As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were looking 16 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow beautiful but 17 .
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. The mountain climbers had 18 the top,using the southern route（路线）. But no one had ever 19 to try a winter climbing up the northern route. But now one man was daring（敢） to try the 20 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had 21 him anxiously(担心地). Now they were waiting to see his 22 . If he planned to 23 the next day，he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he gave up.
A tiny green light 24 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up！The people 25 .
The next day he 26 his way upward(向上). He was so lonely and so 27 ！But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 28 light.
In the morning, Bonatti 29 up. He could not see the top，but he knew he was 30 there. Though the climb was painful，he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 31 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 32 to climb to the top?
He was 33 at the top！News about his victory（胜利） was radioed to the world.
The trip 34 the northern route was hard. However, He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 35 ,” and would be well remembered as a climber forever.
A．eastward B．forward C．down D．up
A．Special B．dangerous C．attractive D．small
A．swim B．passed C．reached D．rushed
A．allowed B．taken C．thought D．dared
A．difficult B．small C．same D．easy
A．Surrounded B．terrified C．watched D．helped
A．face B．leg C．flag D．signal
A．take out B．go on C．give up D．throw away
A．Appeared B．showed C．disappeared D．ran
A．laughed B．cheered C．jumped D．shouted
A．Continued B．started C．stopped D．led
A．sleepy B．excited C．tired D．happy
A．yellow B．blue C．green D．red
A．woke B．turned C．got D．looked
A．already B．almost C．extremely D．surely
A．Training B．listening C．planning D．asking
A．courage B．time C．money D．wish
A．finally B．gradually C．officially D．slightly
A．in B．up C．along D．to
A．Necessary B．important C．unimportant D．impossible
完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The nurse approached him, smiling. “The labor is going great,” she said. “wouldn't you like to come in？”
“Oh, no.” The man shook his .
The nurse the mother's side, and the labor progressed . As the birth neared, the nurse returned to the man, now frantically (烦躁地)in the hall. “She's doing so well,” she________him. “Wouldn't you like to at least come in and see her？”
The man seemed to slightly，then shook his head again. “No, no, I couldn't do that.” He jingled (使发出叮当声)car keys in his sweaty and restarted his pacing.
The nurse went back into the and coached Mom's great efforts in pushing the baby into the . As the baby's head began to appear，the nurse raced to the hall, the man by his elbow, and ________him to the bedside saying, “You have got to see this！”
At that very moment, the baby boy was born placed on the stomach of the mother whose happy smile ________ through her tears. The man began to ________ openly. Turning to the nurse, he sobbed. “You were right ! This is the greatest ________ in my life！”
By now, the nurse, too, was ________ . She put her arms around him, and he rested his
________ on her shoulder. She said, “No one should ________ the birth of their son.”
“This isn't my son,” the man sobbed. “This isn't ________ my wife. I've never seen her before in my life. I was just bringing the car ________ to my fellow across the hall !”
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Can one man make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the 2013 Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “________”. Ercolini is a young ________ in a small town in Italy. After ________the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to ________ paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with ________ glasses.
When his town announced plans to open an incinerator （ 焚化炉） to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be ________ for his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous material, leaving behind ________. You might think it is ________ than sending waste to landfills. It is true landfills ________ space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water ________ to use. But incinerators have their own________. Burning gives off poisonous gases into the air which can cause ________ problems. People will have to wear a mask no matter ________ they go. The smoke also causes pollution, and even ________ the greenhouse effect.
Ercolini was worried about the ________ of his community and felt it was his duty to ________ them. He organized town hall meetings, and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle. ________ , Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the ________ of which is to reduce the waste sent to landfills and incinerators to the least possible amount. He has already ________ plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities. ________ his efforts, there are more than one hundred zero-waste towns in Italy now!
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In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce that she nearly died. She________ but the fever left its mark一she could no longer see and ________. Because she could not hear，she also found it very ________ to speak.
So how did this child，blinded and deafened at 19 months old，grow up to ________a world-famous author and public speaker?
The fever cut her ________ from the outside world， depriving (剥夺）her of sight and sound. It was ________ she had been thrown into a dark prison room from which there could be no ________ .
Luckily Helen was not someone who ________ easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other ________. She followed her mother wherever she went， ________onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came across. She 51 their actions and was soon able to do certain jobs herself，like milking the________or kneading dough (揉面）.She even learnt to ________people by feeling their faces or their clothes. She could also ________ where she was in the garden by the smell of the different plants and the ________ of the ground under her feet.
By the age of 7 she had invented over 60 different ________ by which she could talk to her family. If she wanted bread for example，she would pretend to ________ a loaf and butter into slices (片）.If she wanted ice cream， she ________herself with her arms and pretended to shake.
Helen was unusual in that she was extremely ________ and also very sensitive. By her own ________ she had managed to make some sense of an alien and confusing world. But even so she had limitations.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Joy to the World
Lights, decorations and Christmas trees filled the stores. Many people were there because Christmas was only two days away.
Thirteen-year-old Joy had just her Christmas shopping. She knew her parents, grandparents so well that finding them was a piece of cake.
Joy went out of the store and came across her classmate, Nick, the least student in school because he wore strange clothing and he had a face only a mother could love.
“What are you doing for Christmas?” said Nick with a smile that showed all his yellow teeth.
“I’m opening presents and having dinner with my ,” said Joy, trying to be polite. “What about you?”
“My parents are away,” he said. “I live with my uncle, who doesn’t like me very much.”
Joy wasn’t sure how to , so she said goodbye with an awkward smile. She felt sorry for Nick since he must feel . But that wasn’t really her problem.
On Christmas Eve, Joy’s family were busy around for the holiday. Joy’s parents were cooking in the kitchen. Joy was a child for holiday cheer, dancing the house.
After dinner, the family into their car and headed to church for the Christmas Eve service. When they walked into the old building, they were by the flow of beautiful songs. A man stood up with Bible and the story Joy had learned on her mother’s knee. It was about a baby named Jesus who came to live on Earth to help people who him.
Joy’s thoughts kept turning back to Nick. It must be to be lonely on Christmas, a day that celebrated God’s Son coming to Earth. Tears started to run down her , but she brushed them away.
Joy lay awake that night everyone else was sleeping like a baby. She was thinking ways to help Nick. As soon as she heard parents get up, she out of bed. She found them in the kitchen and told them about Nick. Then she asked, “Can we him over today?” “Sure,” said her mother, who was always happy when came. Her father smiled.
When Joy called Nick later that day, he was excited. After getting his uncle’s , he joined them for dinner. To her surprise, Joy enjoyed spending time with him.
Joy came to understand Christmas cheer is a joy to Nick, even to the whole world.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Our family raises sled dogs(雪橇狗). In ________Mom and Dad take people driving in a dog sled, and it’s super fun!
When the dogs were born, I was so ________ .That’s when I saw my favorite—little Jip. Every ________ I had, I put little Jip in my arms. I carried him around and played with him, not just because it’s fun to ________ dogs. Getting them used to human touch makes a ________ sled dog, Dad says.
When Jip was eight weeks old, he got his first ________ .All he had to do was________ wearing a light leash to get used to the ________ of pulling something behind him.
When he was ten weeks old, I started ________ Jip to come when he was called. It was ________ time to try out a harness（挽具）around his body. The harness can be a little heavy, ________ we left it on for just a short time each day.
________ , I put Jip ’s harness on him at mealtime. I ________ him to a heavy chair. And I placed his ________ just far enough away so that when he ate, he had to pull on the line.
The dogs________ fast! When they were four months old, we tied old shoes to their harnesses. ________ wolves, sled dogs like to run after anything that’s moving such as a rabbit. We started teaching the ________ “On by!” That means leave the rabbit alone! A sled dog must stay on the trail(路线).
Jip won’t be fully grown and ready to pull a heavy sled ________ he’s almost two years old. But now that he’s nine months old, he’s ________ enough to go on short runs with the big dogs. Dad says that maybe next winter I can ________ in the sled when Jip goes on practice runs. I can’t wait!
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