and school supplies, and a black- board set to the front bears Arnel"s words:"Education can be found anywhere. It is a road to progress." The bicycle allows Arnel to visit faraway areas. He sets up an outdoor classroom and invites teenagers to his class three days a week. Many of the children have been out of school for years. Amel also offers adult education to help out-of-school young people learn high school lessons. He does not receive any money but accepts school supplies and food for the students. He says, "I want to bring education to as many children and adults as possible. Everyone should have a chance." | |||||||||||
| 1. Who decided Arnel should go to school at first? | |||||||||||
| A. His mother. B. He himself. C. His teacher. D. The govemment. | |||||||||||
| 2. Why did Amel retum to his hometown to teach the street children? | |||||||||||
| A. Because there were no schools in his hometown. B. Because he didn"t want to teach rich children only. C. Because he considered it"s his duty to help the poor. D. Because the country"s education should be improved. | |||||||||||
| 3. How does Arnel make his living? | |||||||||||
| A. By serving rich families. B. By accepting school supplies. C. By receiving his family"s help. D. By offering lessons for adults. | |||||||||||
| 4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? | |||||||||||
| A.Teacher on Wheels B. Classes for the Poor C. Road to Progress D. Students in the Street | |||||||||||
| 阅读短文还原句子。阅读短文，根据上下文意思，将方框中的句子还原到短文中适当位置，使其通顺 完整。其中有一个多余选项。 | |||||||||||
| Sangduen has elephants on her mind. The elephants are in serious danger. 1_____ "Unless they are protected properly at once, they might only appear in books and photos in the near future," says Sangduen. Sangduen was bom in a mountain area in northern Thailand 47 years ago. Her love of animals began when she was very young. She was just a teenager when she saw elephants being used for carrying things. 2_____ In 1996, Sangduen, together with her family, set up the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai. The main purpose of the park is to provide a place for elephants to live peacefully in their natural environment. 3_____, the disabled and sick elephants are mostly saved from private owners. At present, thousands of elephants walk around big cities with their owners looking for help. Sangduen"s latest plan is to remove the elephants from city areas and bring them back to natural environment. 4_____ It"s considered to be the primary home of wild (野生的) elephants. The new place will serve as a way for elephants to go back to nature. | |||||||||||
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