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　　Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22^nd－Two mountain climbers surprisingly survived a fall of over 500 feet on the 25,530-foot mountain in Pakistan on Saturday．

　　The two climbers were climbing an ice-covered wall of the mountain when they suddenly lost their feet and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(悬崖突出部分)below．

　　“We were lucky that the ledge was there,” said the climbers．“Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet．”

　　If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers would certainly have met their death．“It’s a wonder,” the climbers said, “that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion our fall．We are thankful that we survived．”

　　When a reporter asked them if they planned to give up climbing after their narrow escape, the two climbers replied, “Not at all．We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we got out of the hospital．”

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A，B，C，D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 　　1　　 than by bus．It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 　　2　　 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 　　3　　 it．

　　He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 　　4　　 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 　　5　　 of them had any desire to buy it．

　　Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 　　6　　 when they met one evening, and said, “What's 　　7　　 , Dave? ” Dave told him and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may 　　8　　 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement! ” Thinking that Sam's 　　9　　 was sensible, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read：“For sale： small car, 　　10　　 very little petrol, only two owners．Bargain at ￡50．”

　　For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 　　11　　．But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to 　　12　　 him about the car．“All right．”Dave said, feeling happy．He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be 　　13　　 or not．“ Fine, ” the man said．“And I'll 　　14　　 my wife．We intend to go for a ride in it to 　　15　　 it．”

　　The next morning, at ten quarter, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 　　16　　 to wait there for the person who had 　　17　　 his advertisement．Even Dave had to 　　18　　 that the car really looked like a wreck．Then soon after he had got the car as 　　19　　 as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out．He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this 　　20　　 to us yet, sir? ”

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　I was 15 months old, a happy carefree(无忧无虑的)kid, until the day I fell．It was a bad fall．I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly．My mom found a doctor who knew that if the eye were removed, my face would look ugly, so my scarred(有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me．

　　Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions．When kids played games, I was always the “monster”．I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me．

　　Yet Mom would say to me, “Hold your head up high and face the world．” I began to rely on that saying．

　　As a child, I thought Mom meant, “Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something because you are not looking．” As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame(羞愧)．But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me．

　　In high school I even became the class president, but on the inside I still felt like a freak(怪物)．All I really wanted was to look like everyone else．When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say, “Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the beauty that is inside．”

　　When I met the man who became my husband, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out．

　　My mom's love was the spark(火花)that gave me confidence．I had faced hardships, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compassion(怜悯)for others．

　　“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home．Each of my children has felt its invitation．I say it to my children．The gift my mom gave me lives on in another generation．

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