As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow－beautiful and dangerous.

    The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had  40  the top through the southem route（路线）. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the  41  route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber  42  Italy.

    For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to  43  the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.

    A tiny green light  44  high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people  45  . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  46  ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti  47  . He could not see the top；he knew he was  48  there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

    Bonatti had spent months  49  for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?

    He was finally at the top! News about his.   50  was radioed to the world.

    The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “  51  ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

1.A. reached        B. passed           C. watched          D. followed

2.A. comfortable    B. important    C. difficult        D. nervous

3.A. with           B. from         C. in               D. at

4.A. turn back      B. come down    C. go on            D. get back

5.A. placed    B. appeared    C. pulled       D. found

6.A. cried          B. laughed      C. jumped       D. cheered

7.A. sleepy    B. excited      C. tired            D. happy

8.A. woke up    B. turned up        C. got up       D. looked up

9.A. already        B. almost           C. hardly       D. surely

10.A. training          B. practising       C. planning         D. asking

11.A. importance    B. success      C. climb            D. courage

12.A. necessary     B. dangerous        C. perfect      D. impossible

As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow－beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had  40 the top through the southem route（路线）. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the  41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber  42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to  43 the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light  44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people  45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so  46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti  47 . He could not see the top；he knew he was  48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months  49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his.   50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “  51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

Basketball is still a young game. It is over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891，a college was having trouble that the students had to stay indoors. Since they could not enjoy their sports outside as usual，they were unhappy，and some of them even fight.

Finally，one of the teachers，J.E.Naismith，was asked to invent a new game for the students. It was not an easy job. He thought for a few days and invented a kind of ballgame. It was a fast，exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet high above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court，there was such a basket. At first，Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into the box. As he could not find boxes of the right size，he had to use the fruit baskets. That is how the game got its name.

1.Basketball is ______ some of the other ball games.?

A. as old as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. not as old as

C. older than　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. the oldest in

2.Basketball has a history of ______.

A. less than two hundreds

B. more than a century

C. about three hundred

D. more than two hundreds

3.What was used after Naismith used a box in the game?

A. The wall.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　   B.A kind of bag.

C.A fruit basket.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. The basketball team.

4.Which one is right?

A. The name of basketball got its name from a wall.

B. The name of basketball got its name from a fruit basket.

C. The name of basketball got its name from a man.

D. The name of basketball got its name from a student.

5.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. How to play basketball?

B. When basketball was invented?

C. How basketball was invented?

D. Naismith invented the basketball.

fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. In order to make a score, the ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall. At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith had planned to have the ball thrown into a box. As he couldn’t find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets in-stead. That is how the game got its name—basketball.

1. The passage tells us　　　　 .　　　　　　　　

A. what basketball was

B. how basketball was invented

C. why people like basketball

D. how to play basketball

2. Basketball is　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 

A. not yet an old game

B. a game with a long history

C. already over a century old

D. a game invented by Japanese

3. The word “indoors” means　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　  

A. in the door

B. inside the room

C. in many doors

D. in the open air

4. Basketball was invented　　　　 .　　　　　　　　　　 

A. in the winter of 1891

B. in September of 1891

C. in the spring of 1891

D. in the winter of 1991

5. The game got its name from_______.　　　　　　　　　　　　   

A. the ball itself

B. the basket itself

C. both the basket and the ball

D. its inventor