一、完形填空
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，主要讲的是攀登珠穆朗玛峰虽然充满了危险，但是依然有很多人尝试，最近的一项研究表明，这背后的科学原因一部分是因为人的天性，有些人比别人更爱冒险。
1. Last year, hundreds of people spent good money on an experience that they knew would include crowds, discomfort and danger. Many would become ______, due to the extreme cold and low air pressure, and a few would even lose their ______. Yet, despite all this, by the end of the trip many were already planning to ______ For these people, climbing Qomolangma is an experience like no other, making some feel weak and others, ______.
British mountain climber George Mallory wrote of climbing Qomolangma, “What we get from this ______ is just We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to ______ life. That is what life means and what life is for.” ______, Mallory would die on the mountain in 1924, although his body would not be found until many years later.
In 2011, words ______ to those of Mallory were spoken by American mountain climber Alan Arnette, who climbed Qomolangma in that year and was going to climb other high mountains around the world. “It brings into ______ what’s important to you.” He added. “There are a thousand reasons to ______ and only one to keep going. You really have to focus on the one reason that’s most important and ______ to you. It forces you to look deep inside yourself and figure out if you really have the physical, as well as mental, toughness to ______ when you want to stop.”
Psychologist Frank Farley has spent years studying people who jump out of planes and drive fast cars, as well as those who climb Qomolangma. He referred to the ______ of these people as “Type T”, with the “T” standing for “thrill”.
Speaking to the LA Times about the “Type T” personalities, Farley said, “They don’t want to die and they don’t expect to die. “Research also suggests that our ______ to seek risks can be connected to how much we expect to benefit from the result. With this in mind, are the benefits of climbing Qomolangma worth the ______? It’s totally up to you.
1.
A．nervous | B．sick | C．excited | D．confused |
2.
A．way | B．interest | C．hopes | D．lives |
3.
A．return | B．quit | C．go | D．leavefrom silence |
4.
A．relaxed | B．fascinated | C．hopeless | D．powerful |
5.
A．story | B．memory | C．adventure | D．tour |
6.
A．enjoy | B．save | C．obtain | D．extend |
7.
A．Significantly | B．Sadly | C．Disappointingly | D．Eventually |
8.
A．related | B．useful | C．special | D．similar |
9.
A．existence | B．effect | C．focus | D．use |
10.
A．look forward | B．lie down | C．turn around | D．take off |
11.
A．accessible | B．unique | C．acceptable | D．affordable |
12.
A．rise | B．push | C．stand | D．turn |
13.
A．personalities | B．values | C．manners | D．ideas |
14.
A．goal | B．task | C．chance | D．desire |
15.
A．awards | B．efforts | C．risks | D．injuries |
二、阅读选择(阅读理解)
2. For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories and visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty—we hadn’t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something m
oving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them—brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Daniel: “Look!”, but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
“Wild horses?” he said. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
“Are you sure you didn’t dream it?”
“You were the one who was sleeping!”
“Typically,” he said. “The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
1. During their journey in Africa, the two travelers _______.
A．made friends with local residents |
B．complained about the poor living conditions |
C．recorded their experiences in different ways |
D．enjoyed the sunset in the Kalahari Desert most |
2. What does the underlined phrase “heroic forms” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
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