Question

    Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up,my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together,my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me ,“You should have goals like climbing the mountain. Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed,we couldnJt have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.

     Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first several few hours of climbing,I enjoyed the flowers and trees,and the birds,singing. But as time passed,I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing,but my father said to me,aYou can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain,but you can5t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things,which is just like your life.

     At that time,I was too young to understand his words. But later after that,I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain,and the sky was as clear as crystal.

() 1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was for the father and the son.

   A. hard   B. enjoyable   C. painful   D. comfortable

() 2. The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means “ ”.

A.巖石 B.火焰   C. 水晶 D.寒冰

) 3. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father's words in the second paragraph (段) ？

   A. You will get all you need at the top of the mountain.

   B. The sky is always as clear as crystal.

   C. You can find life is full of nice things.

   D. Never give up half-way. s

() 4. We can infer (推斷) from the last paragraph that .

   A. the writer was very successful in his life

   B. the writer reached the top of the mountain

   C. though the writer was young,he could understand his father

   D. the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain

() 5. The best title for the passage is .

   A. Reaching the Top of the Mountain   B. Standing at the Top of the Mountain

   C. Conversations between Father and Son   D. Seeing all of the nice things

Answer 1

1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. A

[解析]本文說的是父子二人都喜歡爬山，在爬山的過程中，兩人經常進行談話，從中作者學到了很多

道理。

1. B 根據第一段中 Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed...可知父子二人都很喜歡爬 山，所以覺得爬山是快樂的，enjoyable。故選B.

2. C根據畫線詞所在的句子…the sky was as clear as crystal.天空像……一樣明澈，我們可以猜測 出，只有水晶是明澈的。故選C.

3. D文章中第二段父親有一段話，大意是：在山頂 上你總是能看到美麗的天空，在到達山頂之前你 看不到這個。只有在那里，你才能看到所有美麗 的事物，就像你的生活一樣。這里，父親是在鼓勵 作者，讓作者堅持爬到山頂，所以D選項，不要在 半路放棄，最符合這一段要表達的意思。故選D.

4. A 根據最后一段 I found myself standing at the top of the mountain…可知選A

5. A這篇短文主要說的是要努力爬到山頂，在山 頂上你才能看到所有美好的事物。到達山頂還有 它的深意，即生活中的成功，所以reaching the top of the mountain到達山頂，這個題目最能概括出 文章的大意，因此最佳答案為A.