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.

1.The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.

A. hard B. enjoyable C. painful D. comfortable

2.The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.

A. 岩石 B. 火焰 C水晶 D.寒冰

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.

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

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

A computer program that could help catch and ever translates from aliens in outer space has been started by a British scientist.

If aliens are discovered one day, scientists fear their language may make it possible to understand them. But John Elliott of needs Metropolitan University in Britain has come up with a program that can figure out the structure(结构)of their language. He thinks that’s the first step in understanding what they are saying.

Dr.Elliott’s program would compare an alien language to a database(数据库)of 60 different languages in the world to look for a similar structure. He believes that even an alien language will have its own structure.Language has to be structured in a certain way, or it will be harder to use,he told New Scientist magazine.

Research had shown that it is possible to know if a signal(信号)carries a language rather than a picture or music. Dr.Elliott has gone a step further by finding a way to pick out what might be words and sentences. Because languages have different word orders, Dr.Elliott has set up a library of the sentence structures of 60 human languages.

If a message is received from outer space, it could be compared against this database. Scientist would then be able to see if ti’s similar to any human language, or a mix of the language.

However, Dr.Elliott also said that in order to translate what the aliens are actually saying, it may still be necessary to have a code book.

1.Why did Dr.Elliott come up with the program?

A. To learn more about outer space. B. To develop a new language.

C. To help translate the messages for aliens. D. To compare an alien language to human languages.

2.According to Dr.Elliott, what’s the first step of understanding an alien language?

A. Coming up with a program. B. Knowing a structure.

C. Understanding aliens. D. Discovering aliens.

3.What does paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A. Some necessary conditions for making the program work.

B. Dr.Elliott’s findings about different kinds of languages.

C. Three important functions of the program.

D. The number of sentence structures of human languages.

4.How does the program work when it receives a message from aliens?

A. Mix the message with 60 human languages.

B. Translate the message and send it to the database.

C. Pick out the sentence structure and translate it.

D. Compare the message to the database of 60 human languages.

5.What can we infer from the story?

A. Not all languages have their own structure.

B. The structure of alien languages is similar to that of human languages.

C. To translate alien languages, there is much work to do..

D. Alien languages are signals carrying pictures and music.

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