Question

Alexis was hot and tired. With rage in her voice she shouted, "Pull me up！I give up, I hate this. This is stupid!" It was at that moment when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said, "Ed, I'm going to go down and talk with her." I then shouted down to Alexis, "Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!"

Jason grasped another rope, put his climbing harness(系带) on and began to move down the cliff. Within moments Jason was beside Alexis. She had her cheek directly against the face of the rock with her feet barely resting on a small piece of the cliff that stuck outward. Jason said to Alexis, "I know that you have been on this cliff now for what seems like a long time. Your feet and fingers are cramping(痉挛) up and your forearms feel as though they are on fire. But, Alexis, you are strong, look how far up you are already. You have taken one of the more difficult paths up the cliff. Alexis, look at the path you have taken."

At that moment, Alexis moved her cheek away from the rock face and looked down. The bright white chalk she used in her hands to give her a better hold, showed the path where her tired hands had moved her upward on the cliff. Jason was right. Alexis had taken the hardest way up the cliff. Jason then looked straight into Alexis' eyes and in a calm voice he said, "You are not alone out here, there are people who care about you, who want to help you and see you succeed. We are going to do this together. Are you ready?" Slowly she nodded her head and took a deep breath.

1.Jason went down the cliff because ________.

A. Alexis took a wrong path

B. Alexis was trapped in rocks

C. Alexis didn’t believe in herself

D. Alexis’ forearms were badly hurt

2.The underlined word "hot" in the story means ________.

A. disappointed    B. uncomfortable

C. angry          D. running a high body temperature

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. Alexis was finally pulled up by Ed

B. Alexis regretted having taken the wrong path up the cliff

C. Alexis was immediately sent to hospital after she was pulled up

D. Alexis successfully rock–climbed in the end

4.Alexis would probably become ________.

A. more strong-minded

B. easier to give up

C. poorer in health

D. less interested in rock climbing

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲解了爱丽克斯在一次攀岩的过程中，爬到一半时自己想放弃了，在詹森的帮助鼓励下最终鼓足了勇气继续攀登。

1. 细节理解题。从文章第一段...when Jason, the adviser on the trip, looked at me and said, "Ed, I'm going to go down and talk with her." I then shouted down to Alexis, "Hold on! You can do this. We know you can!"可知，Jason下去的原因是因为Alexis没有自信，想放弃攀岩，故选C。

2. 推理判断题。从"Pull me up！I give up, I hate this. This is stupid!"可知，爱丽克斯想要放弃，她讨厌继续攀岩，认为是愚蠢的，故推测她是很生气很累的，故选C。

3. 推理判断题。从最后一段Slowly she shook her head yes and took a deep breath.可知，她最终慢慢的点了头，做了深呼吸，所以推测她最终成功了，故选D。

4. 推理判断题。从最后两段Jason给她的谈话及她的反应，并最终决定继续攀岩可知，爱丽克斯最终被詹森的话语感动，并成功的攀上了顶峰，她的意志以后肯定会更加坚强，故选A。

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