As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the S...

As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring ________ 36 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with37 , beautiful and dangerous.

The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 38  the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the 39  side. But now one man was daring to try the 40  route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him 41 . Now they were waiting to see his 42 . If he planned to 43  the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was 44 .

A tiny green light 45 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 46 .

The next day he 47  his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 48 light.

In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was 49  there. 50  the climb was painful, he moved up.

Bonatti had spent months 51  for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and 52  to climb to the top?

He was finally at the top! News about his 53 was radioed to the world.

The trip down the southern54 was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the "55 ", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

1... A. up              B. down                 C. back             D. forward

2... A. green trees     B. flowers             C. rocks                D. ice and snow

3..  A. passed          B. reached          C. climbed             D. watched

4..  A. eastern         B. western              C. northern             D. southern

5..  A. different      B. difficult           C. easy             D. same

6..  A. anxiously       B. carefully            C. patiently            D. eagerly

7..  A. signal          B. flag                C. face             D. figure

8..  A. go down     B. come back            C. go on            D. give up

9..  A. turning around B. turning back     C. moving up       D. in danger

10..  A. raised         B. rose             C. disappeared        D. appeared

11..  A. cheered        B. shouted          C. laughed              D. jumped

12..  A. stopped        B. abandoned            C. continued            D. ended

13..  A. green         B. yellow               C. blue             D. red

14..  A. already        B. surely               C. almost           D. no longer

15..  A. Because           B. Though               C. Since            D. When

16..  A. asking        B. planning             C. preparing       D. training

17... A. money          B. wish             C. effort               D. skill

18.. A. victory           B. climb            C. courage             D. thing

19... A. pace          B. route               C. path            D. passage

20... A. necessary       B. great              C. important           D. impossible

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CISHAN,Aug 12-Hundreds of people were still missing today in remote villages in southern Taiwan and disaster officials said they were uncertain how many people might have been killed by mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot.

Morakot, which did terrible damage to Taiwan over the weekend, has killed about 70 people across the island and caused farm-related loss of more than NT  $9  billion (RMB 964 million). More than 100 people have been killed in Asia due to Morakot and tropical storm Etau.

But several hundred villagers listed as missing were found alive in areas where roads were washed out and access was limited to helicopters. The government sent special forces with satellite phones to the hardest hit areas."We are anxious to do our best to get the trapped people out," said Hu Jul-chou, an army official involved in the rescue effort. "Hopes are getting slimmer as the days go by."Hu said it was unclear how many people were buried and feared dead in villages in southern Taiwan.

"I have to say I feel pretty good to be alive," said Lin Dong-wen, 45, from the village of Namahsia, sitting in front of a pile of medicine after being hoisted away by a rescue helicopter."If I had been left there any longer, I wouldn't have made it. I saw the mudslide coming," said Lin after arriving in Cishan, hub of rescue efforts."It was really huge, and I passed out. When I awoke, there was mud all over and I climbed out of it."

Helicopters dropped food and supplies to survivors .Other rescue teams piloted rubber dinghies through raging muddy rivers.

Groups of anxious relatives awaited the arrival of helicopter flights at the makeshift rescue base.Some survivors tried to call relatives on mobile phones."Right after the mudslide, we managed to get in touch with our family members through mobile phones and text messages," said 41-year-old teacher awaiting news at the rescue hub. "But later they switched off their phones to save power."

1.From the text we know that _________________

A Morakot has made more than 100 people dead in Taiwan

B Morakot has caused as much loss to Taiwan as other parts

C Morakot stayed over Taiwan over the week

D Morakot has brought worries to the officials

2.The villagers who were thought to be missing_________.

A were trapped in some areas

B wouldn’t get in touch with others

C only liked to be taken out by helicopter

D wanted to keep the buried company

3.According to Lin Dong-wen,________

A the disaster lasted for a long time

B the village was destroyed in a flash

C he wanted to hold the mudslide

D the mudslide frightened him into unconsciousness

4.Which of the following is true according to the text ?

A  All the survivors trapped have been rescued by helicopters.

B  All the relatives can ring the survivors

C  The government has adopted other rescue forms.

D  The mudslide will become more serious.

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CISHAN,Aug 12-Hundreds of people were still missing today in remote villages in southern Taiwan and disaster officials said they were uncertain how many people might have been killed by mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot.

Morakot, which did terrible damage to Taiwan over the weekend, has killed about 70 people across the island and caused farm-related loss of more than NT  $9  billion (RMB 964 million). More than 100 people have been killed in Asia due to Morakot and tropical storm Etau.

But several hundred villagers listed as missing were found alive in areas where roads were washed out and access was limited to helicopters. The government sent special forces with satellite phones to the hardest hit areas."We are anxious to do our best to get the trapped people out," said Hu Jul-chou, an army official involved in the rescue effort. "Hopes are getting slimmer as the days go by."Hu said it was unclear how many people were buried and feared dead in villages in southern Taiwan.

"I have to say I feel pretty good to be alive," said Lin Dong-wen, 45, from the village of Namahsia, sitting in front of a pile of medicine after being hoisted away by a rescue helicopter."If I had been left there any longer, I wouldn't have made it. I saw the mudslide coming," said Lin after arriving in Cishan, hub of rescue efforts."It was really huge, and I passed out. When I awoke, there was mud all over and I climbed out of it."

Helicopters dropped food and supplies to survivors .Other rescue teams piloted rubber dinghies through raging muddy rivers.

Groups of anxious relatives awaited the arrival of helicopter flights at the makeshift rescue base.Some survivors tried to call relatives on mobile phones."Right after the mudslide, we managed to get in touch with our family members through mobile phones and text messages," said 41-year-old teacher awaiting news at the rescue hub. "But later they switched off their phones to save power."

45. From the text we know that _________________

A Morakot has made more than 100 people dead in Taiwan

B Morakot has caused as much loss to Taiwan as other parts

C Morakot stayed over Taiwan over the week

D Morakot has brought worries to the officials

46. The villagers who were thought to be missing_________.

A were trapped in some areas

B wouldn’t get in touch with others

C only liked to be taken out by helicopter

D wanted to keep the buried company

47.According to Lin Dong-wen,________

A the disaster lasted for a long time

B the village was destroyed in a flash

C he wanted to hold the mudslide

D the mudslide frightened him into unconsciousness

48.Which of the following is true according to the text ?

A  All the survivors trapped have been rescued by helicopters.

B  All the relatives can ring the survivors

C  The government has adopted other rescue forms.

D  The mudslide will become more serious.

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Hundreds of people leave their village to seek their _________ in cities.

A. luck　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. chance　　　 　　　　　　　　　 C. fortune　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. future

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Hundreds of houses fell down in the earthquake It seemed________that everything

happened．

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Fireworks explosions killed many people and injured hundreds more in China as the 2006 traditional Lunar New Year celebrations led to much disorder as well as joy across the nation.

At a temple fair in Henan, 36 people were killed on New Year's Day when a nearby storeroom full of fireworks exploded. The accident, caused by 3 children who threw burning fireworks into the storeroom, injured up to 48 people.

In the capital, Beijing, where a 12-year ban on Lunar New Year fireworks had just been lifted, the government reported 112 people were treated at hospital emergency rooms over the weekend for fireworks-related injuries.

"On New Year's Eve alone, we had more than 40 injuries and among them there were around a dozen people with serious injuries," hospital assistant director，Tian Jian said. In China's south-western city, Chongqing, where the fireworks ban was also lifted after 12 years, firefighters rushed to put out nearly 200 fires caused by fireworks on New Year's Eve.

A ban on fireworks, which are traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits and ghosts trying to enter New Year, was put in place across 200 cities in China due to safety and environmental pollution concerns. The ban was lifted in Beijing and many other cities in 2006.

However, despite the fireworks disorder, China's 1.3 billion people were largely enjoying the festival, with celebrations to continue throughout all of this week-long public holiday.

46. In which year were fireworks forbidden in Beijing and Chongqing?

A. In 1990                     B. In 1992                    C. In 1994                    D. In 1995

47. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The origin of fireworks during the Spring Festival

B. The cause of lifting the ban on fireworks.

C. The direct cause of the fireworks explosion in Henan.

D. The number of injuries caused by fireworks in Chongqing.

48. The underlined phrase" ward off" in the fifth paragraph means ________.

A. prevent              B. set off                     C. allow                D. burn down

49. Which of the following is the very reason why fireworks were banned in China?

A. Noise pollution                                       B. Waste of money

C. Air pollution                                                 D. Possible injury and death

50. The purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A. warn people of the great danger of fireworks

B. report the number of fireworks deaths and injuries during the festival

C. report that fireworks cause more fires and injuries than deaths

D. Advise people to keep away from fireworks

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In summer people often wear dark glasses as _________ against the bright sunshine.

A. permission         B. protection       C. prediction          D. prevention

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As the busiest woman in the village, she made _____ her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that village.

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As the busiest woman in the village, she made ______ her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that village.

A. this　　 B. that　　 C. one　　 D. it

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As a teenager in the 1960s, growing up in suburbs south of Boston, I fell under the control of the very pleasantly ____ mysteries of the Chinese language. Someday, I told myself, I would ______ the meanings of the mysteries.

So, entering college, I decided to ______ the study of Chinese. But my small college in Maine offered no courses in that language. Following graduation from college. I entered an evening course at a language center for adults, and thus ______ my personal journey in the study of Chinese. That journey ______ George Washington and Georgetown universities, the Department of State’s Foreign Language Institute’s early morning classes. and after a 15-year ______, restarted in tutoring classes starting in 1999 and later in independent study at George Mason University without:______. From 1983 and through the following decades, a dozen business trips to China ______ my study of Chinese, I experienced the amazing change of China.

My connection to China grew even stronger when quite ______ my daughter Carmen started her study of Chinese at Haverford College. After her graduation, the Confucius Institute ______ her a yearlong scholarship to study Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University. She remained in Beijing for three years, working for a company that helps Chinese high school students ______ top U.S. colleges and universities.

In 2012, I retired.______ that I should find some way to show appreciation for the Confucius Institute’s generosity toward my family, I began to ______ weekly presentations about Chinese affairs sponsored by George Mason’s Confucius Institute, where by late 2014 this.______ contact had led to the formation of a Chinese Reading Club. By mid-2016 six experienced Chinese learners could read and discuss difficult, ______ literary shorter works of such ______ Chinese authors as Mo Yan, Liu Zhenyun, and Su Tong.

Under the teachers guidance the ______ and joys of the group meetings to understand the secrets of the short stories I read, in Chinese, have brought me to a deeper understanding of China. I am personally ______ for the opportunity provided. I can only suggest George Mason Confucius Institute consider ______ the model of this reading group to others, as the worlds most spoken and read language is ______ popular among the Westerners who have started the wonderful voyage to it.

1.A. relaxing B. inviting C. developing D. confusing

2.A. uncover B. deepen C. explain D. evaluate

3.A. look into B. break off C. take up D. seek out

4.A. spread B. postponed C. shared D. launched

5.A. wound through B. shook off C. set up D. lived with

6.A. interaction B. break C. improvement D. exchange

7.A. barriers B. inspiration C. guidance D. destinations

8.A. strengthened B. started C. interrupted D. ended

9.A. on the contrary B. on purpose C. to some extent D. by accident

10.A. returned B. lent C. showed D. awarded

11.A. try out B. apply to C. deal with D. adapt to

12.A. Requesting B. Hearing C. Reflecting D. Demanding

13.A. attend B. join C. post D. condemn

14.A. prepared B. portable C. casual D. complicated

15.A. regularly B. highly C. rapidly D. properly

16.A. rejected B. annoyed C. suspected D. respected

17.A. weaknesses B. challenges C. sufferings D. strengths

18.A. desperate B. concerned C. grateful D. anxious

19.A. guaranteeing B. canceling C. selling D. promoting

20.A. increasingly B. discouragingly C. frighteningly D. decreasingly

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