5 . Kilimanjaro Climb : a Rite of Passage (成人仪式) for Father and Son

Climbing Kilimanjaro is a transformational experience for many people. The things that make the mountain hard are the very things that make it so powerful. In the case of my son Josh and I, the walk up Kilimanjaro proved a powerful symbol of his transition into manhood, and a great change in our relationship.

Day three on the mountain, Josh was hit with massive headaches. He told me every step felt like a nail driving into his head. And then, on the night we climbed the crater (火山口) rim, less than 40 minutes from the summit, Josh fell. I was walking ahead, and did not even see it. He was so tired out that he could not get up. He recalled our guides, debating whether or not they should take him straight down. Josh snapped out of it. He forced himself to his feet, shook the guides off. He set his face towards the peak and just kept marching. Near the summit he caught up with me and we reached the peak together.

“I’ve never been in so much pain and so happy at the same time... he said, as we sat side by side on the frozen rock and looked down over Africa. “You know, in the past when we’d go on camping and rafting trips, you guided and took care of me through it all. But on Kilimanjaro it was different. From the bottom up, I climbed it. I never felt like a kid, even when 1 was in pain. You never acted like a parent.”

“That’s not quite true,” I replied. “When you told me that on the summit you fell and I did not even notice, my first thought was, ‘Oh my God! I’m such an awful parent!’ But then it hit me, ‘He got himself up. He walked to the peak on his own. He didn’t need me to help,”

I realized as I spoke that two people had died that night on Kilimanjaro. A child and a parent. It was just two friends who walked down the mountain together.

1. From the second paragraph we know that ______.

A．Josh had a slight headache.

B．Josh reached the top of the mountain with the help of the guides.

C．Josh overcame various difficulties on his way to the summit.

D．Climbing Kilimanjaro was too hard for such a child as Josh.

2. What does the underlined phrase in the second paragraph mean?

A．Cheered up.

B．Gave up.

C．Burst out.

D．Ran out.

3. What can be inferred from the talk between the father and the son?

A．Josh felt quite good about his independence.

B．Josh appreciated his parents’ company and care.

C．The father felt guilty all the time.

D．The father should have taken good care of Josh as usual.

4. Why did the father feel that two people had died?

A．Because two people had lost their lives while climbing Kilimanjaro.

B．Because the father and son had become friends.

C．Because they had witnessed an accident of a father and son.

D．Because two friends had misled him.

6 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the woman?

A．A reporter.

B．An author.

C．A TV hostess.

2. When did the man’s oldest child begin to read?

A．At two years old.

B．At three years old.

C．At four years old.

3. Who is the second youngest child?

A．Ann.

B．Jenny.

C．Helen.

4. What was the man’s youngest child like as a kid?

A．She was very shy.

B．She was noisy and naughty.

C．She was quite interested in her studies.

7 . Good friendship can get people through almost anything. Many times, a good friend will know what you need before you even ask for it, and they’ll want to offer a helping hand. That’s what happened to two friends in Caddo Hills High School. When one differently abled young man needed help, his friend went above and beyond.

When Brandon and Tanner met, Brandon was using a hand-push wheelchair. The chair was becoming kind of a pain for Brandon as he had to push his way down the halls from class to class around Caddo Hills High School. “My arms would get really tired and I would have to stop and take rests,” said Brandon.

Sometimes when they were together, Brandon would ask Tanner to push his wheelchair. Tanner was happy to help. Most often, Tanner would offer to help and he noticed how hard using this wheelchair was on his friend. Tanner thought that if his friend had had an electric wheelchair, life would be easier for him. But Brandon’s family was unable to afford it. Seeing how much his friend struggled in his wheelchair, Tanner made up his mind to do something about it. “He’s just been a really good friend and I wanted to do him a favor. I just felt like I needed to do it and I wanted to do it,” Tanner explained.

Then the enthusiastic(热心的)high school student became devoted to getting his friend a wheelchair. He got an after-school job at an auto repair shop and he worked there every afternoon. In order to help his friend out, Tanner worked part-time for two years. All of the money he earned went towards saving for a self-powered wheelchair. That moment finally came in late February, when he would present Brandon with a life-changing gift during the school day.

注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
At the beginning, Tanner had planned on giving Brandon all the money he had saved.
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Brandon cried when he first got the wheelchair.
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8 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The Leap

Once a twelve-year-old boy was traveling around the world by sea. His father was the captain of the ship. Now, the ship was sailing home at last. It was a pleasant day. All the passengers were on the deck(甲板).

A monkey was making funny faces at the passengers. It became funnier as more passengers came closer, enjoying its tricks. Suddenly the monkey ran towards the captain’s son and took his hat. It then put the hat on its own head. Soon after that, it climbed up the tall pole with two crossbeams(横梁)that supported the sails(帆) on the ship.

Everyone laughed, but the boy was not sure whether to laugh or cry. It had come as a surprise. The monkey sat on the first crossbeam of the pole, took off the hat and began to tear it.

The hat was too important for the boy. So he shouted with extreme anger, “You terrible creature! Return my hat or you are going to pay for it.” He went after the monkey on the pole, which continued to climb higher.

“I am not going to forgive you,” the boy shouted, as he climbed higher and higher. After a while, the monkey stretched itself to its full length and hung what remained of the hat on the end of the second crossbeam. Then it climbed to the very tip of the pole and sat there, making fun of the boy.

The distance from the pole to the end of the crossbeam, where the hat was, was about two meters. To reach the hat, the boy had to let go of the pole. Everyone froze with fear when they saw the boy had stepped onto the crossbeam without support. One wrong step, and he would fall hard to the board of the ship, which would lead to death. The only solution was to jump into the water. However, the boy didn’t realize the danger, as his mind was focused only on getting the hat.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式作答。

Just then the captain came on deck.

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Seeing his son wet but alive, the captain breathed a sigh of relief.

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9 . My father and I always had a bit of trouble in our relationship. It’s not that we didn’t love each other. It’s just that we used to have ________ opinions. My dad is one of the most hard-working men I know, but I was a(n) ________. I played sports as a kid, but________ when I was making progress. Then I showed an ________ in music. My father got excited and ________ me a guitar when I was about eight. But I didn’t like it until I was a teenager. During those teen years, I took up my guitar and ________ playing along.

Then I went to college. My father thought I should focus more on my ________ when I had more fun playing music. I dreamed to be a musician. When I grew into a young man, I suddenly fell ________ ill one day and it was discovered that I had a terrible kidney (肾) disease. I had to accept treatments all my life, or get a transplant (移植).

I felt like there was a heavy ________ on my shoulders. Life became hard for me. But I was lucky enough because of my loving parents who ________ me and took care of me. While trying to ________ just what to do with my life, my father got tested to see ________ he was the right man to give me his kidney. I tried to refuse, but he’d hear ________ of it. He saved my life at last.

Two years ago, I ________ a band. He had always wanted to play in a band, but ________ got the chance when he was young. It was one of the greatest gifts I could give to him.

1.

A．special

B．different

C．private

D．necessary

2.

A．musician

B．coach

C．actor

D．dreamer

3.

A．gave up

B．gave out

C．gave off

D．gave away

4.

A．introduction

B．influence

C．increase

D．interest

5.

A．expected

B．threw

C．bought

D．praised

6.

A．began

B．regretted

C．finished

D．meant

7.

A．hobbies

B．studies

C．skills

D．choices

8.

A．similarly

B．hardly

C．seriously

D．harmfully

9.

A．weight

B．disadvantage

C．disagreement

D．disbelief

10.

A．provided

B．encouraged

C．afforded

D．managed

11.

A．decide

B．behave

C．build

D．doubt

12.

A．how

B．whether

C．why

D．what

13.

A．each

B．all

C．much

D．none

14.

A．made in

B．made of

C．made from

D．made up

15.

A．almost

B．completely

C．never

D．always

10 . 你校正在组织英语作文比赛，题目为“The Role Model around Me”(我身边的榜样)，请选取你生活中的一个人物，写一篇短文参赛，内容应包括：
1.人物简介(至少包括生平、事迹、成就或品质中的两个方面)
2.对你的影响。
注意：1.词数100左右，文中不允许出现真实的人名。
2.短文题目已给出。

The Role Model around Me

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