"When I grow up, I want to be a mountain climber," Jack, my four-year-old son, announce. My husband, Jack and I are now ____21___ Cradle Mountain. Here the sky is clear and the plants are green. We don't know how our kid will progress, but we're ____22___ to give it a go.

　　　Usually some parents, me included, would ____23__ that bushwalking would present a great opportunity for disaster. However, we couldn't be more ___24____. We are swallowed up(吞没) by the _____25__ of the nature.

　　　My husband and I ____26___ glances(眼色) as Jack runs ahead of us. He keeps a confident and steady(稳的) ___27____ , staying three or four meters ahead of us. Who is this kid ___28____ us through the bush? This can't be the same boy who won't play outside ___29____ someone keeps him company(陪伴).

　　　"Hey, look at this!" Jack cries, pointing at a ___30____ in a tree. "Who lives here? It may be a snake's ____31___." His dad and I ____32___ and look on, nodding and predicting(预测) who might call the tree home. Before reaching a ___33____, Jack is off again, keeping a distance between himself and us.

　　　I think about how I have often felt ____34___ as a parent. Frequently I find myself ____35___ to cross the tricky(棘手的) pass of boyhood: "Why won't this child ___36____? Why won't he do as he is told? Why is he so ___37____?" Yet, here we find ourselves in the wilderness, and the boy is showing us the ____38___. The world is unfolding before him, and he is crossing it with ___39____ and natural curiosity, and as his parents, we are only ___40____ on his journey, following in his size 12 footsteps.

　　　21．A．touching B．measuring C．reaching D．climbing

　　　22．A．invited B．prepared C．allowed D．encouraged

　　　23．A．argue B．know C．worry D．admit

　　　24．A．disappointed B．frightened C．moved D．surprised

　　　25．A．wonder B．secret C．state D．science

　　　26．A．take B．give C．exchange D．attract

　　　27．A．beat B．pace C．flow D．focus

　　　28．A．leading B．following C．chasing D．pointing

　　　29．A．while B．since C．as D．unless

　　　30．A．snake B．fruit C．hole D．leaf

　　　31．A．body B．home C．food D．head

　　　32．A．stand up B．catch up C．run away D．set off

　　　33．A．level B．decision C．solution D．conclusion

　　　34．A．lost B．relaxed C．excited D．touched

　　　35．A．afraid B．ready C．unable D．unwilling

　　　36．A．listen B．see C．talk D．ask

　　　37．A．shy B．rude C．foolish D．naughty

　　　38．A．beauty B．way C．place D．future

　　　39．A．pressure B．anxiety C．confidence D．satisfaction

　　　40．A．passengers B．customers C．drivers D．strangers

　　第II卷（非选择题）

四、用适当的词完成句子

阅读下面句子，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

41．Give me a chance, ________ I will give you a wonderful surprise.

42．The young husband left her, ________(destroy) her life and all her hopes.

43．This is the first time that we ________(see) a film in the newly-built cinema together.

44．The manager says he really can't afford ________(wait) another day, because he is so busy.

45．One-third of the country ________(cover) with trees and the majority of the citizens are black people.

46．I would appreciate ________ if you could reply to me as soon as possible.

47．I ________(hope) to send him a telegram to congratulate him on his marriage, but I didn't manage it.

48．With the rapid growth of population, the city ________(spread) in all directions in the past five years.

49．There is no simple answer, ________ is often the case in science.

50．His life in the big city was hard and finally he was reduced to ________(wander) in the street.

51．The bag ________(belong) to you is put where it was.

52．Even though he stood out among all the ________(interview) he was not admitted by the company.

53．He began to take political science ________(serious) only when he left school.

54．________ hard you try it, it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat.

55．Dina, ________(struggle) for months to find a job as a waitress, finally took a position at a local advertising agency.

56．We are confident that the environment ________(improve) by our further efforts to reduce pollution.

57．He was brought up by ________(adopt) parents in Kentucky.

58．I didn't make his failure public to avoid seeing his ________(embarrass) look.

59．The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without ________(refer) to his notes.

60．---Take a cigarette, please.

---No, thanks. It's three years ________ I smoked.

五、语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。