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(段)?

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 write 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. Seeing all of the nice things

完型填空（15分）
I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one _1_ was the most important.
It happened last term just after I had got a _2_ result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be_3_.
The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking _4_ a teacher. Instead, he held up a twenty Yuan note(钞票)!
“Who wants this?” he asked. Unsurprisingly, _5_ of us in the class held up our hands.
The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but _6_nothing. Suddenly, he threw the note onto the floor! Then he asked the same _7_ a third time.
I didn’t _8_ what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didn’t know what to do. I wanted the note, _9_ I put my hand up again. After a while, he _10_ the note and started to laugh. “You have all just told me how to become successful,” _11_ said to us with the note in his hand.
“The note is worth twenty yuan. It is _12_ worth twenty yuan, even though I throw it on the floor. You are like the note. No matter _13_ happens to you, you still have your worth.”
When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I _14_ I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesn’t _15_ I can’t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!