Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865．What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   1  peak（山峰）in the Alps．Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   2 and start working in a hotel．Rudi would not   3  his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber  4   was planning to climb the highest peak．

    Franz was very  5  when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, 6  Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top  7  him．

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  8   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther． Franz   9  behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   10  to the top． Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to  11  him to the top．When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident．Saxo was helpless and hurt Rudi must 12  whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top．

He decided Saxo's life was more  13  than his dream and helped him down．During that time, the Englishman and Franz  14  the climb, and finally they reached the top．Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   15  was the real conqueror（征服者） of the mountain．

1．A． deepest                  B． farthest            C． biggest                 D． highest

2．A． learning                  B． playing              C． talking               D． climbing

3．A． try out                   B． work out            C． go over                D． give up

4．A． what                      B． which              C． whom                  D． who

5．A． tired                      B． glad                C． quiet                 D． angry

6．A． again                     B． once                C． too                  D． instead

7．A． after                      B． behind               C． before                  D． over

8．A．or                 B． so                  C． but                   D． for

9．A． walked                B． rested              C． stayed                  D． watched

10．A．  third                B． second              C．first                   D． last

11．A． take                      B． beat                C． push                D． help

12．A． wonder          B． decide             C． ask                 D． remember

13．A． successful       B．important           C． popular            D． interesting

14．A． stopped                B． continued          C． enjoyed             D． finished

15．A． Franz                   B．Rudi                C． the Englishman     D． Saxo

I had worked that day, as a nurse. Now I faced the dirty supper dishes. I wanted to  1  why Jimmy hadn’t phoned as usual to say “Good night” to Bob and Tom. “Maybe Daddy's    2  working on an accident,” I said to Bob. “Go to    3   now. You'll see him in the morning.” Soon there was a knock at the door. “There   4   be something wrong with your phone,” my neighbor told me. “The City Police Station wants you to   5 .”

I went into the living room and dialed. Then I  6   the words every police wife fears (害怕): “Your husband has been hurt.” When I reached the hospital, my heart sank (下沉). The entrance was jammed with TV-news trucks. In the   7  I saw Jimmy’s best friend, Smith. “Just tell me -is he alive ?” I asked.

Smith  8  and didn’t answer. Then I found my younger sister, Mandy. “He’s  9 .” she told me, and we began to cry together.

Later, Smith told me   10   had happened.

In the morning, when my little Bob asked, “Where’s Daddy?” I    11    him into my arms and tried to explain. “A bad man   12   Daddy last night.” I said. “Daddy can’t come home any more. He’s in heaven(天堂) now.”

My son looked at me, his blue eyes    13  the picture of trust(相信). “Do they have    14   in heaven ?” he asked. “Can I call him ?”

“No, Bob, Daddy still loves you, but Daddy can’t   15 ”.

1.                A．know          B．understand      C．remember D．guess

 

2.                A．busy           B．never          C． sure D．often

 

3.                A．play           B．study           C．sleep D．wait

 

4.                A．must           B．need           C．can  D．will

 

5.                A．rest           B．call            C．work D．stay

 

6.                A．saw            B．remember      C．heard    D．wrote

 

7.                A．room          B．crowd          C．truck D．station

 

8.                A．forgot          B．turned         C．returned  D．understood

 

9.                A．dangerous      B．fine            C．a(chǎn)fraid    D．gone

 

10.               A．how           B．where         C．when D．what

 

11.               A．pulled         B．pushed         C．sent  D．held

 

12.               A．saw           B．beat           C．hurt  D．caught

 

13.               A．drawing        B．showing        C．looking    D．enjoying

 

14.               A．food           B．language        C．phones    D．TVs

 

15.               A．work          B．talk            C．sleep D．rest

 

 

Sudha Chandran was a dancer from India．She lost her chance to be a  1 when her right leg had to be cut off after a car accident．

Though the  2  brought her bright career to a stop，she didn’t  3 ．In the terrible months that followed，she met a doctor  4  had developed an artificial limb(假肢)．

After she was fitted with an artificial leg，she decided to go back to  5  ．

Sudha believed that she could  6   her dream come true．Then she did   7  for her

dream．

After every public show，she would ask her dad about her act．“You  8  have a long way to go．”was the answer she used to get  9  her father．

In January 2004．Sudha made an important return by  10  a public show in Bombay．She gave a show in such an amazing manner  11  it moved everyone to tears．In the end，she  12 the final prize of the show．

That evening，when she asked her dad the  13  question，he didn’t say  14  ．He just touched her feet as praise to a great artist.

When someone asked Sudha  15   she could dance again with her artificial limb，she said quite simply．“I don’t need feet to dance．”

1.                A．runner         B．player          C．star  D．moon

 

2.                A．chance         B．a(chǎn)ccident        C．dancer   D．leg

 

3.                A．give up         B．give away       C．give in    D．give out

 

4.                A．which          B．where          C．what     D．who

 

5.                A．sing           B．dance          C．cut D．stop

 

6.                A．take           B．bring           C．make     D．keep

 

7.                A．a(chǎn) lot           B．a(chǎn) few           C．a(chǎn) little    D．a(chǎn) bit

 

8.                A．still            B．only           C．just D．ever

 

9.                A．in             B．to             C．from     D．for

 

10.               A．going          B．giving          C．getting    D．watching

 

11.               A．a(chǎn)nd            B．so             C．but   D．that

 

12.               A．won           B．beat           C．had   D．told

 

13.               A．different       B．unusual        C．usual D．strange

 

14.               A．something      B．a(chǎn)nything        C．everything     D．nothirig

 

15.               A．what           B．how           C．why  D．when

 

 

Joe lost his arms in an accident that killed his father. Since then, he has had to depend on the     1   of his younger sister Ella. In order to take care of him, Ella became his shadow, never leaving him     2    for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.

As they grew up together, they had their share of     3   and they would often quarrel. Then one day, Ella wanted to separate from Joe, living    4    own life. So Joe was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.

A     5    misfortune (不幸) struck Rosa, too. One night her mother, who suffered(受苦) from mental illness,     6    . So her father went out looking for her mother. She tried to cook meals for her parents, only to overturn the kerosene light on the stove, resulting in a fire which took her hands away.

Though her elder sister Susan showed her willingness to take care of her, Rosa decided to be    7    independent. And most of all she learned to do things on her own. Once she wrote the following in her composition: “I’m lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still     8  .”

　　One day，Joe and Rosa were both invited to a television interview program. Joe told the TV host about his     9    future at being left on his own, while Rosa was full of hope for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. Joe wrote：My younger sister's arms are my arms;     10     Rosa wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.

They had both stood the same sufferings, but their different     11    determined(決定) the nature of their lives. It is true that life is unpredictable. How you deal with misfortune is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and run away from the suffering，it will always     12    you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong, the hardship will turn out to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.

1.                A．legs           B．a(chǎn)rms           C．eyes D．hands

 

2.                A．sad            B．a(chǎn)fraid          C．worried  D．a(chǎn)lone

 

3.                A．questions       B．a(chǎn)ccidents       C．problems D．business

 

4.                A．his            B．her            C．my  D．their

 

5.                A．serious         B．sudden         C．terrible   D．similar

 

6.                A．returned       B．disappeared     C．seriously  D．immediately

 

7.                A．break          B．beat           C．fly   D．jump

 

8.                A．unfair          B．uncertain       C．unsafe   D．undoubted

 

9.                A．a(chǎn)nd            B．so             C．while D．or

 

10.               A．opinions        B．values          C．senses    D．a(chǎn)ttitudes

 

11.               A．follow          B．catch          C．disturb    D．hurt

 

 

He ___ the first prize in the English competition.

A．won

B．beat

C．played

D．take