People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb，you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here，people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.

　　How do people climb the wall? To climb，you need special shoes and a harness(保护带)around your chest to hold you. There are ropes(绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high，and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall，the harness and the ropes hold you，and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.

　　Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body，especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb，both your mind and your body can become stronger.

1. What can we infer from the passage?

A．People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.

B．It is impossible to build up one’s body by climbing.

C．People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.

D．It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is .

A．to tie ropes to your harness               B．to control your fear

C．to move away from the wall                D．to climb straight up

3. The word “workout” underlined in the last paragraph most probably means .

A．settlement         B．exercise           C．excitement        D．tiredness

4. Why does the author write this passage?

A．To tell people where to find gyms.

B．To prove the basic need for climbing.

C．To encourage people to climb mountains.

D．To introduce the sport of wall climbing.

People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then? If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb，you’re wrong. Many Americans are learning to climb in city gyms(体育馆). Here，people are learning on special climbing walls. The climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.
　　How do people climb the wall? To climb，you need special shoes and a harness(保护带)around your chest to hold you. There are ropes(绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so that you don’t fall. A beginner’s wall is usually about 15 feet high，and you climb straight up. There are small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it’s easy to see the new piece of metal. Sometimes, it’s not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It’s normal for humans to be afraid of falling, so it’s difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall，the harness and the ropes hold you，and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the top.
　　Climbing attracts people because it’s good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body，especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb，both your mind and your body can become stronger.
【小题1】 What can we infer from the passage?

　   Mt. Qomolangma was first conquered (征服)in 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing, his guide, became the climbers to reach the top. More than 750 times have people tried to conquer the mountain, but not all successful, yet every climber knows the dangers. This doesn’t stop teams of climbers arriving at the base camp every year with the courage of reaching the top.
  　Two such climbers, and two unlucky ones are Scott Fischer and Rob Hall. Fischer, an American guide with much experience, was lost in a terrible storm which swept across the mountain. A rescue team found him and his friend, but didn't manage to bring Fischer to safety in the terrible conditions because he was dying. New Zealander RobHall, another experienced climber and guide, was lost near the top. These two men had something in common: they were both guides and always took a "tour" of less experienced climbers up the mountain.

  　There is a lot that can go wrong in an action to reach the top of Mt. Qiomolangma; a sudden change in weather conditions or a wrong turning. Planes will only be sent to rescue if they have been paid for in advance. In spite of all these there is a business in leading guided tours to the top . Wealthy mountain climbers can now pay 64, 000 or more to achieve their aim.

Many people wonder how guides can hope to look after their inexperienced climbers when they fail to keep themselves alive. Steve Bell, also a guide who has recently led a team to Mt Qiomolangma, believed that they are safer than others, because the guide can ask a weak　climber to turn back at any point if he feels that climber is a danger to the team.

Whether these expeditions(远征)are safe or not, many climbers feel they have turned Mt. Qiomolangma into a business, like a park for the very rich people. One truth, however, will always remain: it doesn't matter how much money you have, if you make a mistake on Mt. 　Qiomolangma, the possible result will be death.

61.From the passage we can know_______.

A.before 1953 people had tried to reach the mountain top over 750 times

B.it's difficult and dangerous to get to the top of Mt. Qomolangma

C.only a few climbers become successful

D.up to now the climbers have conquered the mountain around 750 times

62.In the second paragraph the underlined word "tour" refers to "_________".

A. trip　　B. climb　　C. guide　　D. group
63.The plane will be sent to_________ .

A.rescue the climber in danger without rescue prepaid

B.rescue any climber in danger

C.show the team with its guide the way to the top

D.show the team to the safety

64.According to Bell, a good guide had to make a choice at times to _______remain on the way to the top.

A.the teammates in danger       B.the teammates in safety

C.the strong teammates           D.those who are not dangerous

65.Although those who can afford to climb Mt. Qiomolangma are very rich, yet the mountain ________, according to the writer at the end of the passage.

A.treats them as common life            B.is not like a park for them

C.has been turned into a business      D.doesn't bring lots of money to them

第三部分　阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate. I was looking around， when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I found a little old lady with a warm smile.

She said， “Hi， handsome！ I'm Rose. I'm 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)？” I laughed and heartily responded， “Of course！”

“Why are you in college at such a young， innocent(天真的)age？” I asked.

She jokingly replied，“I'm here to meet a rich husband， get married， have children， and then travel around.”

“No， seriously，” I asked. I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one！” She told me. We became instant friends.

Over the year， Rose became a campus icon(偶像)and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the term 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 old because we stop playing. Here are the secrets to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams， you die. We have many people walking around who are dead， and they don't even know it！” she said.

“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability，” she added. “But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they did， but rather for things they did not do.”

One week after graduation that year， Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

56.Rose started college at the age of 87 in order to　　　　.

A.marry a rich man  B.travel around the world

C.make more friends  D.realize her dream

57.Which of the following best explains “she was living it up” in the seventh paragraph？

A.She was living a long life.  B.She was enjoying herself.

C.She was spending a lot of money.  D.She was killing time.

58.When you lose your dreams， you die because　　　　.

A.there's no sense in living without your aim

B.you can't sleep well every night

C.you are too old and have to stop playing

D.something is terribly wrong with your brain

59.What would be the best title for the passage？

A.Meet the Challenge       B.Never Waste Time

C.Grow Up or Grow Old？  D.Have You Got Ready？

　　There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

　　That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world，mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now，to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

　　The 5％ mislearnt of all the words we“know”will be the least frequently used words，as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives，without knowing that we got them wrong.

　　Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game.“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across，”they will say.“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

　　This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases，but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

　　And what’s more，there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

　　Don’t guess! Look it up!

59．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is_____.

A．to learn them by oneself

B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C．to guess them from the context

D．to get more separate meanings of each word

60．The underlined word“them”in Paragraph 2 refers to_____.

A．the 30，000 words

B．English teachers

C．misunderstood words

D．frequently used words

61．Which of the following is most likely NOT true？

A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

62．It can be inferred that_____.

A．when somebody is conscious，he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well