Question

    After spending her life at the bottom (底部) of society,Malavath Pooma has 31 come out on top.

The little girl from India has become the youngest 32 to climb to the top of Mount Everest,the world's highest mountain.

    The girl,33 parents get less than $ 600 a year by working,reached the top on May 25 ,2014 and her 14th birthday was coming next month. Now Pooma 34 to be an important model for other poor children.

    "The aim of my climbing is to 35 young people and students. There are not always opportunities for a girl 36 me and I am looking for one opportunity where I can show my ability," she told BB C.

Her parents are so 37 of their daughter. " We are happy that our girl has set a world record. We know she will go places. She is not only good at study,but also good at adventure," Malavath parents told Times of India.

Poorna's achievement is even more important 38 she climbed to the top from the more difficult Tibetan side. Most people climb the world's tallest mountain from the 39 Nepalese side,but Nepal doesn’t allow people younger than 16 to climb.

    American Jordan Romero arrived at the top in 2010 when he was 13 years and 10 months old. Pooma is just a 40 older than the world's youngest Everest climber.

31. A. heavily   B. finally   C. nearly   D. quickly

32. A. son   B. girl   C. boy   D. daughter

33. A. whose   B. where   C. those   D. which

34. A. refuses   B. continues   C. expects   D. seems

35. A. interest   B. disappoint   C. encourage   D. surprise

36. A. like   B. with   C. against   D. at

37. A. afraid   B. proud   C. sad   D. careful

38. A. so   B. if   C. and   D. because

39. A. easier   B. further   C. heavier   D. longer

40. A. moment   B. decade   C. month   D. year

Answer 1

31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. C 36. A 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C

[完形短文大意]印度小女孩Malavath Poorna從最艱難的 西藏路線登上了珠穆朗瑪峰峰頂，成為了至今登上世界最高峰的 最年輕的女性。

31. B此處表達(dá)的是” Poorna的人生從社會最低端最后終于到達(dá)最高峰"，故finally符合文意。

32. B 根據(jù)本句的主語The little girl from India可知B項(xiàng)符合文意。

33. A先行詞是girl ,且關(guān)系代詞在從句中修飾parents,故選whose 

34. C refuse"拒絕"，continue"繼續(xù)"，expect"期望”，seem"仿佛、好像"。此處表示"Poorna期望成為貧窮孩子們的重要典 范”，故選 C.

35. C此處Poorna說的是”我登山的目的是鼓勵(lì)年輕人和學(xué)生們”，故選C.

36. A此處表示是”像我這樣一個(gè)女孩”，故like符合文意。

37. B根據(jù)下文可知Poorna的父母以他們的女兒為傲。

be proud of"以……為傲"為固定短語，符合文意。

38. D根據(jù)句意可知設(shè)空前后句之間為因果關(guān)系，且后句表示原因，故because符合文意。

39. A 根據(jù)上文中的"from the more difficult Tibetan side"可推斷從尼泊爾那邊登山更加容易一些，故選easier。

40. C根據(jù)上下文可知兩個(gè)孩子登上珠穆朗瑪峰峰頂時(shí)的年齡都是13歲，故此處應(yīng)該以月份來區(qū)分大小，故month符合文意。