Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   1   peak(山峰)　in the Alps. Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   2   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not   3   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   4   was planning to climb the highest peak.

    Franz was very   5   when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing,   6  . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   7   him.

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,   8   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther. Franz   9   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   10   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   11   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must   12   whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

    He decided Saxo's life was more 13  than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz 14  the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   15   was the real conqueror(征服者) of the mountain.

1. A. highest            B. farthest            C. biggest                   D. deepest

2. A. learning           B. playing             C. climbing                 D. talking

3. A. try out             B. give up             C. go over                  D. work out

4. A. what               B. which              C. whom                    D. who

5. A. tired                B. glad                 C. quiet                      D. angry

6. A. again               B. too                   C. once                      D. instead

7. A. after                B. behind              C. before                    D. over

8. A. but                  B. so                    C. or                          D. for

9. A. walked            B. rested               C. stayed                    D. watched

10. A. first               B. second             C. third                      D. last

11. A. take               B. beat                 C. push                      D. help

12. A. wonder          B. remember         C. ask                        D. decide

13. A. important       B. successful        C. popular                  D. interesting

14. A. stopped         B. continued         C. enjoyed                  D. finished

15. A. Franz          B. Saxo                 C. the Englishman         D. Rudi

根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Tom woke up on Monday morning.  He felt  1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a  2  week! He almost wished there were no week-ends.   3  was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

He  4  in bed and wondered what excuse（借口）he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find  5   wrong, A little headache?   6  . He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose（松动）. Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟）  7   he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That  would   8  ! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it.   9  of the toes was really hurting, Tom began to groan.

“What’s  10  with you?” Aunt Polly asked.

     “My toe hurts.”

     The old lady fell into a chair,   11  a little. “Tom, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12 .”

Tom felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so Much  13  I forgot my tooth.”

      “Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?”

 “One of them is loose and it hurts  14  .”

“No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.”

 “Please, Auntie! Don’t pull it out. It has  15  hurting now. Please!”

     “No way! Well, you’ll have your tooth out and you’ll go to school?

1. A. happy               B. tired              C. sick                   D. hungry

2. A. whole               B. all                 C. next                   D. this

3. A. That                 B. This              C. The weekend        D. It

4. A. lie                    B. lay                C. lied                     D. lying

5. A. something        B. anything        C. everything            D. nothing

6. A. No                  B. Yes               C. None                  D. Great

7. A. then                 B. when               C. while                 D. as

8. A. pain                 B. work               C. hurt                  D. be good

9. A. One                 B. Two              C. Some                  D. Many

10. A. matter              B. trouble            C. problem              D. wrong

11. A. saying            B. smiling            C. shouting              D. talking

12. A. school            B. chair               C. bed                     D. kitchen

13, A. what             B. which             C. that                     D. until

14. A. bad               B. badly              C. worse                   D. terrible

15. A. stopped        B. forgotten            C. enjoyed               D. begun

完形填空。

Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the highest peak (峰) in the Alps. Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop     1     and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not     2     his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber     3    was planning to climb the highest peak.          Franz was very angry when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing,      4   . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top      5     him.         Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,      6    as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther. Franz stayed behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the      7     to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to beat him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must    8     whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.         He decided Saxo's life was more     9    than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the English man and Franz     10    the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.

(     )1. A. learning (     )2. A. try out  (     )3. A. what     (     )4. A. again    (     )5. A. after    (     )6. A. but      (     )7. A. first    (     )8. A. wonder   (     )9. A. important (     )10. A. stopped

B. playing    B. give up   B. which      B. too          B. behind    B. so           B. second    B. remember     B. successful  B. continued

C. climbing C. go over  C. whom       C. once      C. before    C. or     C. third      C. ask      C. popular   C. enjoyed

D. talking     D. work out      D. who          D. instead    D. over        D. for         D. last        D. decide        D. interesting  D. finished

Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31，2009 at a nursing home(疗养院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.

Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking．

Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking，she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(残骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.

In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.

She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there，she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(纪念品).

Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.

1.Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank．

A．nine weeks old

B．twelve weeks old

C．two years old

D．twenty years old

2.Why did the Deans take the Titanic ?

A．They were going on a holiday

B．They were going to a party in the US

C．We can’t find out the reason from this passage.

D．They were going to visit their grandparents in

3.The underlined words “set off” mean ______ in the passage．

A. leave   B. start     C. improve    D record

4.Millvina Dean didn’t say anything about the Titanic until _______.

A．she was ill.

B．she was dying

C．the wreck of the Titanic was discovered

D．20 years later

5.From the passage above, we can’t infer (猜测) that _________.

A．seven hundred and five people survived in the Titanic sinking

B．Millvina Dean’s father died in the sinking

C．The wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985

D．Ms Dean wanted to see the film Titanic very much