Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb   31   highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.   32   mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   33   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not  34   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   35  was planning to climb the highest peak.

Franz was very angry when he found out   36   Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   37    him.

Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  38   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz   39   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   40   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   41   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was   42   and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

He thought Saxo’s life was more   43   than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally   44  reached the top. Later, the villagers   45   knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.

1. A. the               B. a                C. an           D. /

2.A. Rudi           B. The Rudi’s       C. Rudis’           D. Rudi’s

3. A. climbing      B. climb            C. to climb     D. climbed

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

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

6.A. which          B. what         C. that         D. where

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. helpful          B. helping      C. helps            D. helpless

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

14.A. he                B. they         C. them         D. him

15. A. both         B. none         C. either           D. all

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New Concept English    Lesson 9

It was the last day of the year and      1     of people had gathered under the Town Hall Clock. It would      2     in twenty minutes’ time.

…The big clock      3     welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 

New Concept English    Lesson 14

After I had left a small village in the south of France, I      4     to the next town.      5    , a young man waved to me. …I said good morning to him and he      6     in the same language. Apart from a few words, I don’t know any French       7    .

New Concept English    Lesson 17

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be      8     thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage      9    a young girl. …If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, “Darling, it must be                                               terrible to be      10    !”

One summer day when I was in high school, my father sent me to buy some tools for our farm. I loved ___31____ better than driving our family truck to do something. But this time I was not so happy___32___ my father had told me I would have to ask for credit ( 賒賬) at the store.
___33_____ is a proud age. The young men at that age want respect (尊重) but not charity. I had seen many times that my friends were ___34____ when they asked for credit. We lived in a poor village,___35_____ was needed seriously I knew clearly how difficult it might be to make the store owner believe me and get the credit.
At Dali’s Brothers store. Buck Davi was talking to a farmer. After I finished   ___36_____ the things I wanted, I walked to him. “I need to put these on credit,”I said to him ____37____.
The farmer gave me a ___38_____look. But Buck’s face didn’t change in the slightest. “No problem,” he said in a relaxing voice, “ I believe your daddy will____39____them in time. " Then he turned to the farmer, This boy is Jame William’s son.”
The farmer nodded to me in a friendly way. At that time. I___40_____pride. Jame  William’s Son, these three___41____ opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.
That day I___42____ that a good name was of great importance. My father’s good name had won our neighbors’ respect for our family. A good name, and the responsibility (責任) that came with ____43_____ encouraged us a lot. They made us be___44______ than we might be. We also wanted to be regarded as good people. __45__ acting like good people for a long time, we became good out of good habits.
【小題1】A. something            B. anything               C. nothing
【小題2】A. because              B. while                 C. unless
【小題3】A. Six                  B. Sixteen               C. Sixty
【小題4】 A. influenced            B. cheered               C. refused
【小題5】A. health                B. money                 C. freedom
【小題6】A. choose                B. choosing               C. to cheese
【小題7】A. carefully             B. angrily                C. easily
【小題8】A. pleasant              B. kind                  C. strange
【小題9】 A. care for              B. pay for                C. look for
【小題10】 A. was full of             B. was surprised at       C. was famous for
【小題11】 A. letters              B. words                C. sentences
【小題12】A. discover             B. discovered             C. have discovered
【小題13】A. it                    B. him                   C. them
【小題14】 A. better               B. stronger                 C. cleverer
【小題15】A. With                 B. For                      C. By

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Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .

“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be  7 !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of ther happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚攏) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.                A．thought        B．found          C．sounded  D．felt

2.                A．butterfly        B．bird            C．snake    D．squirrel

3.                A．so             B．or             C．but  D．a(chǎn)s

4.                A．on            B．up             C．into D．down

5.                A．surprised       B．tired           C．mad D．a(chǎn)ngry

6.                A．catching        B．beating         C．killing    D．saving

7.                A．a(chǎn)ctive          B．happy          C．energetic D．humorous

8.                A．a(chǎn)lways         B．never          C．seldom   D．hardly

9.                A．success         B．secret          C．power    D．lesson

10.               A．a(chǎn)sked          B．hoped         C．a(chǎn)nswered  D．refused

11.               A．witch          B．fairy           C．ghost D．princess

12.               A．village         B．town           C．city   D．world

13.               A．excited         B．pleased        C．glad  D．a(chǎn)fraid

14.               A．shouted        B．cried          C．smiled D．jumped

15.               A．young          B．great          C．nice  D．quiet