Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal.
【小题1】 The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.

A.hardB.enjoyableC.painfulD.comfortable
【小题2】 The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
A.岩石B.火焰C.水晶D.寒冰
【小题3】 Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph?
A.You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.
B.The sky is always as clear as crystal.
C.You can find life is full of nice things.
D.Never give up half-way.
【小题4】 We can infer(推断) from the last paragraph that ______.
A.the writer was very successful in his life
B.the writer reached the top of the mountain
C.though the writer was young, he could understand his father
D.the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain
【小题5】 The best title for the passage is ______.
A.Reaching the Top of the Mountain
B.Standing at the Top of the Mountain
C.Conversations between Father and Son
D.How to Get to the Top of the Mountain

阅读理解

Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.

I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.

At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!

The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1.The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

A.城堡

B.胜地

C.城垛

D.楼阁

2. “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

A.younger than

B.bigger than

C.older than

D.smaller than

3. There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

A.beautiful gardens

B.one swimming pool inside

C.one swimming pool outside

D.all the above

4. _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

A.A tour around Europe

B.The paintings and castles in Europe

C.His mother

D.His dream

5. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A.Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.

B.Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.

C.Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.

D.After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

 

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