The first day of university our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a 11 ,little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that 12 her entire being.
She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and enthusiastically 13 , “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant 14 . “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She 15 replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was 16 what may have motivated her to be taking on this 17 at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a 18 and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she 19 made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention bestowed upon her from the other 20 . She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow 21 because we stop playing.
There are only four 22 to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your 23 ,you die.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or 24 . The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in 25 . Have no regrets.”
| 小题1: | | A．strong | B．beautiful | C．wrinkled | D．charming |
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| 小题2: | | A．surrounded with | B．lit up | C．covered | D．showed off |
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| 小题3: | | A．responded | B．announced | C．agreed | D．allowed |
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| 小题4: | | A．kiss | B．squeeze（紧抱） | C．smile | D．arm |
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| 小题5: | | A．seriously | B．happily | C．jokingly | D．hopefully |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious | B．eager | C．unsure | D．doubtful |
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| 小题7: | | A．career | B．degree | C．hobby | D．challenge |
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| 小题8: | | A．college education | B．rich husband | C．good job | D．happy family |
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| 小题9: | | A．frequently | B．seldom | C．easily | D．often |
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| 小题10: | | A．elderly | B．people | C．friends | D．students |
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| 小题11: | | A．mature | B．weak | C．relaxed | D．old |
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| 小题12: | | A．notes | B．suggestions | C．secrets | D．requirements |
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| 小题13: | | A．courage | B．dreams | C．confidence | D．friends |
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| 小题14: | | A．ability | B．time | C．money | D．effort |
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| 小题15: | | A．university | B．hope | C．trial | D．change |
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小题7:D
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试题分析：本文讲述了一个87岁的老太太为了实现自己上大学的梦想一直在努力的故事，以告诉我们要为自己的梦想而努力，有梦想的人才是最美丽的。
小题1:C 上下文串联。根据下文可知Rose年龄已经很大了，故应该是满脸的皱纹。故C正确。
小题2:B 短语辨析。A包围B照亮C覆盖D炫耀；她的微笑把她整个人都照亮起来，显得很精神。
小题3:A 动词辨析。A回应B宣布C同意D允许；我大笑着热情地回应她。
小题4:B 上下文串联。根据上文的Can I give you a hug?她是想拥抱我，故B项正确。
小题5:C 副词辨析。A严肃地B开心地C开玩笑地D充满希望地；从后面回答可知她是开玩笑的。
小题6:A 形容词辨析。A好奇的B急切C不确定D怀疑；对于如此高龄还来读书，我们很好奇。
小题7:D 名词辨析。A事业B学位C爱好D挑战；是什么鼓励她在如此高龄还接受这样的挑战。
小题8:A 名词辨析。A大学教育B富有的丈夫C好工作D幸福家庭；根据上下文可知她一直都想接受到大学教育，而现在她实现了自己的梦想。
小题9:C 副词辨析。A频繁地B很少C容易D经常；无论她去哪里，很容易就能交到朋友。
小题10:D 上下文串联。在大学校园里，她很容易就能引起学生们的注意。
小题11:D 上下文下来。不能因为老就停止运动，正是因为停止了运动，我们才会老。
小题12:C 名词辨析。A便条B建议C秘密D要求；爆出年轻有4个秘密，secret与介词to连用。
小题13:B 名词辨析。A勇气B梦想C信心D朋友；如果一个人失去了梦想，他就会死去。
小题14:A 名词辨析。A能力B时间C钱D努力；任何人都会变老，这不需要才干和能力。
小题15:D 名词辨析。A大学B下文C尝试D变化；我们要在变化中寻找机会，而不是留有遗憾。
点评：本文以87岁的Rose读大学的故事告诉我们“梦想”的力量。从本文我们可以看出考生应充分利用段首句提供的信息，去挖掘文章的思路，寻找文章的脉络与线索。要求考生具有扎实的英语词组、短语、习惯用法等英语搭配的知识，这对于理解文章的逻辑关系特别有利。文章的逻辑关系不外乎列举、原因、结果、让步、对照、补充、目的、条件等关系。解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索，如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词、上义词、下义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章，因此，在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。 |
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Eleven-year-old Angela was attacked by a rare 21 affecting her nerve system. She was unable to walk and her movement was 22 in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold much 23 of her ever recovering from this illness. They 24 she"d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.They said that few, if any, were able to come back to 25 after suffering from this disease .The little girl was 26 . There, lying in her hospital bed, she would swear that she was 27 going to be walking again one day.
She was moved to a specialized 28 hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. All 29 that could be applied to her case were used. The doctors were moved by her undefeatable spirit. They taught her about imaging about seeing herself walking. If it would do 30 else, it would at least give her hope and something 31 to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical treatments, and in exercise sessions. But she worked just as hard lying there faithfully doing her 32 , visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!
One day, 33 she was attempting, with all her might, to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though something 34 happened: the bed moved! It began to move around the room! She 35 out, "Look what I"m doing! Look! Look! I can do it”. I moved! I moved!"
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running to a 36 place. People were screaming, equipment was 37 and glass was breaking. You see, it was the terrible San Francisco earthquake. 38 don"t tell that to Angela. She 39 that she did it.
And now only a few years later, she"s back in school, on her own 40 . No crutches, no wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can defeat a little disease, can"t they?
| 小题1: | | A．problem | B．disease | C．accident | D．error |
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| 小题2: | | A．spread | B．avoided | C．limited | D．forced |
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| 小题3: | | A．thought | B．idea | C．opinion | D．hope |
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| 小题4: | | A．predicted | B．prepared | C．admitted | D．decided |
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| 小题5: | | A．active | B．normal | C．alive | D．simple |
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| 小题6: | | A．fearless | B．peaceful | C．patient | D．stainless |
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| 小题7: | | A．probably | B．approximately | C．sincerely | D．certainly |
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| 小题8: | | A．recovery | B．experiment | C．practice | D．exercise |
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| 小题9: | | A．schedules | B．instructions | C．supports | D．treatments |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．everything |
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| 小题11: | | A．.admirable | B．interesting | C．optimistic | D．appropriate |
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| 小题12: | | A．training | B．imaging | C．expectation | D．performance |
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| 小题13: | | A．however | B．after | C．just | D．as |
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| 小题14: | | A．useful | B．regretful | C．surprising | D．disgusting |
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| 小题15: | | A．screamed | B．laughed | C．spoke | D．sang |
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| 小题16: | | A．beautiful | B．safe | C．dangerous | D．dirty |
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| 小题17: | | A．accelerating | B．running | C．appearing | D．falling |
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| 小题19: | | A．believed | B．denied | C．realized | D．accepted |
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| 小题20: | | A．parts | B．legs | C．body | D．role |
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When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I 36 at dinner table, “My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.
Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.
What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box 37 my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my 38 .
All Saturday I waited 39 and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I 40 an enquiry（询问）about the box might 41 anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that 42 trouble.
Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful 43 of different kinds. A (n) 44 shoebox rested on top of it. 45 flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started 46 your project.”
In the next hour my father 47 the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts 48 to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a 49 smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.I answered him with a hug.
But inside, 50 danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much 51 to me, for his world consisted of work only.
The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time 52 .
On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to 53 . The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that 54 through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none 55 compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.
| 小题1: | | A．appeared | B．announced | C．served | D．sat |
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| 小题3: | | A．design | B．project | C．plan | D．idea |
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| 小题4: | | A．sadly | B．disappointedly | C．anxiously | D．patiently |
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| 小题5: | | A．knew | B．found | C．realized | D．imagined |
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| 小题6: | | A．start | B．mark | C．cause | D．produce |
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| 小题7: | | A．took | B．invited | C．saved | D．had |
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| 小题8: | | A．boxes | B．paper | C．gifts | D．food |
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| 小题9: | | A．new | B．big | C．empty | D．attractive |
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| 小题10: | | A．Relief | B．Relaxation | C．Cheer | D．Calm |
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| 小题12: | | A．folded | B．changed | C．packed | D．pressed |
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| 小题13: | | A．attached | B．joined | C．linked | D．connected |
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| 小题14: | | A．slight | B．broad | C．brief | D．confident |
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| 小题15: | | A．fun | B．joy | C．interest | D．amusement |
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| 小题16: | | A．money | B．support | C．time | D．hope |
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| 小题17: | | A．reached | B．set | C．came | D．spent |
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| 小题18: | | A．accept | B．admire | C．respect | D．recognize |
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| 小题19: | | A．carried | B．kept | C．spread | D．lasted |
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| 小题20: | | A．even | B．yet | C．still | D．ever |
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A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. While creating roads in the soft sand, he 36 a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy 37 around the rock, managing to move it out from the dirt. With much 38 , he tried to push the rock out of the sandbox. When the boy got the rock to the edge(边缘) of the sandbox, 39 , he found that he couldn’t 40 it up and over the little wall. The rock was too 41 for his small body.
As he 42 to accept his failure, the little boy dug, pushed, and pried(撬动), but every time he thought he had made some 43 , the rock rolled and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy 44 again and again, but the only 45 was to have the rock roll back.
46 , he burst into tears. All this time the boy’s father 47 him from his living room. The moment the tears fell, a 48 voice rose above the boy’s head. It was his father. 49 , but firmly(坚定地) he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the 50 that you had? The boy replied with tears, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I 51 all that I had!” “No, son, you didn’t,” 52 the father kindly. “You didn’t 53 me to help you.” With that the father picked up the rock and 54 it out of the sandbox.
Are you discovering that you don’t have the strength to move your “rocks” away? There is ONE who is always willing to 55 you with the strength you need. We also need that strength, especially in our daily life.
| 小题1: | | A．hid | B．left | C．put | D．discovered |
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| 小题2: | | A．walked | B．jumped | C．traveled | D．dug |
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| 小题3: | | A．courage | B．pride | C．effort | D．pleasure |
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| 小题4: | | A．however | B．still | C．thus | D．even |
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| 小题5: | | A．put | B．raise | C．take | D．break |
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| 小题6: | | A．large | B．difficult | C．hard | D．much |
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| 小题7: | | A．decided | B．refused | C．agreed | D．planned |
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| 小题8: | | A．inventions | B．progress | C．mistakes | D．changes |
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| 小题9: | | A．tried | B．failed | C．thought | D．started |
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| 小题10: | | A．success | B．goal | C．result | D．wish |
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| 小题11: | | A．Gradually | B．lately | C．Properly | D．Finally |
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| 小题12: | | A．watched | B．helped | C．followed | D．taught |
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| 小题13: | | A．loud | B．happy | C．sweet | D．strict |
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| 小题14: | | A．Angrily | B．Movingly | C．Suddenly | D．Gently |
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| 小题15: | | A．knowledge | B．strength | C．tools | D．ability |
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| 小题16: | | A．wasted | B．brought | C．used | D．carried |
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| 小题17: | | A．replied | B．corrected | C．shouted | D．praised |
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| 小题18: | | A．advise | B．force | C．ask | D．want |
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| 小题19: | | A．collected | B．threw | C．chose | D．broke |
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| 小题20: | | A．provide | B．lend | C．show | D．pass |
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I became lame (瘸的) in both legs in my childhood. I can’t stand 36 the support of two sticks. Only in my wheelchair can I “ 37 ” .
I still remembered the first day at 38 . When I appeared at the door, 39 in the classroom stared (凝视) at me in 40 . My face turned 41 . I couldn’t help 42
back. It was the 43 and sympathy (同情) in their eyes that 44 me doing so. I went shyly towards an unoccupied (空的) seat.
Being lame, I didn’t dare to 45 in front of my classmates. I was afraid that I might be 46 at. In those days I was very sad to see others walking 47 .
One day, a few students came up to me and asked me to go outside. I was really 48 . They encouraged me with a(n) 49 smile and 50 me in my wheelchair from place to place. I was 51 to them for giving me a chance to see the 52 of our lovely school with my own eyes.
After that we often read, played and talked together. My friends are always 53
to help me. It made me 54 I am handicapped (残疾的).
Once they asked me, “What is the most beautiful thing in our school?” Without hesitation (犹豫) I said, “ It is the 55 .”
| 小题1: | | A．with | B．without | C．under | D．on |
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| 小题3: | | A．school | B．wheelchair | C．home | D．hospital |
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| 小题4: | | A．he | B．she | C．everyone | D．nobody |
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| 小题5: | | A．thought | B．interest | C．anger | D．surprise |
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| 小题6: | | A．red | B．brown | C．white | D．black |
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| 小题7: | | A．entering | B．hiding | C．coming | D．turning |
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| 小题8: | | A．feeling | B．kindness | C．sorrow | D．pain |
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| 小题9: | | A．made | B．prevented | C．kept | D．let |
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| 小题10: | | A．walk | B．study | C．practice | D．speak |
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| 小题11: | | A．laughed | B．smiled | C．stared | D．looked |
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| 小题12: | | A．quickly | B．slowly | C．happily | D．shyly |
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| 小题13: | | A．brave | B．sad | C．hurt | D．excited |
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| 小题14: | | A．honest | B．friendly | C．luckily | D．handsome |
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| 小题15: | | A．pushed | B．placed | C．drew | D．pull |
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| 小题16: | | A．satisfied | B．sorry | C．loyal | D．grateful |
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| 小题17: | | A．signs | B．sights | C．buildings | D．students |
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| 小题18: | | A．ready | B．smart | C．wise | D．unwilling |
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| 小题19: | | A．forget | B．remember | C．imagine | D．think |
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| 小题20: | | A．teachers | B．schoolyard | C．classmates | D．friendship |
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They are the sort of friends who are so close they trust each other with their lives.If one falls, the other is there to catch him.
They are Wellman, whose legs were permanently injured nine years ago in a rock-climbing accident and Corbett, an experienced rock climber. Together, they climbed up Half Dome. the famous 2,000-foot rock in the Yosemite National park, through one of the most difficult routes(路线).
During the climb, Corbett took the lead, hit in the metal spikes (尖状物)that guided the ropes and climbed up. Then, after Wellman pulled himself up the rope, Corbett went down to remove the spikes and climbed up again. This process was repeated time and again, inch by inch, for 13 days Wellman’s job was not easy either. He got himself up the rope through upper body strength alone. In all, Wellman figured(计算) that he had done 5.000 pull-ups up the rope on the climb.
However, when the two men first met, they never talked about climbing. “He knew that was how I got injured.”Wellman said. Until one day Wellman decided that be wanted to climb again and they started training
Their climb of Half Dome was not all smooth. At one point, pieces of rock gave way, and Corbett dropped down quickly. Wellman locked their rope in place, stopping the fall at 20 feet. His quick action probably saved his friend’s life.
“Your partner can save your life—you can sane your partner’s life” Wellman said as the pair received congratulations from friends “there are real close tic.”
小题1:Which of the following was a challenge for Corbett in climbing Half Dome?| A．To climb up to remove the spikes. | B．To climb it twice. | | C．To do 5,000 pall-ups up the rope. | D．To lock the rope in place. |
小题2:Why did the two men never talk about climbing when they first met?| A．climbed was poorly trained. | | B．Wellman had lost interest in climbing. | | C．Corbett didn’t want to hurt Wellman. | | D．Wellman hadn’t decided whether to climb again. |
小题3:What do we know about Wellman?| A．He climbed Half Dome by himself. | | B．He was disabled in a traffic accident. | | C．He stopped rock-climbing for some time. | | D．He was saved by Corbett during the climb. |
小题4:The main idea of the text is that.| A．two heads are better than one. | | B．friendship is precious in life | | C．the disabled should never give up. | | D．a man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated. |
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