Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drives his truck to town and on the way his truck knocks down
a boy and hurt (弄傷) him. He takes the boy to a hospital and he pays a lot of money for that, but the boy's
parents want to get more money from him, so they say their son can't lift (舉起) his right arm above his
head. 
    Mr. Jenkins' lawyer comes and asks the boy some questions."Now, my boy," he says, "Mr. Jenkins' truck
knocks you down in the street." "Yes, sir, " he says. "And you can't lift your right arm now?" "Yes, sir," he
says. "Could you show how high you can lift your right arm?" Slowly the boy lifts his right arm before his
nose. "Poor boy," says the lawyer, "And how high can you lift before the accident?" "Oh, I can lift it very
high." Says the boy, and the right hand goes up high above his head.

1. Mr. Jenkins' truck knocks down ______.

A. a lawyer
B. a boy's father
C. a boy

2. The boy's parents want to get ______ from him.

A. more trucks
B. more money
C. more monkeys

3. Mr. Jenkins' lawyer asks the boy to ______.

A. ask some questions
B. answer some questions
C. lift his left arm

4. The boy says he can't lift his ______ now.

A. right arm
B. left arm
C. right foot

5. There is ______ wrong with the boy.

A. something
B. anything
C. nothing

     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 couldn't have enough time to spend together
because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with
my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience (耐力).
     Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old.
During the first 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. In fact, I hated it at that mountain, but my
father said to me, "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can't see it before
you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life."
     At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know hope and
confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal (水晶).

1. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was            for Father and Son.

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

2. The underlined word "quit" in the passage means "          ".

A. carry on
B. put off
C. give up
D. pick up

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