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 had1the 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 the2route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber3Italy.
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 to4the 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 light5high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people6. The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so7! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti8. He could not see the top;he knew he was9there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months10for 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.11was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “12” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      reached
    2. B.
      passed
    3. C.
      watched
    4. D.
      followed
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      comfortable
    2. B.
      important
    3. C.
      difficult
    4. D.
      nervous
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      with
    2. B.
      from
    3. C.
      in
    4. D.
      at
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      turn back
    2. B.
      come down
    3. C.
      go on
    4. D.
      get back
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      placed
    2. B.
      appeared
    3. C.
      pulled
    4. D.
      found
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      cried
    2. B.
      laughed
    3. C.
      jumped
    4. D.
      cheered
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      sleepy
    2. B.
      excited
    3. C.
      tired
    4. D.
      happy
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      woke up
    2. B.
      turned up
    3. C.
      got up
    4. D.
      looked up
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      already
    2. B.
      almost
    3. C.
      hardly
    4. D.
      surely
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      training
    2. B.
      practising
    3. C.
      planning
    4. D.
      asking
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      importance
    2. B.
      success
    3. C.
      climb
    4. D.
      courage
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      necessary
    2. B.
      dangerous
    3. C.
      perfect
    4. D.
      impossible

IQ(intelligence quotient智商)is a score that shows a person’s level of intelligence.
People used to believe that some people are born with a high IQ and some aren’t.
1, a study by scientist at University College London has challenged(挑战)this idea. According to an article last October on the Journal Nature, scientists are beginning to think that our IQ is not a constant(不变的)score.
The scientists tested 33 healthy young people in 2004 between the ages of 12 and 16. Then they did tests again four years later, when the same people were between 16 and 20.
Scientists found big changes in the IQ scores between 2008 and 2004. Some2and some fell3as many as 21 points.
To test whether these scores were meaningful, the scientists compared them with results from brain scans(扫描). They found that the IQ changes matched changes in the structure(结构)of the subjects’ brains. “A change in 20 points is a huge4,” said Professor Cathy Price, who led the research. He said it could mean the difference between an average and a5person. The team has not found a clear cause for these changes. However, they say it is6that education plays a role in changing IQ.
“Here we have shown that children’s7is likely to be still developing, ” says Price. “We have to be careful not to write off8performers at an early stage. In fact, their IQ may improve in a few more years. ”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      And
    2. B.
      However
    3. C.
      Besides
    4. D.
      Though
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      rise
    2. B.
      rose
    3. C.
      raise
    4. D.
      raised
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      of
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      by
    4. D.
      from
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      difference
    2. B.
      matter
    3. C.
      thing
    4. D.
      meaning
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      successful
    2. B.
      gifted
    3. C.
      able
    4. D.
      rich
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      natural
    2. B.
      true
    3. C.
      certain
    4. D.
      possible
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      score
    2. B.
      intelligence
    3. C.
      skill
    4. D.
      interest
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      clever
    2. B.
      prettier
    3. C.
      nicer
    4. D.
      poorer

How many plastic bags do you use every day?1there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have2plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people3more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers4white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance5people to use more cloth bags6plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and7were collected by 700 students from a middle school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over8plastic shopping bags.9plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“ If we do10about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And11will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in12plastic bags?” A13woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe14there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.
Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were15given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      Are
    2. B.
      Were
    3. C.
      Is
    4. D.
      Was
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      few
    2. B.
      much
    3. C.
      fewer
    4. D.
      less
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      think
    2. B.
      thinks
    3. C.
      to think
    4. D.
      thinking
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      worn
    2. B.
      wore
    3. C.
      tried on
    4. D.
      try on
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      called back
    2. B.
      called
    3. C.
      called on
    4. D.
      cheered on
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      instead
    2. B.
      take the place of
    3. C.
      instead of
    4. D.
      take place
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      other
    2. B.
      the other
    3. C.
      another
    4. D.
      the others
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      helpful
    2. B.
      unnecessary
    3. C.
      useful
    4. D.
      necessary
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      Hundred
    2. B.
      Hundreds of
    3. C.
      Hundred of
    4. D.
      Hundreds
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      nothing
    2. B.
      anything
    3. C.
      something
    4. D.
      everything
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      human being
    2. B.
      human beings
    3. C.
      humen beings
    4. D.
      humans beings
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      so much
    2. B.
      too much
    3. C.
      such many
    4. D.
      so many
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      40-year-old
    2. B.
      40-years-old
    3. C.
      40 year old
    4. D.
      40-years old
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      until
    2. B.
      because
    3. C.
      if
    4. D.
      unless
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      no longer
    2. B.
      always
    3. C.
      not longer
    4. D.
      usually

While I was waiting to go into university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job wanted at a school about ten miles from where I1. Because I was in great need of2and wanted to do something useful, I applied(申请).
Three days later, a letter3. It asked me to see the4at Croydon. It proved to be a(n) 5journey —a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of 6a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. Clearly, the principal7opened the door. He was8and round.
“The school” he said, “has a group of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen.”
I should have to teach all the9except art, which he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into10groups and teach them at three different11, and I was not12at the thought of teaching maths —a subject which I didn’t do very well in at school. It was13that I had to teach them on Saturday afternoon14most of my friends would be15themselves at that time.
Before I had time to ask about my salary(薪水), he got up to his feet. “Now,” he said. “you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really runs this school.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      lived
    2. B.
      played
    3. C.
      studied
    4. D.
      worked
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      help
    2. B.
      money
    3. C.
      rest
    4. D.
      force
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      arrived
    2. B.
      received
    3. C.
      returned
    4. D.
      wrote
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      editor
    2. B.
      teacher
    3. C.
      principal
    4. D.
      student
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      comfortable
    2. B.
      easy
    3. C.
      short
    4. D.
      unpleasant
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      at least
    2. B.
      at first
    3. C.
      at last
    4. D.
      at most
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      herself
    2. B.
      themselves
    3. C.
      itself
    4. D.
      himself
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      bad
    2. B.
      glad
    3. C.
      short
    4. D.
      smiling
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      people
    2. B.
      subjects
    3. C.
      boys
    4. D.
      knowledge
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      two
    2. B.
      three
    3. C.
      four
    4. D.
      five
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      subjects
    2. B.
      lessons
    3. C.
      levels
    4. D.
      schools
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      glad
    2. B.
      surprised
    3. C.
      angry
    4. D.
      sad
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      better
    2. B.
      more exciting
    3. C.
      worse
    4. D.
      nicer
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      until
    2. B.
      after
    3. C.
      if
    4. D.
      because
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      enjoying
    2. B.
      helping
    3. C.
      studying
    4. D.
      arguing
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