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Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip
to the Alps. My companions-Jean-Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent-and I left our camp early
and planned to reach the top by late morning.
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow. We found shelter and decided to wait
for the snow to stop. After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day. We started
down the mountain in the thick snow. Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them. As
he was returning to us, he started to fall. His fall started an avalanehe (雪崩) and it was falling towards us! I
was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me. "Are you OK?" he asked.
"I think I broke my leg," I answered.
"I"d better radio for help!" he said."Where are the others?" We couldn"t see Maurice or Mary anywhere.
Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away. It
seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter. The helicopter couldn"t
land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs and a stretcher (担架). One man ran to me, but
I told him to search for the others. The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily
in the snow.
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary"s scarf and led the rescuers to her. Maurice was nearby. The men gave
us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter. Two men inside the helicopter
pulled us up with the ropes. I went first on the stretcher.
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix Our poor rescuers and their
dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain. Later we would find these brave men and thank them
for saving our lives.
B. The loss of the sunglasses.
C. The injury of the team members.
D. The unexpected height of the mountain.
B. His companion knocked into him.
C. The heavy clouds blocked his view.
D. The avalanche caused a fall for him.
B. Crazy.
C. Sorry.
D. Annoyed.
B. The team was upset about their failure.
C. It was several hours before the rescue team arrived.
D. The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc.
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from my dad"s office. When he told me that he was laid off, I thought he was joking. Then I noticed his
seriousness and realized he was telling the truth. My father has always been a hard worker. He has prided
himself on his career. 1_____ I guess I had taken his work for granted.
2_____ For starters, he was home all the time. It meant my bed had to be made, my room cleaned up,
and my homework done right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computer
searching for jobs. 3_____ He seemed down, though he tried to be optimistic. He asked my brother and
me to spend less. I gave up my spending money, which wasn"t much. I also found a part-time job.
4_____ He explained that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business.
Day by day, I watched him build it. One evening I asked if he needed help. "Only if it doesn"t affect school,"
he said. I showed up at his office the next afternoon, and most afternoons after that for two months.
5_____ The terrible experience for our family taught me how to deal with difficulties. Now I know that
through creative problem-solving, I can always find Plan B. I can ask for help and take risks. What I have
learned from my dad"s understanding of business and his work ethic (信条) are two of the most important
lessons I will ever learn. And they will be my principles for success.
B. I made every effort to solve his problems.
C. I began to notice how losing his job had affected him.
D. My father"s unemployment created many changes in our lives.
E. After months of searching, my dad decided to go in a totally different direction.
F. His courage and determination helped him to become successful in his new career.
G. I always knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action influenced me a lot.
achieve and they loved to talk about them.
This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN 2 IF wasn"t in a great mood (心情). After
they sat at the usual table 3 for them, WHEN asked IF, "You don"t seem your usual 4 self?" IF replied,
"Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I 5 the time."
WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, "I too saw a 6 and I" m going to register when I get 7
money." WHEN then questioned IF, "What about the new job you were going to apply for?" IF answered,
"I would have applied, but my 8 broke down. I couldn"t type my resume (简历)."
"Don"t worry. I"ve been thinking about looking for another job also, 9 I"ll wait and when the weather
gets 10 I will look then. I hate this awful weather."
The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn"t 11 it anymore,
he went to them and said, "I think I know 12 you could solve your problems."
IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the 13 they faced, there was no way he could help! 14 , IF
asked the man for advice. The man said, "Your conversation reminds me of an old 15 : IF and WHEN were
planted, and nothing 16 ."
IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel 17 of living their life for the "ifs" and "whens".
Finally they came to a(n) 18 : next time they met, there would be no"ifs" or "whens"; they would 19 talk
about what they had 20 !
| ( )1. A. agreed ( )2. A. sensed ( )3. A. cleaned ( )4. A. sensitive ( )5. A. had ( )6. A. notice ( )7. A. lucky ( )8. A. computer ( )9. A. or ( )10. A. drier ( )11. A. take ( )12. A. when ( )13. A. changes ( )14. A. Anxiously ( )15. A. saying ( )16. A. rose ( )17. A. tired ( )18. A. ambition ( )19. A. even ( )10. A. discussed | B. centered B. insisted B. made B. honest B. spent B. job B. pocket B. fridge B. but B. colder B. decline B. where B. expenses B. Curiously B. story B. grew B. proud B. conclusion B. only B. promised | C. relied C. declared C. ordered C. cheerful C. seized C. course C. enough C. camera C. for C. wilder C. support C. why C. challenges C. Surprisingly C. habit C. removed C. ashamed C. description C. still C. arranged | D. took D. guessed D. reserved D. clumsy D. valued D. chance D. paper D. recorder D. so D. nicer D. watch D. how D. possibilities D. Stubbornly D. fiction D. remained D. aware D. agreement D. thus D. accomplished | |||||||||
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| No one else knew about the extra club in Zach Nash"s golf bag. It belonged to a friend, and Zach forgot it was there as he played his way to victory in a junior tournament (锦标赛) last summer in Wisconsin, US. The 14-year-old accepted his medal, celebrated with his grandparents who had come from a long way to watch. But when he stopped by his country club to share the news, a professional player noticed something wrong. "Count your clubs," he told the teenager. Fifteen-one more than allowed. Zach"s eyes filled with tears. If Zach had just won a basketball championship or a soccer game and someone had discovered a violation after the win, it would not have mattered. It is nothing unusual for a soccer player to dive to the turf to draw fouls (假摔以使对方犯规). Golf is different. In a win-at-all-costs world, the game holds itself to a higher standard. Golf isn"t a game where referees watch closely. In golf tournaments, dozens of competitors are spread across acres of land, so officials cannot hope to see each shot. Competitors call penalties (处罚) on themselves. "It was a sport for gentlemen, and gentlemen did not care about winning. They care about doing the right thing," said Robert Simon, a golf coach at Hamilton College in New York. Honesty became a medal of honor. When one of the game"s early stars, Bobby Jones, was praised for calling a penalty on himself at the 1925 US Open, he replied:"You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank." So even the error had no effect on Zach"s final score-he has never used the extra club, the teenager packed up his medal and dropped it in the mail. "But this is golf, and rules are rules. I just knew what I had to do," he said. Then came another tournament. Before teeing off (开球), Zach counted his clubs-four times. | ||||||||||||
| 1. What can we infer from the text? | ||||||||||||
| A. A friend put an extra club in Zach"s bag. B. Zach returned the medal that he had won. C. Zach"s grandparents encouraged him to play fair. D. Zach regretted meeting with the professional player. | ||||||||||||
| 2. According to Robert, golf is different from other sports in that _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. honor comes before victory B. players are superior to coaches C. referees have to watch each shot D. players needn"t care about medals | ||||||||||||
| 3. What can be learned from the underlined sentence? | ||||||||||||
| A. One should be praised-for not robbing a bank. B. Bobby looked down upon bank robbers. C. Little did Bobby care about the penalty. D. Observing rules demands no praise. | ||||||||||||
| 4. Why did Zach count his clubs four times before the following tournament? | ||||||||||||
| A. He remembered the lesson. B. He lacked self-confidence. C. He felt a little too nervous. D. He was no good with numbers. | ||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||
| It"s a typical Snoopy card: cheerful message, bright colors, though a little yellow and faded now. Although I"ve received fancier, more expensive cards over the years, this is the only one I"ve 1 . One summer, it spoke volumes to me. I received it 2 the first June I faced as a widow to raise two teenage daughters alone. In all the emotional confusion of this sudden single 3 , I even had difficulty in the simplest housework: leaky taps, oil changes, even barbecues. Those had always been my husband"s 4 I was embarrassed every time I 5 my thumb with a hammer. My uncertain attempts only 6 the fear inside me: How could I be both a father and mother to my girls? Clearly, I 7 the tools and skills. That morning, my girls pushed me into the living room to see something. (I prayed it wasn"t 8 repair job.) The "something" turned out to be an 9 and several wrapped things on the carpet. My 10 must have been plain as I stared from the colorful packages to my daughters" 11 faces. "Go ahead! Open them!" they urged. As I 12 the packages, I discovered a small barbecue grill and all the necessary 13 including a green kitchen glove. "But why?" I asked. "Happy Father"s Day!" they shouted together. "Moms don"t get presents on Father"s Day," I said. "You forgot to open the 14 ," Jane reminded I pulled it from the envelope. There sat Snoopy, merrily wishing me a Happy Father"s Day."Because," the girls said, "you"ve been a father and mother to us, why shouldn"t you be 15 on Father"s Day?" As I fought back tears, I realized they were 16 . I wanted to be a "professional" dad, who had the latest tools. The girls 17 wanted a parent they could count on to be there, day after day, 18 repeatedly the tasks of basic care and love. The girls are grown now, 19 they still send me Father"s Day cards, but none of those cards means as much to me as that first one. Its simple message told me being a great parent didn"t require any special 20 at all-just a willing worker. | ||||||||||||
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