Is there something strange high up in the world’s tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?

No one knows this mystery(谜)has puzzled the world for years.

In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints(脚印)in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don’t walk without shoes in the snow!

In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off, he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. When he watched, it ran very quickly.

Fifteen years later, newspaper had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “Snowman” walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man.

From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. The pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey? Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew! And the mystery keeps growing. Somebody we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.

1.The passage is about _________.

A.some mountain climbers

B.some strange animals

C.some large footprints

D.the mystery of the Snowman

2. Why were people interested in the footprints?

A.They were footprints of a large bear.

B.They looked like the footprints of a large man.

C.People found them in the snow.

D.People found them in the world’s tallest mountains.

3. A mountain climber took the pictures of large footprints in_______.

A.1887

B.1906

C.1921

D.1951

4. Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large footprints?

A.They were footprints of an ape man.

B.They were footprints of a Snowman.

C.The pictures showed clearly how the Snowman walked.

D.The pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs.

5. Since a mountain climber first found the large footprints in the snow, the mystery of the Snowman has puzzled the world for over _______years.

A.one hundred and ten

B.ninety-five

C.eighty

D.fifty

 

An old engineer went suddenly blind. She promised a doctor a lot of money if he could make her see again. “If you fail,” she said, “you’ll get nothing.” The doctor agreed.

The doctor soon discovered what was wrong with her, but he decided not to cure her right away. Instead each time he visited, he secretly took some of her things. When he had taken away everything, he wanted to cure her blindness and asked for the money.

Now the old woman could see again, she noticed that all her things had gone and she refused to pay the money. So the doctor took her before a judge.

“What the doctor said is true,” she said to the judge. “But I say I was not well cured, because I still can’t see any of the things in my house.”

The old woman won the case and the doctor went away unhappily without getting his pay.

1. What did the engineer promise the doctor if he failed to make her see again?

A.A lot of money

B.Half of the money

C.No money

D.A little money

2. The underlined word “discovered” in paragraph 2 means _______.

A.found

B.caught

C.heard

D.covered

3. What can you infer from the story?

A.The old engineer lived alone

B.The old engineer lived with a servant.

C.The old engineer lived with her children.

D.The old engineer lived with a judge.

4. What’s the result of the case?

A.The engineer failed

B.The doctor failed to get the pay.

C.The doctor returned the things

D.The old engineer forgot her promise.

5.. What kind of person was the old engineer?

A.She was foolish.

B.She was kind.

C.She was clever

D.She was polite.

 

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