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  40 the top through the southem 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  41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber  42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦虑). Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to  43 the next day, he would light(点燃)a green signal(信号). A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light  44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people  45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti  47 . He could not see the top;he knew he was  48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months  49 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.   50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “  51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

【小题1】
A.reachedB.passedC.watchedD.followed
【小题2】
A.comfortable B.importantC.difficultD.nervous
【小题3】
A.withB.fromC.inD.at
【小题4】
A.turn backB.come down C.go onD.get back
【小题5】
A.placedB.appearedC.pulled D.found
【小题6】
A.criedB.laughedC.jumped D.cheered
【小题7】
A.sleepyB.excitedC.tired D.happy
【小题8】
A.woke upB.turned upC.got up D.looked up
【小题9】
A.alreadyB.almostC.hardly D.surely
【小题10】
A.trainingB.practisingC.planning D.asking
【小题11】
A.importance B.successC.climb D.courage
【小题12】
A.necessaryB.dangerousC.perfect D.impossible

A gentleman stopped his car at the door of a flower shop. He planned to order flowers and asked the shopkeeper to deliver them to his mother, who was far away in his hometown.

The gentleman saw a little girl crying on the road before he entered the shop. The gentleman asked her: “Why are you crying?”

“I want to buy a rose for my mother, but I haven’t got enough money,” said the girl.

The gentleman took the girl’s hand and entered the flower shop. He first ordered the bouquet (花束) for his mother and bought a rose for the girl.

When he was walking out of the shop, the gentleman asked the girl if she would like a ride home.

“Will you really drive me home?” she asked.

“Of course,” the gentleman replied.

“Then drive me to my mother. But the place where my mother lives is very far.”

The gentleman drove along the mountain road and finally came to the cemetery (墓地).

The little girl put the flower onto a new grave (坟墓). In order to send a rose to her mother who had died a month before, she had gone on a very long journey.

The gentleman drove the girl to her home and then returned to the flower shop. He cancelled(取消)the bouquet and bought a big bunch (束) of fresh flowers instead. He drove directly to his mother’s home, a five-hour drive from here. He would send the flowers to his mother in person.

1.The word “deliver” in Paragraph 1 means “______________”.

A.give              B.take              C. send            D.bring

2.Why was the little girl crying?

A.Because her mother died.

B.Because she lost her money.

C.Because she lost her way home.

D.Because she couldn’t afford a rose.

3.The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ______________.

A.to her home                           B.to her school

C.to a cemetery                          D.to a mountain

4.We can tell from the story that ___________.

A.The little girl loves her mother very much

B.The gentleman doesn’t care about his mother

C.The little girl’s mother lives far away from her home

D.The gentleman’s mother passed away a month ago

 

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  40  the top through the southem 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  41  route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber  42  Italy.

    For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦虑). Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to  43  the next day, he would light(点燃)a green signal(信号). A red light would mean that he was turning back.

    A tiny green light  44  high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people  45  . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  46  ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti  47  . He could not see the top;he knew he was  48  there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

    Bonatti had spent months  49  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.   50  was radioed to the world.

    The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “  51  ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

1.A. reached        B. passed           C. watched          D. followed

2.A. comfortable    B. important    C. difficult        D. nervous

3.A. with           B. from         C. in               D. at

4.A. turn back      B. come down    C. go on            D. get back

5.A. placed    B. appeared    C. pulled       D. found

6.A. cried          B. laughed      C. jumped       D. cheered

7.A. sleepy    B. excited      C. tired            D. happy

8.A. woke up    B. turned up        C. got up       D. looked up

9.A. already        B. almost           C. hardly       D. surely

10.A. training          B. practising       C. planning         D. asking

11.A. importance    B. success      C. climb            D. courage

12.A. necessary     B. dangerous        C. perfect      D. impossible

 

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