假如你是李华，你的加拿大笔友Dave想了解中国的传统节日“春节”，请你回复他的电子邮件，介绍“春节”及这个节日里的主要活动。

   1．它是中国的传统节日之一；

   2．家人团聚；

   3．吃饺子、放焰火、走亲访友等其他活动。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总数。

参考词汇：

  春节the Spring Festival     放焰火set off fireworks

Dear Dave,

In your last letter, you asked me about the Spring Festival.____________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                                              Yours sincerely,

                                                                              Li Hua

Tips for being happier

Stay well informed, but watching news reports over and over again about things you can do nothing about will bring dark clouds into your life. Especially refuse to listen to weather reports. Notice how weather reporters in the UK describes the weather as being gloomy or miserable rather than just saying it is cold, rainy or windy ! You can choose how you feel regardless of what the weather is like. Remember, the weather is just the weather.

For example, stop complaining that you don’t have a slimmer body and be grateful that you can walk. Begin today to tell all the people in your life now much you appreciate then being there for you. Remember to show your appreciation also for those people who make life so easy for you such as the postman and the cleaner. Also, tell at least one person today just what you like about them.

This will stop you focusing so much on yourself and your current life situation. Perhaps you would like to volunteer in your local charity shop, school or even a sponsored parachute jump. Look to do anything for others that will be different and will get you out of your comfort zone at the same time. A lot of people volunteer and help out over Christmas, but the need for help is there all year around and you can be the one to do so now.

Schedule this time into your daily routine, perhaps during your lunchtime. Write out a “fun list”, which will ensure that you never have the excuse of not knowing what to do. Pop into a different restaurant for a change or take a different routine to work just for the “fun” of it. Look for activities that are free or cheap.

Take 45 minutes out of your day to build up your muscles and strengthen your body, mind and spirit. Remind yourself of the benefits and adapt exercise habits as part of your daily routine of self care. Stop thinking of exercise as an option. Start now and experiment until you find something you truly enjoy.

IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS （大会）

6~15 September 2012, Jeju, Korea

•Forum

Addressing the world's most pressing sustainable development challenges, the Forum offers a unique platform for debates, workshops, dialogues, roundtable discussions, training courses, music and exhibitions．

Events are organized by the IUCN Secretariat, IUCN Members, Commissions and partners and the host country．The Call for Contributions invites you to propose events to be considered for the Forum, part of Congress which is open to all（from 7 to 11 September 2012）．

•Simple steps on how to submit a proposal for the Forum

1）Click here: Call for Contributions: propose an event for the Forum．

2）Go below "Sign in" and create your account．

3）Edit your proposal: Check again all the information you provide and make changes if you want to．Click on Save draft．

4）Invite co-organizers: Get people to join you in organizing the event by inviting them via e-mail．

5）Click on Submit Proposal．

Basically, you have the opportunity to teach, host a discussion, give training or just show your work．

Workshops（TEACH）

•120 minutes session, number of people to be confirmed．

•The idea is to promote understanding on a specific issue while engaging participants to share their knowledge and know-how．

Knowledge Cafe（DISCUSS）

•120 minutes session, suitable for 12 people at the most．

•These aim to share collective knowledge （explore areas of common interest）and gain a deeper understanding of a subject and the issues involved．

Conservation Campus（TRAIN）

•Half day or full day modules（模式）, for up to 30 people．

•It's an interactive（互动的） training session where participants develop new skills and knowledge transfer on relevant conservation topics．

•This type of event provides more in-depth exploration of topics aimed at building the capacity of participants．

Posters（SHOW）

•Your posters are meant to display conservation work and achievements in an easy and direct way．

•Owners will have time to present their poster during lunch breaks（approximately 10 minutes）．

60．The Call for Contributions is intended to ________．

       A．appeal to the public to protect the environment

       B．invite more people to participate in workshops

       C．collect proposals for the Forum of IUCN Congress

       D．introduce the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress

61．The following statements about the Forum are true EXCEPT that _______．

       A．it will last 2 hours with more than 30 participants

       B．Conservation Campus lasts about half a day or a whole day

       C．the number of people shouldn't be more than a dozen in a Knowledge Cafe

       D．a poster owner will have about 10 minutes to present his work at lunch breaks

62．We can learn from the passage that _______.

       A．the Forum will last from 6 to 15 September 2012

       B．the host country is the only organizer of the Forum

       C．areas of common interest will be explored in Workshops

       D．certain procedures are required for your proposals to be considered

Thousands of students, from all around the world, have helped their international careers by taking EIS English studies at South Thames College London – STCL.

You too can take our first-class EIS courses to learn, and live English in London @ STCL.

1. Our experience

    We have provided English for International Students EIS courses to people from around the world for 40 years.

More than 1,000 students take our EIS courses each year, often after a recommendation from a friend or relative.

    Our teachers have worked in many countries; their experience will help you to develop international English communication skills.

2. A world in one college

   The College has students from more than 100 countries.

When you study English with us, you will have the opportunity to meet not only UK students, but also people from all over the world.

3. ________

   The College’s main purpose is to provide education and training for our local community.

   We have more than 20,000 students, on a range of academic, technical and vocational courses in addition to English language courses.

   All students can also use the facilities available at the college—library services, free Internet access, sports & more.

   You can join a range of leisure and social activities.

4. Assured quality

   STCL is a member of English UK, the national association of accredited (授权的) English language centers.

   Our EIS courses meet the quality standards of Accreditation UK and are accredited by the British Council.

5. Our range of courses

   We have a wide range of courses designed to meet the needs of global citizens in an international environment.

   Our courses prepare you both for life in London – perhaps as a student – and for your future career, anywhere in the world.

   We help you improve your English so you can communicate more effectively – for study, work or socializing…

   Intensive courses meet UK immigration regulations for students.

   For information about out intensive English courses, click here.

29. What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To attract students from all over the world.

B. To make South Thames College London known.

C. To stress the importance of EIS courses.

D. To help find a suitable training course.

30. Which can be the best heading of Part 3?

A. Our recreation resources                     B. Free services in STCL

C. More than an English school         D. Carefully designed activities

31. From the passage we learn that _____.

A. the College’s history goes back over a century

B. the teachers here come from all over the world

C. the students can’t have access to library services

D. the courses are useful for one’s future career

32. This passage is most likely to be found _____.

A. in a school report           B. on the Internet

C. in a textbook               D. in the newspaper

You never played the video dance game? Now such games are used to help lose weight!

       Like many other teenage boys, Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight in trouble. His doctor wanted him to lose 50 pounds so that he may be a good football game player by the end of the summer.

       Jones chose the popular Dance Revolution video game at home to increase his activity. He had lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks’ playing the game, he has lost another 10!

       A health study is being done by an insurance company. The company hopes that the game will lead to better health and lower costs. “Obesity claims (肥胖索赔) last year cost us $ 77 million. We have to cut those costs,” said a member of the insurance group. The company provides a game console (游戏主机), a dance mat and software for the six-month, $ 60,000 study.

       The study is more than a commercial thing of an insurance company. It is widely supported by physical education and health professionals.

       In West Virginia, 43% of the nearly 6,000 children examined for heart disease risk were considered over-weighted; more than 25% were too fat. “We are in a crisis of childhood obesity not only in West Virginia but in America,” said a researcher.

       Researchers are now looking at the potential for improving effects by using the game. A teacher in West Virginia has been using the video games in her classes since last fall. She reported that the game does improve heart health as well as eye-hand coordination (协调能力), and her students take the video game as a great alternative to jumping rope or ball games.

       The US Education Department is putting the game in 20 schools to control childhood obesity. Well, are you going to try such to dance away your extra weight?

56. The underlined part is trying to tell us _____.

A. the study involves many insurance companies

B. the study is only an insurance company’s business

C. the study is less important than the insurance company’s money

D. it’s not only the insurance company that is concerned about the study

57. It can be inferred that _____.

A. the government thinks highly of the dance game

B. in West Virginia, more than 25 % of the adults were too fat

C. a teacher is a failure in using the video game in her classes

D. the US Education Department isn’t interested in the game

58. The most suitable title of the passage is _____.

A. Dance Away Your Weight     B. Play the Video Dance Game   

C. Solve the Problem of Obesity  D. Cut the Cost of Obesity Claims

    My husband and I were paying a visit   61   my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter   62   (order )dishes and I stood with my parents.

My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant,   63   (wait) to sit at the first table that was    64    (convenient)than others. A woman who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a

  65   (puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said , “Me ?” She   66   (nod) and said , “ Yes, you.” I walked to the table and she said , “ Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in   67   hurry to leave anyway.” My eyes   68   (fill)with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.

I always believe that there are   69   (nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son,   70   is a really lucky guy.

What do you know about the standard of living of a country? It actually means how much of the goods and services the country produces for an average person to share. 36 Obviously, the first factor is its ability to produce wealth. “Wealth” in this sense doesn’t refer to money. It’s because we don’t live on money but on things that money can buy, “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services” such as transport and entertainment.

There are various factors that determine a country’s ability to produce wealth. They affect one another. Wealth depends greatly on a country’s natural resources. 37 . Some regions of the world are rich in natural resources with a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess perhaps only one of them; some, unfortunately, possess none. The USA has everything listed above. 38 The Sahara Desert, on the other hand, is one of the least wealthy.

Also, the ability to put natural resources to use counts, which goes without saying.

 39 As we see, old countries that have trained so many skilled workers over centimes are better at producing wealth than those whose workers are mainly unskilled.

Besides, with their wealth increasing, people have more for saving and can put their savings into factories and machines, which, in turn, will help workers to produce more goods. 40

A. That means wealth itself also produces wealth.

B. No wonder it is one of the wealthiest regions of the world.

C. Natural resources are equally distributed around the world.

D. And next comes the technical efficiency of a country’s people.

E. You may ask what factors contribute to a country’s standard of living

F. They include coal, oil, gas, gold, other minerals, water supply and so on.

G. But that doesn’t      make it a most wealthy country because it’s often hit by disasters.

For most of the history, interpretation was mainly done consecutively, with speakers and interpreters making pauses to allow each other to speak. But after the appearance of radio technology, a new simultaneous(同时的) interpretation system was developed.

In the simultaneous mode, interpreters translate a speaker’s words while he speaks without pauses. On the surface, it all looks effortless, but behind the scenes, human interpreters work continuously to ensure every idea gets across as intended, and that is no easy task.

It takes about two years of training for already fluent bilingual professionals to expend their vocabulary and master the skills necessary to become conference interpreters. To get used to the unnatural task of speaking while they listen, students shadow the speakers and repeat their every word exactly as heard in the same language. In time, they begin to paraphrase what is said, making necessary adjustments as they go.Practicing in this way creates new neural pathways in the interpreters’ brain, and the constant effort of reformulation gradually becomes second nature. Interpreters are also skilled at keeping calm in the fact of chaos. Remember, they have no control over who is going to say what, of how expressive the speaker will sound. A curveball can be thrown at any time. Also, they often perform in front of thousands of people and in very thrilling settings. To conduct a task well, they carefully prepare for an assignment, building glossaries in advance, reading eagerly about the subject matter, and reviewing previous talks on the topic. Finally, interpreters work in pairs. While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time, the other gives by locating documents, looking up words, and tracking down related information. Because simultaneous interpretation requires intense concentration, every 30 minutes, the pair switches roles. Success is heavily dependent on skillful collaboration.

Language is complex, and when abstract concepts get lost in translation, the consequences may be deadly. As Margaret Atwood famously noted, “War is what happens when language fails.” International conference interpreters of all people are aware of that and work diligently behind the scenes to make it never does.

29. What might be the best title of this passage?

A. How to Be an Effortless Speaker

B. How Interpreters Manage Two Languages

C. How to Avoid War with Successful Translation

D. How Interpreters Enlarge Their Vocabulary

30. To become a skilled simultaneous interpreter, a student has to practice            .

A. looking effortless behind the scene

B. following and copying what the speaker says

C. changing the speaker’s words into other meanings

D. creating new neural pathways to keep calm

31. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. No one knows when a ball will be thrown out.

B. Unexpected events may happen at any moment.

C. Interpreting is like throwing a ball.

D. The speaker sometimes cannot control the interpreter.

32. Why do simultaneous interpreters work in pairs?

A. Because they have to build vocabulary before their task.

B. Because each of them works 30 minutes and then takes a break.

C. Because they have to change roles to support each other.

D. Because their success depends on looking for information.

书面表达

现在，照顾老年人成了一个突出的社会问题。你公司顺应社会需求，适时推出了家用机器人。该机器人的主要功能有：

       1. 在固定的时间做饭，时间可按需调整；

       2. 陪老人聊天，下棋，做运动等；

       3. 及时处理突发事件。如老人生病时，拨打急救电话等。

       请根据以上内容写一个发言稿，在新闻发布会上向大家推荐这一公司新产品。

注意：

1.       词数为100左右；

2.       内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

3.       短文开头已写好，但不计入总词数。

参考词汇：突出的，显著的 prominent

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending our company’s news conference. As you know, _______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 Scientists are trying to develop a special material, ______ they will make use of in space.

A. it                               B. one                          C. that                          D. what

   Attitude with action is everything. That’s what I’ve  41   from a simple person at our office gym.

   Last month our city conducted a fitness center---“FitnessOne”. And we had a trainer there, who had a bad  42 to his work and us. He used to come down to our office every evening but he was least  43  about who was coming in and what people were doing inside. He only talked about the money he earned by  44 people individually in another fitness center where he  45  in the mornings. He never guided us.  46 , he would not even  47  properly when any of us asked about the way of doing exercise.  48  , at the end of last month he was  49  and we got a new trainer.

   The gentleman was Bala. He would quietly come in and do  50  for the first few days except looking at the register,  51  who came regularly to the gym. Slowly, he became  52  with the users and started to correct their mistakes while exercising. And people built up  53  in him. Yesterday, he called me to watch some specific exercises.  54  his interim(昨时的)period of one month was coming to a(n)  55  , he wanted me to learn them properly before he left us. we’ve  56  FitnessOne to appoint Bala as a  57   trainer and now we are waiting for their reply.

   Bala could have taken his role as a trainer like our  58  guy since he stayed here only for a month. But he  59 to take it seriously and sincerely. His positive attitude along with his  60  gained our trust and support. I think this is his great achievement.

41. A. heard                     B. suffered                C. collected               D. learnt

42. A. reply                       B .attention                C. attitude          D. devotion

43. A. bothered                B. delighted               C. moved            D. disappointed

44. A. praising           B. inspiring                C. training          D. comforting

45. A. worked            B. studied           C. struggled              D. completed

46. A. However          B. Moreover       C. Therefore      D. Otherwise

47. A. promise           B. react              C. think               D. answer

48. A. Surprisingly     B. Hopefully        C. Fortunately    D. Sadly

49. A. scolded           B. fired               C. attacked                D. recognized

50. A. something              B. nothing           C. anything                D. everything

51. A. turning out       B. coming out     C. figuring out    D. looking out

52. A. popular            B. patient            C. similar            D. familiar

53. A. fame                       B. trust                      C. courage                D. strength

54. A. As                    B. If                     C. Once              D. Unless

55. A. turn                 B. delay              C. end                 D. change

56. A. allowed            B. taught            C. warned           D. requested

57. A. permanent              B. private            C. skillful            D. temporary

58. A. latter                       B. former            C. future             D. present

59. A. refused            B. chose             C. tended           D. continued

60. A. dream              B. standard               C. action             D. policy

 “I have rights. I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market.I have the right to speak up.”

That was Malala Yousafzai. She was 41  about girls' rights to an education, something 42 by the Taliban militant group.

About a year after that interview, 15-year old Malala was shot  43  the head by a Taliban gunman. She 44  , and continued her work to help young women get an education. On Friday, at age 17, Malala became the youngest person ever awarded a Nobel Peace prize. She 45  it with Kailash Satyarthi of India. The 60-year old activist has led peaceful demonstrations  46 child slavery and forced labor.

The 47  that the award is shared is significant. Malala is a Pakistani Muslim,Satyarthi is an Indian Hindu.Their nations are 48  . Malala says the award gives a message to people of love between Pakistan and India and between different  49  .

Malala came to the press conference 50  from school. She spoke mostly without note, she talked for about 15 minutes, and she described how she'd been in the 51 lesson at 10:15 in the morning, and she knew it was a(an) 52 day, she knew the Nobel Peace awards were going to be announced, and at 10:15 she had said to 53  , that she didn't expect that she was going to get the award.

Then a teacher came to the chemistry class  54  she was, and she was 55 to one side told that she had won the award, but she decided 56 that that she would stay and finish her lesson.

She had a physics lesson before coming and  57  the speech. And she talked about how she felt honored to have received this award.

“I'm feeling honored that I'm being  58  as a Nobel laureate(获奖者), and I have been honored with this-this  59  award to the Nobel Peace Prize. And I'm proud that I'm the  60  Pakistani and the first young woman or the first young person who's getting this award. It's a great honor for me.”

41. A.talking up            B. holding up                C. summing up             D. speaking up

42. A.supported           B. approved               C. objected               D.opposed

43. A. in                  B. at                      C. on                     D. to

44. A. died                 B. struggled              C. escaped              D. survived

45. A. speaks             B. shares                 C. gets                   D. accepts

46. A.for                      B. towards                 C.against                     D.through

47. A. news               B. information             C.idea               D. fact

48. A. friends              B. rivals                     C. relatives                 D. neighbors

49. A. religions           B. cultures                  C. countries              D. areas

50.A.slowly                  B. hurriedly                C. quickly               D. direct

51.A. math             B. chemistry            C.physics                 D.geography

52.A. important          B. necessary               C. wonderful             D. useful

53.A.her                  B.them                  C. herself                   D. themselves

54.A. who                B. which                C. where                  D.what

55.A. taken          B. fetched                  C. brought                D. carried

56.A. beyond             B.beneath                  C.beside                       D.despite

57.A. giving             B. offering               C.leading               D.talking

58.A. advised           B. realized                 C. chosen                      D. asked

59.A.splendid            B. precious              C. concise                D.enormous 

60.A. best                  B. first                    C. greatest                  D.smartest

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime“business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant（不相关的）. A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.

    The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer; in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible,” is often debated. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?

    These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years — but unless we meet the truant officer (学监), we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents’ demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working,” but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight-saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how we organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law — as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.

28. By saying “Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be”, the writer means that_______.

A. work time is equal to rest times

B. many people have a day off on Mondays

C. it is hard for people to decide when to rest

D. the line between work time and rest time is unclear

29. The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people __________.

A. fail to make full use of their time                    B. enjoy working overtime for extra pay

C. are unaware of the law of time                      D. welcome flexible working hours

30. According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they ______.

A. need to acquire knowledge                                   B. have to obey their parents

C. need to find companions                               D. have to observe the law

31. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Our life is governed by the law of time.

B. How to organize time is not worth debating.

C. New ways of using time change our society.

D. Our time schedule is decided by social customs.

I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia. I hadn’t been paying attention, and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit.

“Can I see your license and registration?” the police officer asked me. I pulled both out for him, and he saw my Pittsburgh address on my Pennsylvania driver’s license.

“What are you doing here?” he asked. “Are you with the army?”

“No, I’m not.” I answered. I explained that I had just moved to Virginia, and I hadn’t had time to re-register yet.

“So what brings you here?” He had asked a direct question. Without thinking very hard, I gave him a direct answer. “Well, officer,” I said, “since you’ve asked, I have cancer. I have just months to live. We’ve moved down here to be close to my wife’s family.”

“So you’ve got cancer,” he said flatly. He was trying to figure me out. Was I really dying? Was I lying? He took a long look at me. “You know, for a guy who has only a few months to live, you sure look good.”

He was obviously thinking: “Either this guy is pulling one big fat line on me, or he’s telling the truth.” He was trying to question my honesty without directly calling me a liar. And so he had forced me to prove that I was being honest.

“Well, officer, I know that I look pretty healthy. I look great on the outside, but the tumors（肿瘤）are on the inside.” And then, I don’t know what possessed me, but I just did it. I pulled up my shirt, showing the operational scars.

He looked at my scars. He looked in my eyes. He now knew he was talking to a dying man. Well, he wasn’t taking this any further. He handed me back my license. “Do me a favor.” he said, “Slow down from now on.”

The awful truth had set me free. As he went back to his police car, I had a realization. I had been one of those gorgeous blondes (金发美女) who could bat her eyelashes and get out of tickets. I drove home under the speed limit, and I was smiling like a beauty queen.

24. The author was stopped by the police officer because ______.

   A. he drove too fast                                     B. he forgot to re-register

   C. he was seriously ill                                  D. he didn’t have a license   

25. The author moved to Virginia probably because ______.

   A. he was homesick                                    B. Virginia had better hospitals                   

C. he could spend more time with families     D. he served in the army there

26. On hearing about the author’s cancer, the police officer ______.

   A. said it was an excuse                              B. doubted his honesty

C. showed sympathy for him                       D. asked him to show his scars

27. It can be inferred from the passage that the author was ______.

A. romantic                                B. adventurous             

C. dishonest                                   D. optimistic

 I refuse to accept the blame for something ________was someone else’s fault.

A. who   B. that  C. as   D. what

In August 2015, President Obama announced that North America’s highest mountain, Mount McKinley, would be renamed. Its new moniker（名字）, Denali, was actually its original Aleut name, meaning “the high one”. The previous name, on the other hand, only dates back to 1896—the year when it was named in honour of William McKinley（1843—1901）, who was shortly to become President of the United States. Denali is of course not the only mountain with an interesting linguistic history, so let’s travel to Asia, and across Europe, to explore the naming of those continents’ most famous peaks and mountain ranges.

The Nepalese name Himalaya comes from a Sanskrit word meaning “Abode of Snow”, from hima for “snow” and ālaya for “abode”. In Buddhist sources, Himalaya is known by various names such as Himavā and Himavanta.

 In 1856, Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest （1790—1866）, who was the superintendent （负责人）of the Trigonometrical Survey of India. Everest himself was initially displeased by the naming, since he feared that local inhabitants might not be able to pronounce it.

   K2 stands for Karakoram 2, because it was the second peak to be surveyed in the Trigonometrical Survey in the Karakoram system. It was also formerly known as Mount Godwin Austen after Col. H. H. Godwin Austen, who first surveyed it. Another alternative name for the mountain is Chhogori.

 Annapurna is a household Goddess for Hindus, who guarantees to her worshippers （崇拜者）that food will not fail. The name derives（源出）from a Sanskrit word meaning “one who gives nourishment”.

   The Matterhorn’s name derives from the name of the nearby town of Zermatt, the second element of which is apparently Matte “meadow”, and Horn, “horn”. Horn is not an unusual element in German names of mountains with jutting（突出的）peaks. The mountain is called Mont Cervin in French and Monte Cervino in Italian, from the Italian adjective cervino “deer-like”, which conjures up （使想起）a deer’s antlers.

 Ben Nevis is the Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Beinn Nibheis, which means“Mountain by the（River）Nevis”. The name of the river apparently derives from a Celtic root for “water”.

24. How many continents’ mountains are mentioned in the passage?

 A. 2             B. 3                C. 4               D. 5

25.Himalaya is a mountain also named ________.

A. Nepalese       B. Abode of Snow    C. Alaya            D. Himavā

26.Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?

 A. Everest was unhappy about the name of Mount Everest at first.

 B. K2 was once called Col. H. H. Godwin.

 C. Annapurna means “one who offers food”.

  D. Matterhorn comes from the name of the nearby town of Zermatt.

27.The above mountains’ names come from sources other than _________.

A. color          B. a Sanskrit word    C. a person’s name   D. geographic name