As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring (注视) forward
at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow — beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 1 the top through the southern route
(路线). But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to
try the 2 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 3 . Now they were waiting to see his
signal. If he planned to 4 the next day, he would light (点燃) a green signal. A red light would mean that he
was turning back.
A tiny green light 5 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 6 . The next day he
continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 7 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the
green light.
In the morning, Bonatti 8 . He could not see the top, he knew he was almost there. Though the climb was
painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 9 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to
climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his success was radioed to the world. The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the " 10 " and would be well remembered as a
climber of all time. |
( ) 1. A. reached
( ) 2. A. comfortable
( ) 3. A. excitedly
( ) 4. A. turn back
( ) 5. A. lit
( ) 6. A. cried
( ) 7. A. sleepy
( ) 8. A. woke up
( ) 9. A. training
( ) 10. A. necessary | B. arrived
B. important
B. anxiously
B. come down
B. appeared
B. laughed
B. excited
B. turned up
B. preparing
B. dangerous | C. watched
C. difficult
C. in surprise
C. go on
C. pulled
C. jumped
C. tired
C. got up
C. planning
C. perhaps | D. followed
D. nervous
D. with curiosity
D. get back
D. found
D. cheered
D. happy
D. looked up
D. asking
D. impossible | | 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September, 1666. In four days it destroyed
more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One
hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker,
with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from
the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the
beginning.
By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning
along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old
St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them.
Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor
people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.
The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the
fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new
houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new
St Paul"s.
The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of
the past. | | 1. The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means _______. | | [ ] | A. home
B. children
C. wife and husband
D. wife and children | | 2. How was the fire put out according to the text? | | [ ] | A. The king and his soldiers came to help.
B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
C. People managed to get enough water from the river.
D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down. | | 3. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _______. | | [ ] | A. some people lost their lives
B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
C. many famous buildings were destroyed
D. the King"s bakery was burned down | | 4. Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys? | | [ ] | A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. To show that poor people suffered most.
D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. | 5. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?
(a) There was a strong wind.
(b) The streets were very narrow.
(c) Many houses were made of wood.
(d) There was not enough water in the city.
(e) People did not discover the fire earlier. | | [ ] | A. (a) and (b)
B. (a), (b) and (c)
C. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
D. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) | | 完形填空：阅读短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 | The year I went to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me.
As is probably true with many people, I got quite a lot of homework and often thought about going home.
Although the 1 time for many students is getting letters from home, my mailbox was frequently 2 . One
day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard staring out at me. I sat down to read it, 3 a note from
someone back home. 4 I became increasingly puzzled as no postcards were like this: It was a full news report
about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and forgot about it.
Several days later I 5 another postcard, this one delivering news about Maybelline, Mabel"s cousin. Soon
after, another card arrived and then another, 6 full of news of different people. I began to really look forward
to the next one, interested to see what this author would come up with 7 . I was never disappointed.
Finally, the card 8 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 9 about college life. They had been
such a happy distraction (调剂) that I have 10 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I
need a lift. | ( ) 1. A. hard
( ) 2. A. empty
( ) 3. A. describing
( ) 4. A. But
( ) 5. A. mailed
( ) 6. A. one
( ) 7. A. below
( ) 8. A. continued
( ) 9. A. easy
( ) 10. A. lost | B. last
B. full
B. considering
B. Thus
B. accepted
B. each
B. lately
B. stopped
B. safe
B. collected | C. busiest
C. closed
C. enjoying
C. Also
C. wrote
C. either
C. next
C. started
C. tired
C. torn | D. happiest
D. open
D. expecting
D. Even
D. received
D. both
D. behind
D. avoided
D. anxious
D. saved | | 完形填空。 | On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, 1 my husband,
Chris, fell from his horse as it jumped over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, unable to
breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 2 with lots of unexpected
challenges. We went from the "haves" to the "have-nots". Or so we thought.
3 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of sharing difficulties. We came to learn that
something wonderful could happen in a disaster (灾难). All over the world people 4 Chris so much that letters
and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a medical center in Virginia, about 35,000
pieces of 5 had been received and sorted.
As 6 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us comfort and became a source of strength for us. We
used them to 7 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a 8 , or to the
"Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or even in bed living happily and successfully.
These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so here we offer one of them to you.
Dear Chris,
My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 9 accident last week. No doubt your family and your
friends are giving you the strength to face this 10 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best
wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you close.
Yours Sincerely, Nancy Reagan | ( ) 1. A. since
( ) 2. A. disability
( ) 3. A. So
( ) 4. A. wrote for
( ) 5. A. news
( ) 6. A. patients
( ) 7. A. encourage
( ) 8. A. cry
( ) 9. A. driving
( ) 10. A. technical | B. before
B. possession
B. For
B. cared for
B. paper
B. a family
B. express
B. laugh
B. flying
B. different | C. when
C. inconvenience
C. Or
C. hoped for
C. equipment
C. nurses
C. control
C. chat
C. running
C. difficult | D. while
D. experience
D. Yet
D. sent for
D. mail
D. a group
D. treat
D. sigh
D. riding
D. valuable | | 阅读理解。 | Almost everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.
I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday
afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and
talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became
very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and
looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He
went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but
this time he took the visitor"s hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left. | 1. — The young visitor stayed a long time, didn"t he?
— . | | [ ] | A. Yes, he didn"t
B. Yes, he did
C. No, he didn"t
D. No, he did | | 2. Jack became worried because . | | [ ] | A. he wanted to go out for a walk
B. he wanted to play with him
C. he didn"t know the young man
D. he wanted to eat something | | 3. Jack sat down in front of the visitor because . | | [ ] | A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him
B. he wanted to talk with the young man
C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is
D. he wanted the visitor to leave | | 4. The visitor went on talking and . | | [ ] | A. he paid no attention to his hat
B. he didn"t like Jack
C. he didn"t know that his hat was taken away by Jack
D. he paid no attention to Jack | | 5. Jack went out of the room, but came back with in his mouth. | | [ ] | A. food
B. nothing
C. the visitor"s hat
D. something | 最新试题
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