二、完形填空(共20小题;每小题重分，满分为20分)

(A)

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     16     and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not     17     his dream and secretly got in touch with an

English mountain climber     18    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,    19   . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo(萨克索), a guide from another village, got to the top

20     him.

Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,      21    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  22    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    23    whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

He decided Saxo's life was more   24    than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the English

man and Franz    25    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.

(     )16. A. learning   B. playing     C. climbing      D. talking

(     )17. A. try out    B. give up     C. go over      D. work out

(     )18. A. what     B. which      C. whom        D. who

(     )19. A. again     B. too        C. once         D. instead

(     )20. A. after      B. behind     C. before        D. over

(     )21. A. but       B. so         C. or           D. for

(     )22. A. first      B. second      C. third         D. last

(     )23. A. wonder   B. remember   C. ask           D. decide

(     )24. A. important    B. successful     C. popular      D. interesting

(     )25. A. stopped     B. continued     C. enjoyed      D. finished

(B)

There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so    26  .The mother   27   that she would help her sons to do    28   in school by herself. She told him to go to the Detroit Public Library to   29   a book a week and do a book report for her.

One day, in Ben's class, the teacher held up a rock (石头) and asked    30   anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him    31  . "Why did Ben put up his hand?" all of his classmates whispered (耳语). "He    32   said anything. What could he possibly want to say?" However, Ben not only    33   the rock, but also said a lot about it. The teacher and the other students were    34  . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book reports.

Later Ben became the top student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and   35  became one of the best doctors in the United States.

(     )26. A. clever      B. difficult           C. slow                  D. quick

(     )27. A. seemed       B. decided          C. wondered          D. told

(     )28. A. well         B. bad               C. right                D. good

(     )29. A. see           B. find               C. read              D. buy

(     )30. A. that           B. if                 C. how                D. why

(     )31. A. think           B. leave                 C. ask                D. answer

(     )32. A. always         B. ever             C. sometimes         D. never

(     )33. A. found        B. played           C. knew               D. heard

(     )34. A. afraid          B. surprised         C. worried             D. unhappy

(     )35. A. at first       B. at the end        C. at last               D. now