Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865．What he wanted most in the world was to climb the   1  peak（山峰）in the Alps．Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop   2 and start working in a hotel．Rudi would not   3  his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber  4   was planning to climb the highest peak．

    Franz was very  5  when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, 6  Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top  7  him．

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,  8   as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could go no farther． Franz   9  behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the   10  to the top． Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to  11  him to the top．When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident．Saxo was helpless and hurt Rudi must 12  whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top．

He decided Saxo's life was more  13  than his dream and helped him down．During that time, the Englishman and Franz  14  the climb, and finally they reached the top．Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that   15  was the real conqueror（征服者） of the mountain．

1．A． deepest                  B． farthest            C． biggest                 D． highest

2．A． learning                  B． playing              C． talking               D． climbing

3．A． try out                   B． work out            C． go over                D． give up

4．A． what                      B． which              C． whom                  D． who

5．A． tired                      B． glad                C． quiet                 D． angry

6．A． again                     B． once                C． too                  D． instead

7．A． after                      B． behind               C． before                  D． over

8．A．or                 B． so                  C． but                   D． for

9．A． walked                B． rested              C． stayed                  D． watched

10．A．  third                B． second              C．first                   D． last

11．A． take                      B． beat                C． push                D． help

12．A． wonder          B． decide             C． ask                 D． remember

13．A． successful       B．important           C． popular            D． interesting

14．A． stopped                B． continued          C． enjoyed             D． finished

15．A． Franz                   B．Rudi                C． the Englishman     D． Saxo