As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward 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 40 the top through the southem 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 41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber 42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti 47 . He could not see the top；he knew he was 48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 49 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. 50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
A．reached B．passed C．watched D．followed
A．comfortable B．important C．difficult D．nervous
A．with B．from C．in D．at
A．turn back B．come down C．go on D．get back
A．placed B．appeared C．pulled D．found
A．cried B．laughed C．jumped D．cheered
A．sleepy B．excited C．tired D．happy
A．woke up B．turned up C．got up D．looked up
A．already B．almost C．hardly D．surely
A．training B．practising C．planning D．asking
A．importance B．success C．climb D．courage
A．necessary B．dangerous C．perfect D．impossible
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The 1 in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat 2 every day. They eat bread 3 breakfasts and usually for one other meal. They eat their bread with butter, 4 cheese or jam(果酱). Cheese and butter are made from 5 .They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or 6 _, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their 7 _, too. They are the world’s biggest tea 8 . They don’t eat much rice. And they like meat or fish with 9 and other vegetables. They serve all these together. After the main meal they always have 10 sweet. They call this dessert. They don’t have dumplings in Beijing.
A．apples B．tea C．food D．fruit
A．it B．them C．one D．they
A．to B．with C．on D．for
A．maybe B．be C．may D．may be
A．milk B．cow C．meat D．bread
A．hot B．many C．much D．bread
A．milk B．tea C．coffee D．meal
A．makers B．buyers C．drinkers D．sellers
A． tomatoes B．bananas C．pears D．potatoes
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
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One evening I went to have dinner with my uncle and aunt. They had l invited another person, a young woman, so that there would be four people at 2 . Her face was familiar (面熟的). I was quite 3 that we had met 4 , but I could not 5 where I had seen her face. In the course of the talk, however, the young woman 6 to tell us that she had lost her purse the other day. All at once I remembered where I had seen her face. She was just the young girl in the photo in the purse I had picked up while walking down the street that afternoon, although she looked much older. She was 7 , of course, when I was 8 to describe her purse to her. Then I explained (解释) that I had recognized (认出) her from the photo I had found in the purse. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to fetch the purse.
As the policeman handed it 9 , he said I had found not 10 the purse, but the person who had lost it.
A．too B．also C．else D．either
A．once B．noon C．table D．work
A．strange B．happy C．certain D．excited
A．before B．ago C．then D．soon
A．know B．find C．see D．remember
A．began B．wanted C．happened D．decided
A．glad B．angry C．strange D．surprised
A．able B．about C．sorry D．ready
A．over B．in C．up D．down
A．also B．only C．yet D．except
Mr. Smith lived in a village far away __ 16_ a town . One day he felt very ill and every one 17 he would die . They sent for a doctor . The doctor 18 and looked at the man closely . The doctor asked for a pen and ___19 paper to write down the name of the medicine(药). But there was no pen _20 _ paper because all the villagers never went to school before. The doctor had to use a piece of charcoal to write down the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him .” he said , “and he will ___ 21 _ get better .” Mr Smith’s family and friends didn't know _ _22__ to do . They could not read the __ 23_ writing . Then Mr. Smith’s son had an idea . He shut ___24 the door of the house , put it on his back and ran to the nearest town . He bought the medicine , he soon got rid of his __ 25 . He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door .
A．in B．from C．to D．at
A．thinks B．saw C．thought D．sure
A．arrived B．got to C．arrived at D．reached
A．a B．any C．the D．some
A．or B．nor C．and D．but
A．quick B．quickly C．soon D．fast
A．what B．how C．whether D．why
A．beautiful B．bad C．good D．strange
A．on B．by C．off D．up
A．ill B．illness C．sick D．sad
“Learning a language is easy. Even a child can do it!”
Most adults who are36 a second language would not agree with this. For them, learning is a very difficult task. They need much time to study and practice, and even sometimes they don’t get good results. But learning a language is __37 _for children.
Language teachers often offer __38__ to language learners:“ Read as __39 _as you can”“ Practice __40___the language every day”
But what does a _41__language learner do? Language learning research shows that successful language learners are similar__42___ some ways.
Successful language learners are learners with purpose. They will try any way to communicate. They are __43__in language learning because they know __44__why they learn a language . They try every chance __45__more, speak more, read more and write more.
Are you successful in language learning? If it is less successful, you should do well to try the above ways.
A．learn B．learned C．learning D．to learning
A．easily B．easy C．more easy D．easilier
A．advices B．advice C．suggest D．suggestion
A．many B．much C．more D．most
A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．speak
A．succeed B．success C．successfully D．successful
A．on B．to C．in D．by
A．energy B．energetic C．lazy D．careful
A．clear B．clearly C．nothing D．hard
A．listening B．to listen C．listen D．listened
Alice was a beautiful girl. She liked nothing except dressing __1__ and dancing when she was at school. Of course she wasn’t good at her __2__. But the boys were ready to help her with her lessons __3__ they liked to dance with her. And after she finished middle school, she __4__ found work in a big shop. The __5__ had a son and he wanted the girl to marry him. Alice __6__ though the young man wasn’t clever enough. And she __7__ all kinds of clothes and shoes. She lived in the beautiful house with a big garden and she __8__ did anything at home. She didn’t love her __9__ but she lived a city life.
Once Mrs. Evans called Alice. The woman said she bought a few __10__ pictures and asked her to appreciate（欣赏）them. She __11__ nothing about the art but she was afraid to be laughed at and got there in time. She saw several women there. They were __12__the pictures when she went in. She thought for a long time and said, “Look! They’re all __13__. Why didn’t you buy the new ones?”
The women looked at each other but they tried not to __14__. And when they were appreciating a picture “Tramp（游浪汉）”, she said, “I don’t think the artist could draw! Such a__15__ man had no money to have a portrait taken（请人画像）!”
A．him B．himself C．her D．herself
A．classes B．English C．maths D．language
A．when B．while C．because D．after
A．hardly B．easily C．no longer D．happily
A．bookseller B．shopkeeper C．gatekeeper D．policeman
A．agreed B．hated C．preferred D．failed
A．sold B．was sold C．gave D．was given
A．always B．sometimes C．never D．often
A．husband B．son C．brother D．uncle
A．cheap B．expensive C．terrible D．strange
A．liked B．interested C．watched D．knew
A．looking up B．looking for C．talking about D．hearing from
A．old B．clean C．dirty D．thin
A．stop B．smile C．laugh D．lie
A．busy B．clever C．rich D．poor