As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring    36   at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with   37  , beautiful and dangerous.

The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had   38   the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the   39   side. But now one man was daring to try the   40   route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him   41  . Now they were waiting to see his   42   . If he planned to   43   the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was   44   .

A tiny green light   45   high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people      46   .

The next day he   47   his way upward. He was so lonely and so tired! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the   48  light.

In the morning, Bonatti looked up. He could not see the top, but he knew he was   49   there.   50   the climb was painful, he moved up.

Bonatti had spent months   51   for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and   52   to climb to the top?

He was finally at the top! News about his   53  was radioed to the world.

The trip down the southern  54  was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the "  55  ", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

36. A. up                      B. down                       C. back                  D. forward

37. A. green trees          B. flowers                   C. rocks                 D. ice and snow

38. A. passed                B. reached                    C. climbed                    D. watched  

39. A. eastern               B. western            C. northern                 D. southern 

40. A. different            B. difficult              C. easy                D. same  

41. A. anxiously           B. carefully                  C. patiently             D. eagerly

42. A. signal                 B. flag                     C. face                      D. figure

43. A. go down             B. come back                C. go on                  D. give up

44. A. turning around    B. turning back             C. moving up           D. in danger  

45. A. raised                B. rose                       C. disappeared           D. appeared

46. A. cheered           B. shouted                   C. laughed                  D. jumped

47. A. stopped              B. abandoned                   C. continued                D. ended 

48. A. green              B. yellow                   C. blue                       D. red 

49. A. already              B. surely                    C. almost                  D. no longer

50. A. Because        B. Though              C. Since                    D. When

51. A. asking                B. planning               C. preparing               D. training

52. A. money              B. wish                  C. effort                          D. skill

53. A. victory            B. climb                      C. courage                D. thing  

54. A. pace              B. route                      C. path                   D. passage

55. A. necessary       B. great                C. important           D. impossible 

 —Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last night.

—________ I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

A. Sounds  good!  B. Very well.          C. All right.              D. How nice!

— I'm mad at what Jack said yesterday．

—________! He was just making a joke．

　 A. Take your time 　　　 B. Lighten up 　　　　　　 C. Enjoy yourself　 D. Not at all

The food is not very good, but we shall just have to ______ it.

A. pay attention to B. hold on to

C. put up with　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. keep up with

—What’s the matter with John?

—He’s had his leg ______ trying to save a boy from a fire.

　 A. wounding　　　　 B. wounded　　　　　 C. being wounded D. to be wounded

—Sorry, I’m late for work.

—Is that ________ you got stuck in a traffic jam again?

　 A. why　　　　　　　　 B. how　　　　　　　　 C. because　　　　　　 D. when

 You can not imagine a child ________so cruelly.

A．to treat                   B．treating                   C．being treated        D．to be treated

--Where did you save the drowning girl, ________ parents were both professors?

--It was from the lake ______ she often went fishing.

A. who; that　　　 B. whose; that　　　　 C. whom; where　　　　 D. whose; where

 The vase ____easily. Be careful when you handle it.

    A. will be broken    B. will break          C. is broken           D. breaks

—Did you see who the driver was?

— No, so quickly _____ that I couldn’t get a good look at his face.

A. does the car speed by　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. did the car speed by

C. the car sped by　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 D. the car speeds by