Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb   31  highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.   32  mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   33  and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not  34  his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   35 was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out   36  Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   37   him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  38   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz   39  behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   40  to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   41  him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was   42  and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more   43  than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally   44 reached the top. Later, the villagers   45  knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.
【小题1】
A.theB.aC.anD./
【小题2】
A.RudiB.The Rudi’sC.Rudis’D.Rudi’s
【小题3】
A.climbingB.climbC.to climbD.climbed
【小题4】
A.try outB.give upC.go overD.work out
【小题5】
A.whatB.whichC.whomD.who
【小题6】
A.whichB.whatC.thatD.where
【小题7】
A.afterB.behindC.beforeD.over
【小题8】
A.butB.soC.orD.for
【小题9】
A.walkedB.restedC.stayedD.watched
【小题10】
A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.last
【小题11】
A.takeB.beatC.pushD.help
【小题12】
A.helpfulB.helpingC.helpsD.helpless
【小题13】
A.popularB.successfulC.importantD.interesting
【小题14】
A.heB.theyC.themD.him
【小题15】
A.bothB.noneC.eitherD.all

One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small   31  in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make   32  body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.
So the boy   33  to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be   34 .He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole   35 .The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it   36 a little different. It had a weak body and small, thin   37 .The butterfly didn’t start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a weak body and thin wings. It was never able to fly.
The boy acted with   38  but he didn’t understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle. The hard work of   39  out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly’s body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be   40  to fly. If the butterfly never has to squeeze(挤压) itself out of the cocoon, its wings will never get the fluid and it can never fly.
  41  struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be __42__ we could have been and we would never fly.
In our lives, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even   43  growth, without it , there’s no way of life. We can’t avoid   44  or problems. So, next time you are   45 a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little—then fly!

【小题1】
A.holeB.wormC.tallD.snake
【小题2】
A.itB.it’sC.itselfD.its
【小题3】
A.decidedB.askedC.showedD.ordered
【小题4】
A.afraidB.interestedC.surprisedD.grateful
【小题5】
A.slimmerB.biggerC.shorterD.smaller
【小题6】
A.touchedB.soundedC.lookedD.smelt
【小题7】
A.wingsB.feetC.eyesD.head
【小题8】
A.successB.excitementC.kindnessD.humour
【小题9】
A.getB.gettingC.to getD.got
【小题10】
A.readyB.quietC.gladD.used
【小题11】
A.SomewhereB.SomethingC.Some timeD.Sometimes
【小题12】
A.as helpful asB.as weak asC.as strong asD.as creative as
【小题13】
A.repeatsB.recommendsC.requiresD.represents
【小题14】
A.happinessB.difficultiesC.pleasureD.hope
【小题15】
A.served withB.growing intoC.bringing inD.faced with



The 16th Asian Games was held from November 12th to 27th in 2010 in Guangzhou, China. There were 41 events in the Games.
China got 199 gold medals and reached the total medals of 416. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Asian Games. In 1990 Beijing held the 11th Asian Games.

Premier Wen Jiabao went to Shanxi province on April 2nd , 2011. He made a three-day visit to impoverished(穷困的) Luliang. During his visit, he said that farmers’ right(权利)must be protected and he warned(警告) that no land should ever be taken against a farmer’s will(意愿).

The Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway will be put into operation at the end of June, 2011. The journey takes about five hours. The train can reach speeds of up to 380 kilometers an hour. The passenger volume (容量) is expected to reach 160 million a year, marking(标志) a great step in China’s Railway development.
【小题1】The 16th Asian Games was held in __________.
A.GuangzhouB.ShanghaiC.BeijingD.Tokyo
【小题2】 How many gold medals did China get in the 16th Asian Games ? 
A.11.B.41.C.199.D.416.
【小题3】________ went to Shanxi province on April 2nd , 2011. 
A.A farmerB.Our premierC.A workerD.A passenger
【小题4】Premier Wen Jiabao said that_________ right must be protected. 
A.officials’B.women’sC.students’D.farmers’
【小题5】The Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway will be put into operation at the end of _______, 2011.
A.JuneB.JulyC.AugustD.September

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