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small piece of rock from the top as a memento (纪念品) and wear it in a necklace.
"It is something for myself to say "this is a rock from the top","Jordan Romero from California,told
reporters in Kathmandu.He left for the mountain on Sunday.
If he succeeds,Romero will become the youngest climber to climb the 8,850 meters Everest Summit.
Currently a 16yearold Nepali boy,Temba Tsheri Sherpa,holds the record of being the world"s youngest
climber of Mount Everest.
But Romero,sitting over lunch with his climbing father and stepmother in Kathmandu"s tourist district
of Thamel,said he was not after setting climbing records.
Romero said Mount Qomolangma,that runs across NepalChina border,was part of his goal to climb
the highest mountains on all seven continents.
"It is just a goal," he said confidently."If I don"t succeed I am okay.I will try again."
Romero has already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa and Mount McKinley in Alaska among
others.
Romero"s father Paul said the boy was ready to take on the climb and understood the risk of climbing
the giant mountain.
"I know it requires a lot of patience.I will remain patient.I want to stay safe and make right choice,"
Romero said of his climb using the northeast ridge (山脊) route on the Chinese side of the mountain.
Over 4,000 climbers have reached the top of Mount Qomolangma since it was first climbed by New
Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal"s Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953.Romero said he wanted to
climb the highest mountains in all 50 states in the US next."It does not need to be after Qomolangma and
could be in between."
1. According to the passage,at present________keeps the record of being the world"s youngest
climber of Mount Everest.
A. Jordan Romero
B. Temba Tsheri Sherpa
C. Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
D. Sir Edmund Hillary
2. From the passage we can learn that Romero"s goal is________.
A. to break the record of the youngest climber to climb Everest Summit
B. to pick a small piece of rock from the top of Everest Summit
C. to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents
D. to climb the highest mountains in all 50 states in the US
3. We can infer from the passage that________.
A. Romero has made a promise that he must climb up the top of Mount Qomolangma
B. the highest mountain in America is Mount Kilimanjaro
C. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa come from different countries
D. there is no risk climbing Mount Qomolangma
4. The following statements are true EXCEPT________.
A. Romero is to use the northwest ridge route on the Chinese side of the mountain
B. Romero has his patience and understands the risk of climbing the giant mountain
C. Romero has made a safe climbing plan
D. Romero is fond of climbing
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taught me.For example,when I kept playing jazz records on the player,my father would think of such
music as making noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely
dull.
My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with,always saying that "One
rotten (腐烂) apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples". When I insisted on sleeping with my pet dog,
they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas (跳蚤).
These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable
about.Today,however,I am a father of a boy of sixteen,and I find that I,too,am pressuring my son with a
lot of rules that he seems to find hard to accept.The other day,I noticed that my son"s hair was too long,
so I told him to go to the barber"s and get it cut short.Usually,he is fairly obedient,but this time he put_his_
foot_down."What"s wrong with my long hair?I don"t think you have the right to order me to cut it short,
even if you"re my father!"
When I was a boy,if I had spoken in such a way to my father,he would have taught me a good lesson.
But now we are living in a world with more freedom.My son"s insistence on wearing his long hair was only an example of the generation gap that existed between us.So I tried to be more understanding and now
he still wears his long hair.
1. The writer"s parents thought it proper for him to________.
A. sleep with his pet dog
B. listen to jazz
C. be careful about making friends
D. wear long hair
2. Which of the following is true?
A. The writer gave more freedom to his son.
B. The writer"s son often went against him.
C. The writer always obeyed his parents as a child.
D. The writer liked wearing long hair.
3. The underlined phrase "put his foot down" in the third paragraph means ________.
A. obeyed
B. insisted
C. accepted
D. left
4. The writer thinks that________.
A. parents should be more strict with their children
B. no generation gap exists between parents and children
C. parents have the right to order their children
D. parents should show more respect to their children
his lessons.Over the months he tried and tried,and often repeated to me "My mom"s going to hear me play some day."
But he seemed hopeless,with no born ability.A real bad advertisement for my teaching!I was so happy when one day he stopped coming.
Several weeks later my students were to have a recital (演奏会). To my surprise,Robby came,asking
to play in the recital.
"But,it is for current pupils,you dropped."
"My mom was sick.But I have been practicing.I"ve just got to play!"
I didn"t know what led me to agree,maybe...
The recital came.I_put_Robby_up_last_to_play_before_my_"curtain_closer",by which,I could save the recital if...
The recital went off well.Robby came up on stage,clothes wrinkled and his hair looked like he"d run an eggbeater through it."How could his mom...?"
Robby pulled out the piano bench and began.It was Mozart"s work!I was not prepared for what I heard next.Like in a dream,I was then woken up by the wild applause-everybody was on their feet!
"I"ve never heard you play like that,Robby!How"d you do it?"
Through the microphone Robby explained:"Well,Miss Hondorf,remember I told you my mom was
sick?Actually she had cancer and died this morning.She was born deaf,and tonight was the first time she
ever heard me play.I wanted to make it special."
My eyes were wet.He was not a student of mine,but a teacher!
B. thought that Robby would make the recital special
C. thought that Robby wouldn"t play at the recital
D. had no confidence in Robby at all for the recital
B. Musical talent.
C. The writer"s help.
D. Regular practice.
B. That he loved his mother more than she did.
C. That he never gave up.
D. That,the audience gave him more applause than her.
B. Robby"s performance.
C. Robby and his mom"s story.
D. The audience"s applause.
When I met him,I had a lot of anger inside of me.I never had a father,though in my neighborhood that"s
not__1__.I know some kids just like me.You have to__2__yourself.There are fights and killings all the
time.I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant.I could have ended up that way,too,__3__Mr Clark
and my mom wouldn"t let that happen.
Mr Clark worked long hours,making sure I did my work.My grades rose.In fact,I did so well that in
sixth grade,I entered the__4__class,and Mr Clark was the teacher.I felt so__5__to have him for a second
year!
He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera. Before the show, he__6__ us to dinner at a
restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full.We didn"t want to let him__7__,so we listened to
him attentively.
__8__of us were surprised when Mr Clark was selected as Disney"s 2000 Teacher of the Year.When
he learned he"d won,he said he would__9__three names out of a hat;he would go to Los Angeles to get
the__10__with those students.But __11__it came time to draw names,Mr Clark said,"You"re all going."
He got__12__to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton.People were
_13__,but Mr Clark really cared about us.There"s no way I can__14__most teachers doing that.No way.
But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
On graduation day,there were a lot of tears.We didn"t want his class to__15__.In the new school year,
we were all happy when Mr Clark__16__in our class once again.He"s been a__17__in our lives.
In 2003,Mr Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to__18__school supplies and visit
orphanages.It was the most amazing__19__of my life.It"s now my__20__to one day start a group of
women"s clubs,helping people from all backgrounds.
( )2.A.encourage
( )3.A.but
( )4.A.local
( )5.A.sudden
( )6.A.treated
( )7.A.off
( )8.A.Some
( )9.A.give
( )10.A.reward
( )11.A.after
( )12.A.donations
( )13.A.excited
( )14.A.suggest
( )15.A.end
( )16.A.picked up
( )17.A.colleague
( )18.A.deliver
( )19.A.adventure
( )20.A.turn
B.watch
B.therefore
B.general
B.lucky
B.directed
B.out
B.Any
B.draw
B.bonus
B.when
B.suggestions
B.satisfied
B.advocate
B.start
B.showed up
B.sponsor
B.collect
B.experience
B.conclusion
C.comfort
C.otherwise
C.gifted
C.annoyed
C.showed
C.up
C.None
C.enter
C.diploma
C.before
C.requests
C.ashamed
C.imagine
C.continue
C.rang up
C.success
C.display
C.vacation
C.dream
D.tolerate
D.or
D.sacred
D.anxious
D.swapped
D.down
D.Many
D.register
D.award
D.since
D.messages
D.amazed
D.complain
D.last
D.packed up
D.constant
D.recommend
D.interview
D.demand
toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart.I found myself homeless and alone.I had
my truck and $56.I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount.I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley.I hadn’t been alone for 25 years.I was scared,
but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me.
I found the owner and rented the place for $50 a month.The locals knew nothing about me.But slowly
they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer
meat and began sticking around to chat.They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing.
They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement
but of neighborliness.Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream or truck parts to see if I was up for
courting.I wasn’t, but they were civil anyway.The women on that mountain worked harder than any I’d
ever met.They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe.I_learned_to_keep_
enough_for_an_extra_plate_for_company.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were nonexistent
in this place.Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.
After four years in that valley, I moved back into town.I saw a lot of people were having a really hard
time, losing their jobs and homes.With the help of a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) I chatted up at
the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people.It’s four of us now, but over time I’ve had nine come in and move on to other places from here.We’d all be in shelters if we
hadn’t banded together.
The American dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for
myself; it’s about how we all can get by together.
1. Before a series of unhappy events happened, the writer________.
A. had a wellpaid job
B. worked hard for his American dream
C. worked hard and liked to share
D. felt hopeless about his American dream
2. What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. The house.
B. The job.
C. The company.
D. The American dream.
3. What does the underlined sentence “I learned to...”in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A. The writer learned to run a company.
B. The writer learned to share with others.
C. The writer learned to keep enough plates.
D. The writer learned to save money for his company.
4. Why did the writer rent a big house?
A. To make some money.
B. To show off his wealth.
C. To share with those people in need.
D. To make friends with his neighbors.
5. The writer mainly tells us about________.
A. his unhappy experiences
B. the friendly people in the valley
C. the change of his living conditions
D. his new idea of the American dream
to prevent housing prices going up, ” said one house seller in Santa Monica, California.
“It’s crazy, ” said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach.“In 1993, I bought my first place, a
twobedroom flat in Venice, for $70,000.My friends thought then that I was overpaying.Five years later, I
had to move.I sold it for $230,000, which was a nice profit.Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in
the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for $510,000!”
It is a seller’s market.Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking
price.Donna, a new owner of a onebedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, “That’s what I did.I told the
owner that whatever anyone offers you, I’ll give you $20,000 more under the table, so you don’t have to
pay your house seller any of it.I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers.”
Tim says he hopes he doesn’t get that desperate.“Whether you decide to buy or not, you still feel like
you made the wrong decision.If you buy, you feel like you overpaid.If you don’t buy, you want to kick
yourself for passing up a great opportunity.”
Everyone says the bubble (气泡) has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after
they sell their house.Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring.“All we can say is
that, clearly, these things go in regular cycles, ” said the state director of housing.“What goes up must
come down.But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down (被接
受). So you can’t lose over the long run.Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more
than you paid for it.”
1. If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned________.
A. $510,000
B. $440,000
C. $280,000
D. $160,000
2. Donna paid another $20,000 to the owner secretly because________.
A. she felt like offering 10% more
B. secret money made low price
C. the owner asked for the money
D. she was bored with bargaining
3. We can infer from Tim’s words in Paragraph 4 that________.
A. homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B. buying a house is always a great opportunity
C. homebuyers never make the right decision
D. both sellers and buyers become desperate
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the housing bubble?
A. It is something everyone hates to see.
B. Only experts know when it will burst.
C. It is unavoidable in the regular circles.
D. It usually stays for about twenty years
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