Once, in a small village, Mark lived with his dad. Mark loved playing the guitar. But he felt ____1____ because he wasn’t getting better at it. He asked his dad for help. His dad said, “Come with me tomorrow. We’ll climb a high hill.”

The next day, they walked a long way. The hill was difficult to climb, ____2____ Mark didn’t give up and helped his dad along the way. They ____3____ higher and higher. At last, they reached the top. They were both happy.

Mark said, “When I was ____4____, I called this hill ‘Impossible Mountain’ because I couldn’t reach the top.”

Now, Mark was big and strong. He had climbed many other ____5____ and even climbed “Impossible Mountain” too. His dad said, “By practising on smaller hills, you became so good that this big hill wasn’t impossible anymore.” Mark ____6____ and nodded. He understood that hard work and patience made things possible.

From then on, he kept practising his ____7____ and believed that he could play it better and better in the future.

1.1.

A happy

B sad

C cool

D

解析：选B。B. sad 。前文提到马克喜欢弹吉他，后文出现转折词 because 说明他琴技没进步，因此心情应是 “难过的”，sad 符合语境；happy（开心的）、cool（酷的）均与语境矛盾。

2.2.

A but

B and

C or

D

解析：选A。A. but 。前半句 “山很难爬” 和后半句 “马克没放弃” 是转折关系，but 用于表转折；and 表并列，or 表选择，均不符合逻辑。

3.3.

A flew

B climbed

C swam

D

解析：选B。B. climbed 。全文围绕 “登山” 展开，前文已出现 climb a high hill 的表述，此处指 “越爬越高”，用 climbed；flew（飞）、swam（游泳）均与登山场景无关。

4.4.

A small

B tired

C nervous

D

解析：选A。A. small。后文提到 “Now, Mark was big and strong”（现在马克又高又壮），前后形成时间和状态对比，因此此处指 “小时候”，用 small；tired（疲惫的）、nervous（紧张的）无法与后文形成对应。

5.5

A stones

B trees

C hills

D

解析：选C。C. hills 。全文核心场景是登山，前文提到 climb a high hill，此处指 “爬过许多其他的山”，用 hills；stones（石头）、trees（树）均不符合语境。

6.6.

A smiled

B cried

C shouted

D

解析：选A。A. smiled。 马克听完爸爸的话后 “nodded（点头）”，且理解了努力和耐心的意义，心情应是豁然开朗的，因此用 smiled（微笑）；cried（哭泣）、shouted（大喊）均不符合语境。

7.7.

A chess

B violin

C guitar

D

解析：选C。C. guitar。文章开头就点明 “Mark loved playing the guitar”，结尾呼应开头，指他坚持练习吉他，因此选 guitar；chess（国际象棋）、violin（小提琴）均为无关干扰项。