Question

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       and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not     his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber     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,     . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top           him.

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

He decided Saxo's life was more      than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz           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   B. playing   C. climbing   D. talking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：鲁迪最大的梦想就是登上最高峰，为此他付出了很多努力，可是就在快要到达山顶的时候，他为了救他人，而放弃了梦想，但大家都知道鲁迪才是山峰真正的征服者。

1.C.考查动词。 stop to do sth.意为“停下来去做另外一件事”，stop doing sth意为“停止正在做的某事”，根据句意他的妈妈和叔叔想让他停止爬山，去一家旅馆工作。故答案选C。

2.B.考查词组辨析。Try out意为“尝试”；give up意为“放弃”；go over意为“复习”；work out意为“做出，算出”，根据下面的句子中的secretly秘密地可知他并没有放弃自己的梦想。故答案选B。

3.D.考查关系带代词。先行词是人climber，关系代词可以是who或that。故答案选D。

4.B.考查副词。语意：但是如果鲁迪也去爬山，他同意让他去。A.again再一次；B.too也；C.once一次；D.instead而不，代替。根据语意和语境，故选B。

5.C.考查介词辨析。根据下文可知，他不想让Emil在他之前到达山顶。答案故选C。

6.A.考查连词辨析。但是当他们要到达山顶洞时候，英国人生病了，是转折关系，so表示因果关系，or意为“否则”；for后面接原因。故答案选A。

7.A.考查数词。句意为“他想成为第一个到达山顶的人”。故答案选A。

8.D.考查动词。句意：鲁迪决定是否把Saxo送到下面安全的地方还是独自一个人爬到山顶。故答案选D。

9.A.考查形容词。鲁迪带Saxo到安全地带，因为他知道“生命比他的梦想更重要”。故答案选A。

10.

考点：考查故事类短文