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　　A surprising activity has become popular (1)             the cyclists (骑手) recently. It's called "Everesting (珠峰挑战)". It needs a cyclist to ride up and down a hill (2)             he/she rides "up" enough to reach the top of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
　　The idea for Everesting came from George Mallory. In 1994, when George was planning to climb Mount Everest, he (3)             by riding up and down a mountain, 1,250 meters high, in Australia. It took him eight (4)             up to reach the height of Mount Everest.

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　　Since then, thousands of cyclists have tried Everesting. Over the last few months, records for Everesting have been set and broken many times. In May, American cyclist Phil Gaimon cycled up a hill in California. He set a (1)       record of 7 hours and 52 minutes. Just four days later, Keegan Swenson (2)       his record by 12 minutes.
　　Men aren't the only ones breaking records. In late May, American cyclist Katie Hall set a new (3)       Everesting record of 10 hours and 1 minute.
　　Cyclists seem to love Everesting because they can compete against others while riding by themselves. Besides, it's a very (4)       activity. Anyone can go and do it. You just need a hill and a bike.

11．Group: Buffy, Debby, Jamie, Albert, Matt... (7).

12．　　I saved the grain (谷物) carefully and finally had enough to plant. I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats (山羊) away.
　　Then when my grain bore its fruit (结果), the birds discovered it. The birds were not afraid of my dog at all. I shot them but as soon as I walked away, they returned. At last, I killed some birds and hung them among the grain, which turned out to be successful. No more birds came again. By harvest time, I got some rice and wheat.
　　With my new grain to keep, I found a new problem. The fine grain ran through my baskets. It took me nearly two months to make and dry two ugly pots (罐子)—one for rice and one for wheat.
　　Next I made a clay oven and made some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake (烘, 烤) bread. I made and baked bread in my oven. I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.
　　Soon after that, I began to think of my days sailing (航海) in a tidy boat. I wished to have a boat and go around the island by sea.
　　I tried to turn over the boat, but failed. I still wanted to have a boat. So I chose a strong tree and spent weeks cutting it down. Then it took me months to turn it from tree to boat.
　　When it was time to set out, I realized I had made my boat too far from the nearest river. The boat was far too heavy for me to move. I tried bringing the water to the boat instead of the boat to the water. I soon saw it would take me twenty years of work.
　　I celebrated my fourth year on the island with two boats, but I was no closer to a sea journey.
— Adapted from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

13．　　Have you ever heard of Iceland? Iceland is a northern European country. It has amazing natural beauty and oceans around. There are around 343,017 people living in Iceland. Its total area is 103 thousand square kilometers.
　　Summer in Iceland is very short, which lasts from June to August. The long winter starts from September and ends next May. (1)       Every year, people from all over the world come here to see the beautiful sights and enjoy the exciting whale-seeing (观鲸). In winter, when people in Iceland complete their daily work, they will have a lot of special activities to spend the long dark night. (2)       After all the fun, a hot bath must be the first choice to relax. There are also story telling activities for children, which can teach them to be strong and kind. The most popular stories are about Christmas in Iceland.
　　Because of a long cold winter, Iceland has a short growing season. (3)       It had to buy most of its food from other countries. Later, when farmers learned to use lights and underground heat to grow crops (庄稼) all year round in the greenhouse, things changed a lot.
　　(4)       According to a survey about happiness made each year in Europe, Iceland is always among the top 3.

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22．根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
　　Books have great power. Between their pages, readers can be on a journey to anywhere imaginable and (1)             (become) anyone. However, not all children have a chance to read books.
　　Maria Keller, a girl from the US, has been changing the situation for several years. When Maria was 8 years old, she already enjoyed (2)             (read) a lot. But she noticed that some of her classmates didn't read as much as she did. Her mother told her that they (3)             (may) not have enough money to buy books. So Maria decided to do something to help them.
　　With her mother's help, Maria created Read Indeed. It (4)             (be) a non-profit (非盈利性的) organization. It collects and gives away books to children in need for free. In the beginning, Maria (5)             (set) the goal (目标) to collect 1 million books by the time she is 18. It didn't take long (6)             (reach) that goal! She reached her goal at age 13!
　　Today, at age 16, Maria (7)             (collect) over 2.8 million books and has shipped them to many states and countries around the world.
　　Maria's new goal is to give away books to kids in need in every country in the world.

23．根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
　　Once upon a time, there was a king. He only had one leg and one eye, but he was very smart and kind. Everyone lived a happy and healthy life because of the king. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the paintings of his ancestors (祖先). He thought that one day his children would also walk in the same hallway and remember all the ancestors through these paintings. He wanted his children to remember him, too. So he invited many famous artists to his palace.
　　All of the artists began to think about the king's physical disabilities (生理缺陷). How could his painting be made very beautiful? It was not possible. They weren't sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse to make a painting of the king.
　　But suddenly one artist raised his hand and said he would make a very nice painting of the king. The king became happy hearing that. Then the artist started painting. After a long time, the painting was ready.
　　When the artist showed the painting, everyone was shocked. In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow (弓箭) and aiming (瞄准) something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave him lots of money.
　　As we all know, no one is perfect. So we should try to focus on (关注) others' advantages (优势) instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic (乐观的) opinion of the event. Everyone can do a good job.

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