It was late in the afternoon. Several hundred villagers left their houses and gathered in the open air outside the village. They were staring __
__ at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with _
_ __ —beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had _
_ __ the top, using the southern route. But no one had _
_ __ dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the __
__ route— the northern route, which was more difficult. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him _
_ __. Now they were waiting to see his __
__. If he planned to _
_ __ the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was _
_ __.
A tiny green light _
_ __ high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people _
_ __.
The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so _
_ __！But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the _
_ __ light.
In the morning, Bonatti _
_ __. He could not see the top, but he knew he was _
_ __ there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months _
_ __ for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and __
__ to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his _
_ __ was radioed to the world.
The trip
__ __ the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ _
_ __ ”，and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．forward | C．down | D．up |
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| 小题2: | | A．flowers | B．ice and snow | C．green trees | D．leaves |
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| 小题3: | | A．watched | B．passed | C．reached | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．even | B．never | C．seldom | D．ever |
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| 小题5: | | A．different | B．unique | C．same | D．easy |
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| 小题6: | | A．patiently | B．carefully | C．anxiously | D．eagerly |
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| 小题7: | | A．face | B．figure | C．flag | D．signal |
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| 小题8: | | A．slide | B．continue | C．rest | D．stop |
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| 小题9: | | A．turning back | B．moving up | C．staying away | D．keeping on |
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| 小题10: | | A．existed | B．appeared | C．turned | D．traveled |
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| 小题11: | | A．cheered | B．laughed | C．whispered | D．sighed |
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| 小题12: | | A．determined | B．excited | C．tired | D．happy |
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| 小题13: | | A．yellow | B．blue | C．green | D．red |
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| 小题14: | | A．woke up | B．turned up | C．got up | D．looked up |
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| 小题15: | | A．already | B．almost | C．hardly | D．surely |
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| 小题16: | | A．training | B．applying | C．planning | D．asking |
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| 小题17: | | A．idea | B．skill | C．money | D．wish |
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| 小题18: | | A．victory | B．return | C．climb | D．courage |
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| 小题20: | | A．necessary | B．important | C．attractive | D．impossible |
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