第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Bobby the mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed halfway.
For the sake of____16____ Bobby to try again, Old Peeper, the town optician （眼镜商），who bore witness to his____17____, presented him with a pair of____18____ sunglasses. t4If it starts clouding over or if your feet start hurting, put on these glasses. They'll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without giving it much ____19____, but when his feet started ____20____ again he remembered his words and put on the glasses. Then ____21____ came as usual in the form of cloud cover, but seemingly not so thick this time. So Bobby ____22____ climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his ____23____, and finally arriving at the summit. It was ____24____ worth it. His feeling of triumph was ____25____, almost as magnificent as that wonderful ____26____. The mountain below was surrounded by a dense sea of clouds. Bobby didn't remember the clouds being as ____27____ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and ____28____ everything.
Peeper had carved a light ____29____ on the lenses, in the form of the snow-covered summit. It was made in such a way that you could only ____30____ it if you looked upwards. Peeper had understood that whenever Bobby lost sight of his ____31____, he would similarly lose sight of his dream, and his ____32____ to continue would weaken.
Bobby realized that the only obstacle to reaching the summit had been his own ____33____. When he could no longer see the top of the mountain, the problems ____34____. He thanked Peeper for using that little____35____ to help him see that his aims were not impossible, and that they were still there, where they had always been.
16. A. urging B. encouraging C. educating D. requesting
17. A. practice B. disadvantage C. growth D. failure
18. A. special B. beautiful C. fancy D. expensive
19. A. thought B. knowledge C. information D. praise
20. A. breaking B. damaging C. aching D. swelling
21. A. danger B. adventure C. pressure D. misfortune
22. A. quitted B. kept C. accomplished D. abandoned
23. A. problem B. pain C. injury D. anxiety
24. A. normally B. practically C. certainly D. exactly
25. A. incomparable B. invisible C. invaluable D. inaccessible
26. A. experience B. attempt C. view D. present
27. A. snowy B. pure C. vague D. thick
28. A. demanded B. grasped C. believed D. acknowledged
29. A. image B. spot C. photo D. message
30. A. move B. feel C. change D. see
31. A. objective B. path C. success D. journey
32. A. preference B. will C. competence D. concentration
33. A. mistake B. prejudice C. ignorance D. discouragement
34. A. took off B. cut in C. set in D. showed off
35. A. signal B. tool C. trick D. mark
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C
【解析】
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选 项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Bobby the mountain climber was famous for his attempts to climb the big snowy mountain. He had tried it at least thirty times, but had always failed halfway.
For the sake of____16____ Bobby to try again, Old Peeper, the town optician （眼镜商），who bore witness to his____17____, presented him with a pair of____18____ sunglasses. t4If it starts clouding over or if your feet start hurting, put on these glasses. They'll help you.” Bobby accepted the gift without giving it much ____19____, but when his feet started ____20____ again he remembered his words and put on the glasses. Then ____21____ came as usual in the form of cloud cover, but seemingly not so thick this time. So Bobby ____22____ climbing, leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his ____23____, and finally arriving at the summit. It was ____24____ worth it. His feeling of triumph was ____25____, almost as magnificent as that wonderful ____26____. The mountain below was surrounded by a dense sea of clouds. Bobby didn't remember the clouds being as ____27____ as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and ____28____ everything.
Peeper had carved a light ____29____ on the lenses, in the form of the snow-covered summit. It was made in such a way that you could only ____30____ it if you looked upwards. Peeper had understood that whenever Bobby lost sight of his ____31____, he would similarly lose sight of his dream, and his ____32____ to continue would weaken.
Bobby realized that the only obstacle to reaching the summit had been his own ____33____. When he could no longer see the top of the mountain, the problems ____34____. He thanked Peeper for using that little____35____ to help him see that his aims were not impossible, and that they were still there, where they had always been.
16. A. urging B. encouraging C. educating D. requesting
17. A. practice B. disadvantage C. growth D. failure
18. A. special B. beautiful C. fancy D. expensive
19. A. thought B. knowledge C. information D. praise
20. A. breaking B. damaging C. aching D. swelling
21. A. danger B. adventure C. pressure D. misfortune
22. A. quitted B. kept C. accomplished D. abandoned
23. A. problem B. pain C. injury D. anxiety
24. A. normally B. practically C. certainly D. exactly
25. A. incomparable B. invisible C. invaluable D. inaccessible
26. A. experience B. attempt C. view D. present
27. A. snowy B. pure C. vague D. thick
28. A. demanded B. grasped C. believed D. acknowledged
29. A. image B. spot C. photo D. message
30. A. move B. feel C. change D. see
31. A. objective B. path C. success D. journey
32. A. preference B. will C. competence D. concentration
33. A. mistake B. prejudice C. ignorance D. discouragement
34. A. took off B. cut in C. set in D. showed off
35. A. signal B. tool C. trick D. mark
【答案】16. B 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. C 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C
【解析】
