阅读理解 B
Selah Schneiter stood on the top of El Capitan. Her blue helmet (头盔) sat on top of her head and a thick (粗的) green rope was tied around her body. The ten-year-old girl smiled from ear to ear as tears (眼泪) ran down her face.
"Selah, are those your happy tears?" Mike, her father, asked.
She nodded. "I just can't believe I did it!" Selah said.
The girl had just made rock climbing history. She became the youngest person ever to have climbed El Capitan. The mountain is about 916 metres tall—higher than the tallest building in the world and taller than 9 kilograms of gear, food and water with her.
Her father, an experienced (经验丰富的) climber, joined her. The climb took them five days. At first, Selah's father thought the mountain was too high for his daughter. The little girl, however, was serious. Every day, they would get a little closer to the top. "One move at a time. I will achieve success in the end!" the girl said.
Selah wanted to use this achievement (成就) to encourage other children not to give up easily. In our daily lives, there may be many tall "mountains" too. Keep trying, and you can overcome (克服) any difficulty!
( ) 6. How did Selah feel when she stood on the top of El Capitan?
A. Sad.
B. Lucky.
C. Excited.
D. Afraid.
( ) 7. 新考向 词义猜测 What does the underlined word "gear" in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese?
A. 纱布
B. 装备
C. 音箱
D. 颜料
( ) 8. Which of the following words best describes Selah?
A. Warm-hearted.
B. Strong-minded.
C. Easy-going.
D. Well-educated.
( ) 9. Why did Selah want to stand on the top of El Capitan?
A. To visit more mountains.
B. To make herself more famous.
C. To stay with her father.
D. To encourage other children.
( ) 10. 新考向 标题归纳 What's the best title for the passage?
A. A Brave Climber
B. A Dangerous Mountain
C. A Serious Illness
D. A Happy Family

三、语法填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填写1个适当的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
Elijah is a boy from England. In many people's eyes, 1. boy is different. He has white hair and his skin (皮肤) is white too. Because he has albinism (白化病), a special illness.
Because of his special hair and skin, other 2. (child) often look at him in surprise. This made him very unhappy. When he was young, he always 3. (stay) at home. He was 4. sad that he didn't want to go out.
5. (lucky), acting really helped him.
One day, Elijah's mother put one of his photos online. In the photo, there was a handsome boy 6. cool glasses. One man saw it and thought the photo was special and Elijah could be an 7. (act). His mother also thought Elijah would be 8. (interest) in acting. So she let him have a try. 9. (do) it well, he practised a lot and in the end he made it.
These days, Elijah is getting popular. He also spends lots of time 10. (help) people with albinism and lets the world know more about the illness.
Now Elijah learns that being different is not always bad and instead it may be a great thing. After all, everyone is special.