【题目】As early as 1894,the newly-formed InternationalOlympic Committee(IOC) considered ice skating as apossibility for the first modern Olympic Games whichwould be held in 1896.

In 1911, a member of the IOC suggested thatwinter sports should be staged as part of the 1912Olympics in Helsinki. Some opposed the idea. At last,the IOC decided to hold Winter Olympic Games in1916. However, World War I broke out in 1914.After 1920, the national governing bodies for wintersports in several countries began talking about thepossibility of separate Winter Olympics.

The town of Chamonix, in the French Alps,planned to hold a winter sports festival in 1924, andat the same time Paris was to host the Olympics. TheMarquis de Polignac, a member of the IOC, suggestedthat the festival be formally recognized as the WinterOlympic Games. The IOC didn't go that far, but didagree that Chamonix could call its festival an "Olympic winter carnival".

The festival drew 258 athletes from 16 countriesto compete in bobsledding(雪橇车比赛), figureskating, hockey, Nordic skiing and speed skating.Charles Jewtraw from the United States won the first

gold medal, in the 500-metre speed skating,but thefestival's hero was Claus Thunberg from Finland. Hewon five medals, three of which were gold, in speedskating.

Weather has often been a major story at theWinter Olympics, and so it was at Chamonix. Thefestival opened with rain and unseasonably warmtemperature that turned snow and ice to mud. Thentemperature dropped as far as 25 below zero and themud became ice.

Despite the weather, more than 10, 000 peopleshowed up. At its yearly meeting in 1925, the IOC recognized the Chamonix festival as the first WinterOlympics and decided that the Winter Games wouldbe held every four years, just like the SummerOlympics.

【1】 Why was the first Winter Olympic Games notheld in 1916?

A. Because the IOC didn't agree to it.

B. Because it was still under discussion.

C. Because some people opposed the idea.

D. Because World War I broke out in 1914.

【2】How many years was the first modern Olympic Games earlier than the first Winter Olympic Games?

A. 16.

B. 24.

C. 28.

D. 29.

【3】We can know from the passage that ______

A. the weather destroyed the first Winter Olympics

B. people from 16 countries watched the first Winter Olympics

C. Charles Jewtraw won the most medals in the first Winter Olympics

D.Finland got 3 gold medals in speed skating in the first Winter Olympics.

【4】 What's the passage mainly about?

A. The development of the Winter Olympics.

B. The importance of weather in the Olympics.

C. The events of the first Winter Olympic Games.

D. The heroes of the Winter Olympics.

【题目】"Failure is not an option (选择)"is a very well-known saying. But my father told me that "failure hasa time line".

You have to know that my father is a true genius(天才). He designed the first jet fighter plane, theF-84.

You also have to know that his only son isanything but a genius. I was born in 1941, and I amstill here at 68 years old. I graduated from PointLoma High in San Diego on June 15,1960, and I was"pleased"with being in the top l0% of the lower one-third of my class of about 300 students. Well, at least Igraduated! Some years later in the 1960s, my dadtalked to me about failure.

At the time I was very discouraged at my careerplans after serving two years in the Peace Corps inGabon, West Africa. I said to my dad, "Dad, youknow I've been a failure at everything I've tried inlife and I just don't know what to do now."

My dad looked at me with those "genius eyes"and said to me,"Failure is a relative(相对的) thing.It has a time line Now just remember that failure is not an optionin this lifetime! "He then explainedto me that failure is part of a successful path, and thatI should always keep in my mind that time, failureand success all work together.

To this very day, I still love, respect, and honourmy dad and my mom. Maybe some day I will "growup"and be as smart as my dad.

【1】 In the writer's opinion, his father was very ______.

A. serious

B. great

C. casy-going

D. different

【2】 What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. The writer used to consider himself to be a genius.

B. The writer didn't get along well with his classmates.

C. The writer was not good at his studies at school.

D. The writer failed to graduate from college.

【3】 According to Paragraph 4, before talking to his dad, the writer ______.

A. was encouraged by his career plans

B. had hoped for a good life

C. was very confident

D. had probably lost heart

【4】Which of the following would the writer's fatheragree with?

A. Some people will never succeed.

B. People should not experience failure.

C. Failure at a certain period of time is acceptable.

D. Success has nothing to do with failure.

【题目】stop wasting your time on the wrong mountain

I have two friends who are backpackers. There is a portion of New York’s Adirondack Mountains called the High Peaks region. It is made up of 46 mountains with a____of over 4,000 feet.

The Adirondack Mountain Club gives special honor and a patch to __ who climbs all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this _. It took them several years to accomplish it.

My friends had climbed 45 of the mountains. The left one was the farthest, much effort. A hiking trail led past the base of the mountain, from that point they were on their own.

Early one morning they left their and walked 5 miles on the hiking trail to the base of a of mountains. One of the mountains in this chain was the last one they _ for their patch.

When they reached the base of the mountain chain they that they had left their compass and map back in the camp. returning to the camp, they decided to go on without them.

For hours they uphill suffering heat and black flies. Finally, late in the afternoon, they themselves on the top of a mountain. They were tired but .

The excitement was short-lived however. When they the valley, they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the hill! It was too late that weekend to correct their . They had to wait another 4 months to climb the right mountain.

This story that often in life we make effort toward a but without the right map and personal compass it is easy to get .

Knowing your life purpose gives you a personal map and compass. And that makes sure you are always climbing the right mountain.

【1】 A. length B. height C. width D. depth

【2】 A. something B. someone C. anything D. anyone

【3】 A. fame B. award C. medal D. gift

【4】 A. requiring B. making C. wasting D. paying

【5】 A. and B. even C. so D. but

【6】 A. village B. house C. camp D. cottage

【7】 A. series B. lot C. chain D. kind

【8】 A. needed B. prepared C. looked D. hunted

【9】 A. understood B. thought C. forgot D. discovered

【10】 A. Instead B. Rather than C. In case of D. In spite of

【11】 A. rushed B. rolled C. walked D. ran

【12】 A. relaxed B. congratulated C. enjoyed D. found

【13】 A. excited B. surprised C. disappointed D. puzzled

【14】A. looked for B. looked across

C. looked on D. looked through

【15】 A. high B. right C. wrong D. small

【16】A. direction B. wrong C. decision D. error

【17】 A. provides B. brings C. offers D. proves

【18】 A. choice B. goal C. promise D. result

【19】 A. hurt B. separated C. lost D. bothered

【20】 A. beautiful B. famous C. expensive D. powerful

【题目】阅读下面的文章,完成下列题。

在母语的屋檐下

少年时代的伙伴自大洋彼岸归来探亲,多年未见,把盏竟夜长谈。我们聊到故乡种种情形,特别谈到了家乡方言,兴之所至,后来两人干脆用家乡话谈起来。

本来以为这么多年不使用,很多方言都已忘记,不料却在此时鲜明地复活了,恍惚中,甚至忆起了听到这些话时的具体情境,眼前浮现出了说话人的模样。友人感慨:真过瘾。

在一种语言中浸润得深入长久,才有资格进入它的内部,感知它的种种微妙和玄奥,那些羽毛上的光色一样的波动,青瓷上的釉彩一般的韵味。几乎只有母语,我们从牙牙学语时就亲吻的语言,才应允我们做到这一点。

关于母语,英文里的一个说法,最有情感温度,也最能准确地贴近本质:mother tongue直译就是妈妈的舌头。从妈妈舌头上发出的声音,是生命降临时听到的最初的声音,浸润着爱的声音。多么深邃动人的诗意!在母语的呼唤、吟唱和诵读中,我们张开眼睛,看到万物,理解生活,认识生命。

诗作为浓缩提炼过的语言,是语言的极致。它可以作为标尺,衡量一个人对一种语言熟悉和理解的程度。眼看他起高楼,眼看他宴宾客,眼看他楼坍了,说的是世事沧桑,人生无常。而今识尽愁滋味,欲说还休。欲说还休,却道天凉好个秋,说的是心绪流转,昨日迢遥。没有历史文化为之打底,没有人生经历作为铺垫,就难以深入地感受和理解其间的沉痛和哀伤,无奈和迷茫。它们宜于意会,难以言传。

每一种语言都连接着一种文化,通向一种共同的记忆。文化有着自己的基因,被封存在作为载体和符号的特有的语言中,仿佛一千零一夜的故事中,阿里巴巴的山洞里,藏着稀世的珍宝。

芝麻开门吧!咒语念起,山洞石门訇然敞开,堆积的珠宝浮光跃彩。

但洞察和把握一种语言的奥秘,不需要咒语,时间是最重要的条件。在一种语言中沉浸得足够久了,自然就会了解其精妙。有如窖藏老酒,被时光层层堆叠,然后醇香。瓜熟蒂落,风生水起,到了一定的时候,语言中的神秘和魅惑,次第显影。音调的升降平仄中,笔画的横竖撇捺里,有花朵摇曳的姿态,水波被风吹拂出的纹路,阳光下明媚的笑容,暗夜里隐忍的啜泣。

对绝大多数人来说,只有母语,才有这样的魅力和魄力,承担和覆盖。日升月落,春秋代序;昼夜不舍的流水,亘古沉默的荒野;鹰隼呼啸着射向天空,羊群蠕动成地上的云团;一颗从眼角滑落的泪珠有怎样的哀怨,一声自喉咙迸发的呐喊有怎样的愤懑。一切,都被母语捕捉和绾结,表达和诉说。

我骄傲于自己母语的强大生命力,五千年的漫长历史,灾祸连绵,兵燹不绝,而一个个方块汉字,就是一块块砖石,当它们排列衔接时看,遍仿佛垒砌了一个广阔而坚固的壁垒,牢牢守卫了一种古老的文化,庇护了一代代呼吸沐浴着它的气息的亿兆的灵魂。

童年在农村度过,记事不久的年龄,有一年夏天,大人在睡午觉,我独自走出屋门到外面玩,追着一只蹦蹦跳跳的兔子,不小心走远了,一直走进村外一片茂密的树林中,迷路了,害怕得大哭。但四周没人听到,只好在林子里乱走。过了好久,终于从树干的缝隙间,望见了村头一户人家的屋檐。

一颗悬空的心倏地落地了。

对于长期漂泊在外的人,母语熟悉的音调,带给他的正应该是这样的一种返归家园之感,一个汉语的子民,寄居他乡,母语便是故乡的方言土语;置身异国,母语便是方块的中文汉字。官秩加身应谬得,乡音到耳是真归,故乡的语言,母语的最为具体直观的形式,甚至关联到了存在的确凿感。

因为时时相与,反而熟视无睹。就像对于一尾悠然游弋的鱼儿,水的环抱和裹抉是自然而然的,不需要去意识和诘问的,但一当因某种缘故离开了那个环境,就会感受到置身盛夏沙漠中般的窒息。被拘禁于全然陌生的语言中,一个人也仿佛涸辙之鲋,最渴望母语的濡沫。那亲切的音节声调,是一股直透心底的清凉水流。

每一种语言的子民们,在自己母语的河流中,泅渡,游憩,俯仰,沉醉,吟咏,创造出灿烂的文化,并经由翻译传播,成为说着不同语言的人们共同的精神财富。以诗歌为证,《鲁拜集》中波斯大诗人伽亚谟及时行乐的咏叹,和《古诗十九首》里汉代中国人生命短暂的感喟,贯穿了相通的哲学追问;中世纪的意大利,彼特拉克对心上人劳拉的十四行诗倾诉,和晚唐洛阳城里,李商隐写给不知名恋人的无题七律,或者隽永清新,或者宛转迷离,各有一种入骨的缠绵,让不同的语言彼此尊重,在交流中使各自的美质得到彰显和分享。

热爱来自母亲的舌尖上的声音,应该被视为是一个人的职责,他的伦理的基点,他可以走向天高地阔,但母语是他的出发地,是他不断向前伸延的生命坐标轴线上,那一处不变的原点。

(原载《光明日报》,有删节)

【1】作者回忆童年迷路的经历,在文中有什么作用?

答:_____________________________________________________________________

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【2】赏析文中画线的文字。

答:_____________________________________________________________________

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【3】作者深情地诠释了母语的多重意义,请结合全文加以概括。

答:_____________________________________________________________________

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【4】下列对文章的理解与分析,不正确的两项是(

A.文中引用英语mother tongue,是为了引出妈妈的舌头这一形象说法,强调母语的温馨可亲。

B.作者用羽毛上的光色一样的波动”“青瓷上的釉彩一般的韵味来形容母语的微妙和玄奥,是说母语宜于意会,难以言传。

C.文中引用阿里巴巴的故事,旨在说明封存在语言中的文化基因如珠宝般珍贵。

D.文中列举昼夜不舍的流水”“亘古沉默的荒野”“一颗从眼角滑落的泪珠等意象,意在说明,只有用母语才能准确言说它们的内在情韵。

E.文章融记叙、议论、抒情为一体,引经据典,华美而不失厚重,有较深的文化意蕴。

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