Question

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___1____ of over 4,000 feet.

The Adirondack Mountain Club gives special honor and a patch to    2    who climbs all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this   3   . It took them several years to accomplish it.

My friends had climbed 10 of the mountains. The left one was the farthest,    4    much effort. A hiking trail led past the base of the mountain,    5    from that point they were on their own.

Early one morning they left their      6    and walked 5 miles on the hiking trail to the base of a    7     of mountains. One of the mountains in this chain was the last one they  8  for their patch.

When they reached the base of the mountain chain they    9     that they had left their compass and map back in the camp.    10     returning to the camp, they decided to go on without them.

For hours they    11    uphill suffering heat and black flies. Finally, late in the afternoon they   12    themselves on the top of a mountain. They were tired but   13   .

The excitement was short-lived however. When they    14    the valley, they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the    15    hill! It was too late that weekend to correct their    16   . They had to wait another 4 months to climb the right mountain.

This story    17    that often in life we make effort toward a    18    but without the right map and personal compass it is easy to get    19    .

Knowing your life purpose gives you a    20     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

13. 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

Answer 1

1--  20      BDBAD   CCADB   CDABC   DDBCD  

解析:

1. B。此处指山的高度，故选B。

2. D。结合语境，这个俱乐部给任何翻越所有11座山峰的人以特别的荣誉。anyone who = whoever。

3. B。这里指作者的两个朋友想得到这个奖励。

4. A。从前面知道只剩下最后一座山了，而攀登这座山需要花费很大力气。

5. D。前面部分有“hiking trail”的帮助，但是以后就要*他们自己了。

6. C。根据后文中“left their compass and map back in the camp”可知答案。

7. C。根据后文中“One of the mountains in this chain …”可知答案。

8. A。此处表示他们需要这最后一座山来达到目的。

9. D。结合语境可知他们突然发现没有带指南针和地图。

10. B。他们不愿意回去，决定要在没有指南针和地图的情况下，继续爬山。

11. C。由“For hours”可知爬山过程比较艰难，只有C项符合语境。

12. D。他们在傍晚时刻发现自己终于登到了山顶。

13. A。由前面的but可知此处表示转折，他们虽然很疲劳但是却很兴奋。

14. B。这里指目光越过峡谷，所以B正确。

15. C。根据上文可知他们看到了另外一座更高的山，他们爬错了山。

16. D。因为天色已晚，他们无法纠正自己的错误。

17. D。通过这个故事证明了一个道理，D正确。

18. B。在生活中，我们经常为了某个目标而付出努力。

19. C。没有“地图和指南针”，我们很容易迷失方向。

20. D。知道自己的生活目的使你拥有强大的地图和指南针。