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

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

27. A. learning         B. playing            C. climbing                D. talking

26. A. highest          B. farthest            C. biggest                   D. deepest

    Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   26   peak(山峰)　in the Alps. Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   27   and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not   28   his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber   29   was planning to climb the highest peak.

    Franz was very   30   when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing,   31  . Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top   32   him.

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,   33   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther. Franz   34   behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   35   to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to   36   him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must   37   whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

    He decided Saxo's life was more 38 than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz 39 the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   40   was the real conqueror(征服者) of the mountain.

25. ― Could I ask you a rather personal question?  ― Of course, _____.

     A. good idea     B. that's right      C. never mind       D. go ahead

  通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

24. Afternoon tea is ______ in the dining room from 3 to 5 p. m. every day.

   A. served      B. burned         C. cooked       D. eaten

23. ― Would you please ____ the TV a little? Jack is doing his homework.

   ― Terribly sorry. I will.

   A. turn down     B. turn up           C. turn on     D. turn off

22. There are more than two _______ languages spoken in Nigeria.

   A. hundreds     B. hundreds of     C. hundred     D. hundred of

21. She read the instructions to find out how ______ the computer.

   A. use       B. to use         C. using         D. uses