1、“We are here，on the top of the world，and it is still dark.The climb _1_ us 7.5 hours without a break.” I wrote these at 4 am. on May 16,2007.This trip was my fifth attempt in the past years.It wasnt until I had a heart valve(心脏瓣膜) replacement that I decided to lead a(n) _2_ life.When I was 23 I got
2、the disease， which meant my heart was failing to work properly and even climbing stairs was _3_.So in 1997，at the age of 46，I received a mechanical heart valve.During my former _4_ to reach the top of Everest(珠穆朗玛峰)：twice was because of the altitude and twice the weather conditions，I finally gave up
3、.I unwillingly decided to turn back before reaching the top.The strong winds made me _5_ whether the attempts were worth making.Now Ive spent five months at the foot of Everestwas this a waste of time？Or did I _6_ something from the mountain？So far I have not yet found any answer.We need to be patie
4、nt.I believe nature will _7_ us soon after.Having reached the _8_ now，at the age of 56，I feel I have come closer to answering the question.A mountain，_9_ a very high one，is difficult to reach.Though my mechanical heart valve makes me energetic，I consider it only as a necessary piece of equipment tha
5、t has given me the ability to live life to the _10_.I am one of 2,500 people to reach the top of Everest.As far as I know，I am the only person with a mechanical heart valve to _11_ this goal.Yet what makes me _12_ is that I am one of several million patients living with a mechanical heart valve.1A.c
6、hargedBtookCpaidDspent2A.activeBfriendlyChonestDkind3A.tiringBsurprisingCinterestingDexciting4A.hopesBdreamsCwishesDattempts5A.sayBconsiderCseeDguess6A.watchBmakeCfeelDlearn7A.believeBlikeCtellDknow8A.footBbottomCsideDtop9A.speciallyBusuallyCactuallyDespecially10A.endBfullestClastDday11A.arriveBachi
7、eveCbreakDexperience12A.proudBsadCtiredDcarefulIn ancient times，a king had a boulder (巨石) placed on a roadway.Then he hid 1._ and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.Some of the kings wealthiest merchants came by and simply walked around 2._.Many loudly blamed the king for not keepin
8、g the roads clear,3._none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables.On approaching the boulder，the peasant laid 4._his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road.After much pushing，he finally succeeded.As the peasa
9、nt picked up his load of 5._，he noticed 6._ purse lying on the road where the boulder had been.The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was 7._the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.The peasant learned what many others 8._understood.During th
10、e past few years，scientists over the world have suddenly found themselves productively engaged in task they once spent their lives avoiding writing，any kind of writing，but particularly letter writing.Encouraged by electronic mails surprisingly high speed，convenience and economy，people who never befo
11、re touched the stuff are regularly，skillfully，even cheerfully tapping out a great deal of correspondence.Electronic networks，woven into the fabric of scientific communication these days，are the route to colleagues in distant countries，shared data，bulletin boards and electronic journals.Anyone with a
12、 personal computer，a modem and the software to link computers over telephone lines can sign on.An estimated five million scientists have done so with more joining every day，most of them communicating through a bundle of interconnected domestic and foreign routes known collectively as the Internet，or
13、 net.Email is starting to edge out the fax，the telephone，overnight mail，and of course，land mail.It shrinks time and distance between scientific collaborators(合作者)，in part because it is conveniently asynchronous(writers can type while their colleagues across time zones sleep；their message will be wai
14、ting)If it is not yet speeding discoveries，it is certainly accelerating communication.Jeremy Bernstei，the physicist and science writer，once called email the physicists umbilical cord(生命线)Lately other people，too，have been discovering its connective virtues.Physicists are using it；college students are
15、 using it，everybody is using it，and as a sign that it has come of age，the New Yorker has celebrated its liberating presence with a cartoonan appreciative dog seated at a keyboard，saying happily，“On the Internet，nobody knows youre a dog.”1The reasons given below about the popularity of email can be f
16、ound in the passage except _.Adirect and convenientBtimesaving in deliveryCmoneysavingDavailable around the clock2How is the Internet or net explained in the passage?AElectronic routes used to fax or correspond overnight.BElectronic routes used to read home and international journals.CElectronic rou
17、tes waiting for correspondence while one is sleeping.DElectronic routes connected among millions of users，home and abroad.3What will happen to fax，land mail，overnight mail，etc.according to the writer?AThey will coexist with email for a long time.BFewer and fewer people will use them.CTheir functions
18、 cannot be replaced by email.DThey will play an additional function to email.4The writer mainly tells that _ in the last paragraph.Aemail is nowadays becoming a trendBemail can sometimes be unreliableCthe presence of email deserves a discussionDemail users often ignore its disadvantages1It_wasnt unt
19、il I had a heart valve replacement that I decided to lead an active life. (完形填空一第一段)直到我换了心脏瓣膜我才决定过一个积极的生活。(1)It is only when one is ill that one realizes the value of heath.人们生病了才知道健康的价值。(2)It was because the water had risen that they could not cross the river.正是因为水涨了，他们没有渡过河去。2Having reached the to
20、p now，at the age of 56，I feel I have come closer_to answering the question. (完形填空一第三段)现在在我56岁时我到达了山顶，我觉得我更可以回答这个问题了。(1)I was so angry that I came close to hitting her.我那么生气以致于差点打了她。(2)Our team was close to winning the game.我们队差点赢得这场比赛的胜利。3Email is starting to edge_out the fax，the telephone. (阅读理解第二段
21、)电子邮件正在取代传真、电话(1)He was edged out of his job by his ambitious assistant. 他那野心勃勃的助手逐渐谋取了他的职位。(2)Their new product has edged all its competitors out of the market.他们的新产品已把所有的竞争者都挤出了市场。4. .an appreciative dog seated at a keyboard，saying happily，.(阅读理解最后一段) 一只很有欣赏力的狗坐在键盘上，高兴地说着，(1)You are requested to r
22、emain seated during takeoff.飞机起飞时，请不要离开自己的座位。(2)The woman seated opposite him refused to stop staring at him.坐在他对面的女子一直盯着他。Test 13.1.B爬山花费了我们7.5个小时，这里是The climb作主语，故应用took。2A从下文中的我多次不懈地试图爬珠穆朗玛峰，很容易推出我决定过“积极的”生活，故答案为A项。3A由上文中的“I got the disease”和“my heart was failing to work properly”可推出：爬楼梯让我感觉“筋疲力尽
23、”，其他选项不符合逻辑。4D结合下文，attempt尝试；试图。符合语境。5B大风让我“考虑”我自己的尝试是否值得。其他选项不符合逻辑。6D由下文可知，“learn”最符合语境。7C我相信大自然不久后将告诉我们答案。tell告诉。8Dtop山顶。9D此处是用来表示强调，故应该用especially，意为“特别是，尤其是”。10B整篇文章表达了作者积极向上的生活态度，所以选fullest最能表达此种感情色彩。11B表示“实现目标”应该用动词achieve。12A整篇文章表达了作者乐观、积极的生活态度，所以选proud最能概括作者的心情。.1.himself2.it3.but4.down5.veg
24、etables6.a7.for8.never.1.B细节理解题。文章第一段第二句提到电子邮件“surprisingly high speed，convenience and economy”即快速、方便、省钱，对应A、C两项；文章第二段倒数第二句提到“it is conveniently asynchronous (writers can type while their colleagues across time zones sleep；their message will be waiting)”即可以随时发送，异步接收，也就是随时可以使用，对应D项。B项timesaving in de
25、livery意为“递送省时”，不符合常识，因此答案选B。2D细节理解题。从文章第二段前三句内容可以得知，因特网是连接数百万用户、家庭和国外的电子路径，因此答案选D。3B推理判断题。从第二段的“Email is starting to edge out the fax，the telephone，overnight mail，and of course，land mail”可知，电子邮件正在取代传真、电话、陆上邮件等，由此可以推断将有越来越少的人使用传真、电话、陆上邮件等，故可得出答案。4A从最后一段的“Physicists are using it；college students are using it，everybody is using it.”可知，电子邮件正在成为一种趋势。
