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at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow — beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 1 the top through the southern route
(路线). But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to
try the 2 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 3 . Now they were waiting to see his
signal. If he planned to 4 the next day, he would light (点燃) a green signal. A red light would mean that he
was turning back.
A tiny green light 5 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 6 . The next day he
continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 7 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the
green light.
In the morning, Bonatti 8 . He could not see the top, he knew he was almost there. Though the climb was
painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 9 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to
climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his success was radioed to the world. The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the " 10 " and would be well remembered as a
climber of all time.
| ( ) 1. A. reached ( ) 2. A. comfortable ( ) 3. A. excitedly ( ) 4. A. turn back ( ) 5. A. lit ( ) 6. A. cried ( ) 7. A. sleepy ( ) 8. A. woke up ( ) 9. A. training ( ) 10. A. necessary | B. arrived B. important B. anxiously B. come down B. appeared B. laughed B. excited B. turned up B. preparing B. dangerous | C. watched C. difficult C. in surprise C. go on C. pulled C. jumped C. tired C. got up C. planning C. perhaps | D. followed D. nervous D. with curiosity D. get back D. found D. cheered D. happy D. looked up D. asking D. impossible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September, 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives. The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning. By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul"s and the Guildhall among them. Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat. The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out. After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St Paul"s. The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means _______. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. home B. children C. wife and husband D. wife and children | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. How was the fire put out according to the text? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. The king and his soldiers came to help. B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed. C. People managed to get enough water from the river. D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _______. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. some people lost their lives B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire C. many famous buildings were destroyed D. the King"s bakery was burned down | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire. B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire. C. To show that poor people suffered most. D. To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire? (a) There was a strong wind. (b) The streets were very narrow. (c) Many houses were made of wood. (d) There was not enough water in the city. (e) People did not discover the fire earlier. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A. (a) and (b) B. (a), (b) and (c) C. (a), (b), (c) and (d) D. (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 完形填空：阅读短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The year I went to college was a very difficult transition (过渡期) for me. As is probably true with many people, I got quite a lot of homework and often thought about going home. Although the 1 time for many students is getting letters from home, my mailbox was frequently 2 . One day when I went to the mailbox, there was a postcard staring out at me. I sat down to read it, 3 a note from someone back home. 4 I became increasingly puzzled as no postcards were like this: It was a full news report about a woman named Mabel and her newborn baby. I took the card back to my room and forgot about it. Several days later I 5 another postcard, this one delivering news about Maybelline, Mabel"s cousin. Soon after, another card arrived and then another, 6 full of news of different people. I began to really look forward to the next one, interested to see what this author would come up with 7 . I was never disappointed. Finally, the card 8 coming, right about the time I had begun to feel 9 about college life. They had been such a happy distraction (调剂) that I have 10 all the postcards and still bring them out to read whenever I need a lift. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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