A man lived at the foot of a hill. For a long time, he heard of tales of the other side of the hill — stories of rich land, weather and beautiful scenery. One day, he was life in his home town and thought it was to improve it, so he packed his bags, left his home and started climbing the hill, to live a better life. The climb was very. The man had to stop to rest many times. At some, the hill was very steep (陡峭的) indeed, and he almost wanted to. But his dream of a better life him going. One afternoon, the man came to another steep part of the hill. And at the top stood some thick plants. The same had happened to him many times before. this time it was a little hard to get over it, he surely was able to do it. , the man was too tired after all those days of and pushing through high plants. He was that he still had no results to show, no fruit to enjoy. He just didn’t want to any more. He said to himself, “Maybe life on the other side of the hill is not like what the told. My old home isn’t that anyway.” He finally made his decision, and set off for home. Actually the man didn’t know that he climbed over that slope (斜坡), he could see the other side of the hill and all he had heard about that place was. The man had already done the hard part, but he to stop trying when things were going to get much better.
试题分析：听说山的那一边的时候很美好，这个人决定去看看，但是经历了重重困难快要看到成功的时候，他却坚持不住，而选择了放弃自己的梦想。这个故事告诉我们做事不能半途而废。 【小题1】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. bad坏的；B. hot热的；C. perfect完美的；D. cold冷的；and所连接的三个词中已知的rich land 、beautiful scenery都是感觉好的词，所以这里也应该用完美的来修饰weather才和语境相符，故选C。 【小题2】考查形容词短语及对语境的理解。A. interested in 感兴趣；B. bored of厌烦；C. surprised at惊奇；D. nervous about紧张。根据后面的他打包离开可知，他厌烦了家乡的生活。故选B。 【小题3】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. easy容易； B. necessary必要；C. simple简单；D. right对。考虑真有必要改善自己的生活，短语才打包离开家乡。故选B。 【小题4】考查动词及对语境的理解。A. wishing愿望；B. beginning开始；C. refusing拒绝；D. helping帮助。希望能过更好的生活。故选Ａ。 【小题5】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. astonishing令人惊奇的；B. interesting有趣的；C. tiring令人疲倦的；D. amazing令人惊奇的；后面提到这个人停下来休息了很多次，所以说爬山很累人。下文有the man was too tired提示。故选C。 【小题6】考查名词及对语境的理解。A. marches行军；B. days日子；C. points点；D. corners角落。应该说在某些地点，山很陡。故选C。 【小题7】考查动词短语及对语境的理解。A. get up起床；B. give up 放弃；C. sit down坐下；D. run away逃跑。山路不好做，所以他几乎想要放弃。故选B。 【小题8】考查动词及对语境的理解。A. stopped阻止；B. asked请；常用句式：ask sb. to do sth. ；C. noticed注意；D. kept保持。他的要过好日子的梦想使他一直走下去。故选Ｄ。 【小题9】考查名词及对语境的理解。A. trouble麻烦；B. steep陡坡；C. dream梦想；D. illness病。在之前同样的麻烦曾经出现过好多次了。故选A。 【小题10】考查连词及对语境的理解。A. If如果；B. Because因为；C. When当......时候；D. Although尽管。尽管这一次要克服它有点困难，但是他肯定自己能做到。故选D。 【小题11】考查连词及对语境的理解。A. Luckily幸运的是；B. However但是；C. Otherwise然而； D. So因此。但是他太累了。故选B。 【小题12】考查动名词及对语境的理解。A. running跑；B. playing玩；C. climbing 爬；D. waiting等待。 句意：经过这么多天的爬山。 前面多次提到climbing the hill, 故选C。 【小题13】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. happy高兴；B. angry生气；C. excited激动；D. calm平静。后面说他没有看到结果，所以应该生气。故选B。 【小题14】考查动词及对语境的理解。A. try努力；B. help帮助；C. escape逃跑；D. learn学习。因为看不到想要的结果，还没有吃的，所以他不想再努力了。故选Ａ。 【小题15】考查名词及对语境的理解。A. films电影；B. books书；C. tales故事；D. lessons课。根据前面的he heard of tales of the other side of the hill可知，他在自言自语，也许山那边的生活并不像故事里说的那样吧。故选C。 【小题16】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. strange奇怪；B. terrible可怕；C. useless没用；D. dangerous危险。我的老家并不那么可怕。所以才决定回去。故选B。 【小题17】考查动词及短语对语境的理解。A. looked around环顾四周；B. turned around转回身；C. went on继续；D. slowed down慢下来。最后他下决心，转身回家。根据前面的讲述可知，他不继续走了。所以应该是折返回去。故选B。 【小题18】考查连词及对语境的理解。A. as if好像；B. so that以至于；C. as long as只要；D. as well as和......一样；只要他爬过那个陡坡，他就能看到山的那一边。故选C。 【小题19】考查形容词及对语境的理解。A. false错的；B. true真的；C. funny好玩的；D. important重要的；他听到的关于那个地方的一切都是真的。故选B。 【小题20】考查动词及对语境的理解。A. prepared 准备；B. agreed同意；C. chose选择；D. failed没做成。他的努力只做了一半，当情况马上就要变好的时候，他却选择了放弃。故选C。 考点：故事类短文阅读。