6．Kilimanjaro Climb：a Rite of Passage for Father and Son
Climbing Kilimanjaro is a transformational experience for many people．The things that make the mountain hard are the very things that make it so powerful．In the case of my son Josh and I，the walk up Kilimanjaro proved a powerful symbol of his transition into manhood，and a great change in our relationship．
Day three on the mountain，Josh was hit with massive headaches．He told me every step felt like a nail driving into his head．And then，on the night we climbed the crater rim，less than 40minutes from the summit，Josh fell．I was walking ahead，and did not even see it．He was so exhausted that he could not get up．He recalled our guides，debating whether or not they should take him straight down．Josh snapped out of it．He forced himself to his feet，shook the guides off．He set his face towards the peak and just kept marching．Near the summit he caught up with me and we reached the peak together．
"I've never been in so much pain and so happy at the same time，he said，as we sat side by side on the frozen rock and looked down over Africa．"You know，in the past when we'd go on camping and rafting trips，you guided and took care of me through it all．But on Kilimanjaro it was different．From the bottom up，I climbed it．I never felt like a kid，even when 1was in pain．You never acted like a parent．"
"That's not quite true，"I replied．"When you told me that on the summit you fell-and I did not even notice，my first thought was，‘Oh my God!I'm such an awful parent!'But then it hit me，‘He got himself up．He walked to the peak on his own．He didn't need me to help．，"
I realized as I spoke that two people had died that night on Kilimanjaro．A child and a parent．It was just two friends who walked down the mountain together．
31．What is NOT mentioned in the first paragraph？D
A．Kilimanjaro is powerful．
B．Kilimanjaro is hard to climb．
C．Many people，including Josh，have changed after climbing Kilimanjaro．
D．The writer has a distant relationship with his son after climbing Kilimanjaro．
32．From the second paragraph we know thatC
A．Josh had a slight headache．
B．Josh reached the top of the mountain with the help of the guides．
C．Josh overcame various difficulties on his way to the summit．
D．Climbing Kilimanjaro was too hard for such a child as Josh．
33．What does the underlined phrase in the second paragraph mean？A
A．cheered up B．gave up C．burst out D．ran out
34．What can be inferred from the talk between the father and the son？A
A．Josh felt quite good about his independence．
B．Josh appreciated his parents，company and care．
C．The father felt guilty all the time．
D．The father should have taken good care of Josh as usual．
35．Why did the father feel that two people had died？B
A．Because two people had lost their lives while climbing Kilimanjaro．
B．Because the father and son had become friends．
C．Because they had witnessed an accidence of a father and son．
D．Because two friends had misled him．
分析 本文主要講述了通過父子二人爬乞力馬扎羅山的經歷，讓兒子克服困難，變得獨立，父子的關系也變成了像朋友一樣．
解答 31．答案D．排除題．根據文章第一段提到乞力馬扎羅山很強大，很難爬，很多人，包括Josh都在爬過乞力馬扎羅山后改變了．沒有提到D選項內容．故選D．
32．答案C．細節理解題．根據第二段的句子He forced himself to his feet，shook the guides off．He set his face towards the peak and just kept marching．Near the summit he caught up with me and we reached the peak together．．可知，Josh在登上山頂的過程中克服了很多困難．故選C．
33．答案A．猜測詞意題．根據后面的句子He forced himself to his feet，shook the guides off．可知，snap out of意為重新振作起來．故選A．
34．答案A．細節理解題．根據第三段的句子 I've never been in so much pain and so happy at the same time可知，Josh對自己的獨立感覺很好．故選A．
35．答案B．細節理解題．根據最后一段的句子：It was just two friends who walked down the mountain together．可知，父親覺得和兒子成為了朋友，所以以前的兩個人死了．故選B．
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