Stop wasting your time on the wrong mountain
I have two friends who are backpackers. There is a portion of New York’s Adirondack Mountains called the High Peaks region. It is made up of 46 mountains with a___1____ of over 4,000 feet.
The Adirondack Mountain Club gives special honor and a patch to    2    who climbs all 46 mountains. My two friends decided to go for this   3   . It took them several years to accomplish it.
My friends had climbed 10 of the mountains. The left one was the farthest,    4    much effort. A hiking trail led past the base of the mountain,    5    from that point they were on their own.
Early one morning they left their     6    and walked 5 miles on the hiking trail to the base of a    7    of mountains. One of the mountains in this chain was the last one they  8  for their patch.
When they reached the base of the mountain chain they    9    that they had left their compass and map back in the camp.    10    returning to the camp, they decided to go on without them.
For hours they    11    uphill suffering heat and black flies. Finally, late in the afternoon they   12    themselves on the top of a mountain. They were tired but   13   .
The excitement was short-lived however. When they   14    the valley, they saw another higher mountain. They had climbed the    15    hill! It was too late that weekend to correct their    16  . They had to wait another 4 months to climb the right mountain.
This story    17    that often in life we make effort toward a    18    but without the right map and personal compass it is easy to get    19   .
Knowing your life purpose gives you a    20     personal map and compass. And that makes sure you are always climbing the right mountain.
1. A. length         B. height           C. width            D. depth
2. A. something       B. someone          C. anything         D. anyone
3. A. fame            B. award          C. medal            D. gift
4. A. requiring        B. making          C. wasting          D. paying
5. A. and             B. even            C. so               D. but
6. A. village          B. house            C. camp            D. cottage
7. A. series           B. lot              C. chain             D. kind
8. A. needed          B. prepared        C. looked           D. hunted
9. A. understood       B. thought           C. forgot            D. discovered
10. A. Instead          B. Rather than       C. In case of         D. In spite of
11. A. rushed           B. rolled           C. walked          D. ran
12. A. relaxed          B. congratulated     C. enjoyed           D. found
13. A. excited          B. surprised         C. disappointed       D. puzzled
13. A. looked for       B. looked across      C. looked on         D. looked through
15. A. high            B. right             C. wrong            D. small
16. A. direction         B. wrong           C. decision           D. error
17. A. provides         B. brings            C. offers            D. proves
18. A. choice           B. goal              C. promise          D. result
19. A. hurt             B. separated          C. lost             D. bothered
20. A. beautiful          B. famous           C. expensive         D. powerful

1--  20      BDBAD   CCADB   CDABC   DDBCD  
 
1. B。此處指山的高度，故選B。
2. D。結(jié)合語境，這個俱樂部給任何翻越所有11座山峰的人以特別的榮譽。anyone who = whoever。
3. B。這里指作者的兩個朋友想得到這個獎勵。
4. A。從前面知道只剩下最后一座山了，而攀登這座山需要花費很大力氣。
5. D。前面部分有“hiking trail”的幫助，但是以后就要*他們自己了。
6. C。根據(jù)后文中“l(fā)eft their compass and map back in the camp”可知答案。
7. C。根據(jù)后文中“One of the mountains in this chain …”可知答案。
8. A。此處表示他們需要這最后一座山來達到目的。
9. D。結(jié)合語境可知他們突然發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有帶指南針和地圖。
10. B。他們不愿意回去，決定要在沒有指南針和地圖的情況下，繼續(xù)爬山。
11. C。由“For hours”可知爬山過程比較艱難，只有C項符合語境。
12. D。他們在傍晚時刻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己終于登到了山頂。
13. A。由前面的but可知此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，他們雖然很疲勞但是卻很興奮。
14. B。這里指目光越過峽谷，所以B正確。
15. C。根據(jù)上文可知他們看到了另外一座更高的山，他們爬錯了山。
16. D。因為天色已晚，他們無法糾正自己的錯誤。
17. D。通過這個故事證明了一個道理，D正確。
18. B。在生活中，我們經(jīng)常為了某個目標(biāo)而付出努力。
19. C。沒有“地圖和指南針”，我們很容易迷失方向。
20. D。知道自己的生活目的使你擁有強大的地圖和指南針。
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