A Narrow Escape
Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days’ holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented （租） a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked （漏水）, making the whole house wet.
On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle’s exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash（倒塌声） from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.
When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow（枕头）of my bed.
【小题1】 The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that _____.

A．but he did his best not to miss any stories

B．so he had to go to bed early

C．because he was tired of his uncle’s stories

D．and he was gradually falling asleep while listening

My dad has been driving a truck for almost his entire life. He’s usually  1.  all the weekdays and comes home only at weekends. Sometimes he stays ___2.__for two weeks at a time. __3._I don't get to see him as often as I wish, we remain very __4.___.

My dad is the type of person who doesn't let you __5.__ up anything that you start. When I was eleven, my father bought me a piano. At first I was so __6.__ about it that I would spend hours and hours learning how to play. Then it got _7._. I was so tired of it that I asked if I could stop. Much as I tried, he __8.__me to go on. Now I have been playing for almost five years. I love it and I' m glad I __9._my dad's advice.

My dad is _10.__talented, for he has been playing the guitar for over 20 years. Under his influence, I also like 11.    now. Sometimes my dad can be my biggest  12.  . He makes me smile even when I lose in a talent show13.  . Sometimes he can be my biggest critic(批评家). He   14.  ignore the small mistakes I make. He encourages me never to lose   15.  , because he thinks that all my efforts will   16.   one day.

My dad is generous. Every Thursday night, he    17.   to read to the children at a children’s club. When he reads, their   18.   light up with curiosity about what will happen next. I feel   19.   of having a person in my family who cares enough to volunteer to   20. .

I love Dad with all my heart. He’s a hero in my heart and the most wonderful person in the world.

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With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet(442 meters) tall, the 21 building in the US.

As he got to the last step, McCarthy 22 fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he 23 cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that  24 a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong 25 . He believes having a disability(残疾) shouldn’t stop anyone  26  achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school  27  he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was   28  by his determination(决心) and offered to help train him. They   29  more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “  30  seems that he never knows how difficult it is.  31  I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,”said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more  32 .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I   33   the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the most craven sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was   34  of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll   35  to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’,” he said.

1.A. largest  B. highest            C. earliest    

2.A. seldom     B. hardly           C. almost

3.A. enjoyed   B. needed            C. made      

4.A. while      B. though                C. if        

5.A. heart     B. hope              C. body      

6.A. by                 B. for                 C. from

7.A. as                 B. since               C. until       

8.A. pleased    B. beaten           C. moved      

9.A. used               B. spent               C. took        

10.A. Here                  B. There               C. It

11.A. However B. Sometimes          C. Then

12.A. friends       B. helpers              C. exercise

13.A. tried     B. saw              C. did        

14.A. thinking   B. talking             C. proud

15.A. point   B. go                     C. turn        

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Last week my parents and I took a two-day trip to Emei Mountain in Sichuan.
Like everyone knows, it's famous mountain with all kinds of plants and animals.
The weather was fine. It was about noon we arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The three of them were very excited. As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys,
visiting temples and told stories. On the way down I was busy taking pictures since
the scenery was so beautiful. The time passes quickly．Evening came. We spent the
night in a hotel in the top of the mountain. The food was expensive and the service was    
good. I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my head touched the pillow．

Daredevil climber Alain Robert, known as the French Spiderman, stood strong winds and rain to climb the world's tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, Saturday．

Robert, dressed in red rain jacket, tights and climbing shoes, climbed up ropes hung down the side of the 101 storey, 1,667-foot office tower, reaching the top in around four hours．"It was a very big moment and I felt a lot of satisfaction though I was so tired and nearly all of my muscles were painful．I felt completely eased．" said Robert after taking the ride down in one of the tower's lifts, the world's fastest．

    Several hundred on-lookers and shoppers gathered at the base of the tower watching and cheering Robert's progress through live pictures on a large television screen．At times he disappeared from view as clouds passed by the top of the tower surrounding the upper stories．

    The 42-year-old Frenchman has covered scores of well-known structures around the world including the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower——without permission or any safety equipment or ropes．

    This time Robert was wearing a harness (背带) fastened to safety ropes for the entire climb．He used the ropes to pull himself up most of the way, using his hands and feet to climb up the walls for only short sections．He said that the management had requested he wear the ropes and safety equipment, which had also become necessary due to the rain making the windows and frames very slippery．Robert said he would not carry his pity the next time．

The text mainly tells us that _________．

    A．another world record was broken by a Frenchman

    B．The French Spiderman climbed the world's tallest building

    C．How Alain Robert got the name" Daredevil"

    D．Alain Robert was praised for his great success

During his climbing up Taipei 101, Alain Robert ________．

    A．never felt tired all the time

    B．never used his hands and feet

    C．stayed somewhere for a short rest

    D．was not seen on the television screen now and then

When Alain Robert climbed the Empire State Building, he was likely to ________．

    A．use only his hands and feet          B．be 42 years old

    C．carry some safety equipment       D．get permission of someone

According to the text, we can infer that Alain Robert ________．

    A．spent three hours climbing Taipei 101   B．chose a rainy day on purpose

C．will climb Taipei 101 a second time     D．got lots of help from on-lookers