Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H. A. W. Tabor and his wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West.

Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. Then he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. “Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here.” he said.

As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to “grubstake” prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or “grub”, while they looked for ore（矿石）, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.

Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for “grub”. Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. “Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference,” He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.

Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.

1.Leadville got its name for the following reasons EXCEPT that

A.Tabor became its leading citizen.

B.great deposits of lead is expected to be found there.

C.it could bring good fortune to Tabor

D.it was renamed

2.The underlined word “grubstake” in Paragraph 3 means

A.to supply miners with food and supplies

B.to open a general stores

C.to do one's contribution to the development of the mine

D.to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered

3.We can infer that Tabor’s life career is.

A.purely lucky

B.based on his managing theory of “grubstake’

C.through the help from his wife

D.because he planned well and accomplished targets step by step

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Tabor’s Life.                        B．A legend of the Old West

C．Lead Makes Leadville’s Fortune        D．The Best Investment

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It’s h____ to climb the mountains in Tibet,         1 ________

because although it was _____(秋天), the snow     2________-

was beginning to fall. It was _______ cold that our  3_________

legs felt like blocks of ice.  In the setting

sun the lakes shone like  g________   .          4_________    

and looked wonderful.  ______ one point ,        5_________

we were so high that we seemed to be cycling

 through ______(云)  .  And going down        6_________

the hills  was great ______.  In the valleys       7_________

we could see ________(色彩斑斓) butterflies      8_________

flying and many yaks and sheep ________(吃)    9._________

green grass.  In the evening we put ______      10_________

 our tents and then slept.   

根据句意和所给单词的首字母（或汉语提示）填空。（共15小题，每题1分，共15分）
【小题1】The students who were  t____________ in the burning building were frightened.
【小题2】We were  r____________ from the sinking ship by a passing boat.
【小题3】It took a long time for him to ____________(康复) from a bad cold.
【小题4】After  g_____________ from Qinghua University, she worked as an engineer.
【小题5】They have made a  r_____________ for international help.
【小题6】She  p_____________ the yellow dress to the red one because it fits her better.
【小题7】He has all the _____________(品质) of a successful businessman.
【小题8】In class, you should be very  a_____________ in answering the questions your teacher asks.
【小题9】What is your father’s _____________(态度) towards your plan?
【小题10】Lucy is a  r_____________ girl, and you can depend on her.
【小题11】The film is ________(以……为基础)on a novel by D．H.Lawrence.
【小题12】I said hello to her ,but she________  (不理睬)me competely.
【小题13】Many people go out for a walk at________(黄昏).
【小题14】I had to walk home because I didn’t have enough money for the ________(费用)
【小题15】There was snow on the hill tops but not in the________(山谷).

              A middle-aged stranger visited us late on a dark rainy night when my father was working the night shift (a job for a period during the night). The stranger asked if he could wait under the eaves of our roof for the rain to stop. Then he disappeared, and we started hearing footsteps and creaking boards in the attic(the space or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things). Was the stranger inside our house? My whole body couldn’t help but stiffen. In my mind’s eye, I could imagine the stranger pushing through the attic door and approaching us.
We immediately called Jerry, our neighbor, for help. He searched everywhere, but the visitor was nowhere to be found. As Jerry looked in the garage, he found the stranger lying underneath the car. Jerry exclaimed with fright, “You are not allowed to enter the house. Get off the property right now.”
We were determined to leave the house immediately. As we drove away, we saw the man blocking our way on the road and staring at us. We had to swerve to miss him. After that, I never saw the stranger again.
【小题1】The text is mainly about                .

根据句子意思及所给的首字母，把所缺的单词写在横线上。

1.My favourite season is a_________.

2.My brother is 10 years old and he was b_______ in 2003.

3.Could I borrow your c__________ ? I want to take some photos.

4.I said hello to Mary at the school gate with a smile, but she i_______ me and went away.              

5.There is nothing in the box. Look, it’s e_________.

6.The boy broke Jack’s window on p________. He wanted to frighten Jack. 

7.I’m going to be a singer when I g_______ up.

8.We should stay away from those unsafe foods to keep our body h________.

9.It is raining h_______, we’d better stay at home.

10.You are badly ill and you need an o___________ at once.

11.He won first prize in the competition. We were very p_____ of him.

12.It’s 8:15 now. We can also say a q________ past eight.

13.Bob was very s_______ two years ago. Now he is tall, and he is the tallest in his class.

14.October is the t________ month of the year.

15.It’s cold in Australia in July. People there wear w_______ clothes.