Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, winter skating or skiing in winter. It may be a game of some kind, football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering(爬山).

Those who have a passion(热情)for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different thing that it would be dangerous to ignore(忽视),but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no“matches”between“teams”of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than men. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of efforts and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

Mountaineering involves       .

A.cold B.hardship C.physical risk    D.all of the above

The difference between a sport and a game has something to do with the kind of        .

A. activity B. rules    C. uniform  D. participants

Mountaineering can be called a team sport because       .

A.it is an Olympic event

B.teams compete against each other

C.mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

D.there are 5 climbers on each team.

Which is the best title for the passage?

A.Mountaineering Is Different from Golf and Football k

B.Mountaineering Is More Attractive than Other Sports

C.Mountaineering

D.Mountain Climbers      

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who    36   becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic(佣人). Through her work, she observed that   37   people spent a lot more time reading than they    38   watching television. She announces that my brother and I    39  watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week. With our   40  time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41   written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a    42  . My mother was illiterate(文盲).
When I entered high school, I was a    43   student, but not for long. I began to like fancy clothes. I wanted to    44   other guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I    45   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I    46   this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money    47  , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very    48   with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配)money, there was   49   left. I realized my mother was a financial genius(金融天才)to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy    50  . I really realized my desire wasn’t going to get me    51  . Success requires intellectual preparation. I went back to my    52   and became an A-student again and eventually I    53   my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with    54   formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job    55   than parenting. This I believe.

【小题1】
A.thought ofB.got used toC.dreamed ofD.got tired of
【小题2】
A.honestB.hardworkingC.successfulD.reliable
【小题3】
A.spentB.wastedC.tookD.did
【小题4】
A.could onlyB.couldn’tC.must notD.should often
【小题5】
A.weekendB.freeC.eveningD.play
【小题6】
A.readB.presentC.teachD.explain
【小题7】
A.jokeB.meansC.toolD.trick
【小题8】
A.topB.normalC.poorD.slow
【小题9】
A.get rid ofB.hang out with
C.break away fromD.keep in touch with
【小题10】
A.complainedB.forgotC.worriedD.argued
【小题11】
A.haveB.costC.needD.make
【小题12】A. left over  B paid off  C. used up  D. put away
【小题13】
A.tiredB.pleasedC.disappointedD.bored
【小题14】
A.anythingB.everythingC.somethingD.nothing
【小题15】
A.clothesB.shirtsC.shoesD.skirts
【小题16】
A.anymoreB.somewhereC.anywhereD.everywhere
【小题17】
A.guysB.motherC.studiesD.school
【小题18】
A.madeB.realizedC.changedD.remembered
【小题19】
A.littleB.muchC.lowD.high
【小题20】
A.more interestingB.less interesting
C.more importantD.less portant

Most young people 21 some form of 22    activity.  It may be walking, cycling,or swimming, or in winter, skating, or skiing. It may be a game of some kind—football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering. (登山运动) Those who have a 23 for climbing high and difficult mountains are often 24 with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to 25 cold and hardship, and to take 26 on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the 27 between mountaineering and other forms of activity 28 which men 29 their leisure (空闲的) time. Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no manmade rules, 30 there are for such games as golf and football. There are, 31 rules of a different kind which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from manmade rules 32 makes mountaineering 33 to many people. Those who climb mountains are 34 to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game” .We should be mistaken in this. There are , it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers but when climbers are on a rock face 35 by a rope 36 which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork. The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical 37. A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis 38 are in their early twenties. 39 it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly 40 equal enjoyment.

【小题1】
A.pleaseB.playC.getD.enjoy
【小题2】
A.physicalB.mentalC.joyD.pleasant
【小题3】
A.feelingB.thirstC.possessionD.position
【小题4】
A.looked downB.looked outC.looked uponD.looked round
【小题5】
A.sufferB.observeC.enjoyD.stare at
【小题6】
A.dangerB.painsC.risksD.efforts
【小题7】
A.differenceB.distanceC.similarityD.relationship
【小题8】
A.intoB.atC.forD.to
【小题9】
A.drawB.spendC.devoteD.spare
【小题10】
A.asB.andC.orD.so
【小题11】
A.sometimesB.howeverC.of courseD.therefore
【小题12】
A.whichB.thatC.whatD.whatever
【小题13】
A.satisfyingB.tiresomeC.terrifyingD.attractive
【小题14】
A.urgedB.forcedC.limitedD.free
【小题15】
A.fixedB.hungC.linkedD.winded
【小题16】
A.atB.inC.overD.on
【小题17】
A.effortsB.spiritsC.techniquesD.qualities
【小题18】
A.athletesB.observersC.championsD.sportsmen
【小题19】
A.ButB.ThereforeC.SoD.Thus
【小题20】
A.experienceB.giveC.receiveD.want

A fried of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a naughty street boy was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked..

Paul nodded, “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you anything? I wish…” He hesitated(犹豫).

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said made Paul think all the way.

“I wish ,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”

Paul looked at the boy in surprise, adding, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile?”

“Yes, I’d love that.” After a short ride, the boy turned and said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled, He thought he knew what the boy wanted. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. Then in a while Paul heard him coming back, but he didn’t come fast. He was carrying his little crippled(伤残) brother. He pointed to the car and said, “There it is, Buddy, just like I told you up stairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas. And some day I’m going to give one just like it and then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying tell you about. ”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what “It is more blessed to give” means.

1.The naughty street boy wished to _____________ .

A.have a brother like Paul’s

B.get a present from his brother

C.become a brother like Paul’s

D.take a ride in his automobile

2.When the boy asked for a ride home, Paul thought the boy wanted to ______________.

A.play a trick on him

B.own a car like Paul’s

C.pick up someone important to him.

D.show off by riding home in a car

3.What did the boy want to show to his crippled brother?

A.His pride.         B.His bravery.        C.His love.          D.His generosity.

4.What would be the best title for text?

A.A brother like that

B.A Christmas present

C.A boy’s crippled brother

D.An unforgettable Christmas

5.(Originally created)  The last sentence “It is more blessed to give” in this story means following EXCEPT____.

A.It is better to help than to get helped.

B.The more help you give to others, the happier you will feel.

C.To help other people is a way to make a person to become a true man.

D.To give away all your wealth, otherwise, you won’t be blessed by God.

 

Happiness is contagious (有感染力的), as researchers reported on Thursday.

People with the most social connections — spouses, friends, neighbors and relatives — were also the happiest, the data showed. “Each additional happy person makes you happier,” Christakis said.

“Imagine that I am connected to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others. It is this fabric of humanity, like an American patch quilt.”

Each person sits on a different colored patch. “Imagine that these patches are happy and unhappy patches. Your happiness depends on what is going on in the patch around you,” Christakis said.

“It is not just happy people connecting with happy people, which they do. Above and beyond, there is this contagious process going on.”

And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered.

“If a social contact is happy, it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent, ” Fowler said. “A friend of a friend, or the friend of a spouse or a sibling (兄弟姐妹), if they are happy, increases your chances by 10 percent,” he added.

A happy third degree friend — the friend of a friend of a friend — increases a person’s chances of being happy by 6 percent.

“But every extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that you’ll be unhappy by 7 percent,” Fowler said.

The finding is interesting and it is useful, too, Fowler said.

“Among other benefits, happiness has been shown to have an important effect on reduced mortality (死亡率), pain reduction, and improved cardiac (心脏的) function. So better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to develop a healthier society,” he said.

The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a person’s chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.

“A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000,” Christakis said.

1.It can be inferred that________.

A.happiness spreads as fast and widely as unhappiness

B.unhappiness spreads faster and more widely than happiness

C.happiness spreads faster and more widely than unhappiness

D.the spread of unhappiness has not been studied by researchers

2.Which of the following will increase your chances of becoming happier most?

A.Being in a party with a happy atmosphere.

B.A happy experience of your brother or your parents.

C.A happy trip to a foreign country of your friends.

D.Happiness of your friend’s friend.

3.What does Christakis mean by saying “A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000”?

A.A happy friend can help you bring in a wealth of $ 20,000.

B.A happy friend is a wealth which is worth about $ 20,000.

C.A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 2%.

D.A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 8 %.

 

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