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I had a great time this past summer visiting Stone Mountain Park with my twin grandsons. I had the opportunity to spend the day with them seeing the various sights and attractions. One thing that my grandsons had really wanted to do that particular day was to climb to the top of the mountain. Stone Mountain isn’t a particularly tall mountain and fortunately has walking trails to the top, but for two 5-year –olds, along with grandpa, it’s a formidable task.
Since my grandson’s enthusiasm was much greater than mine, I decided to start the slow walk up the mountain. The beginning part of the trail was slow and gradual. It seemed like we were taking forever to climb just a short distance, but I had to remind myself that it took 3 of their steps to equal 1 of mine, so I found myself walking ahead of them, then having to stop and let them catch up, over and over again.
I was tired and sweaty, just wanting to get to the top of the mountain so I could rest well before starting my way back. I learned early on during our walk that this wasn’t going to be the case. We had to stop and look at every large rock with someone’s name carved in it. We looked at unususal plant formations. We examined large trees and we explored small rock overhangs that reminded the kids of caves. My grandsons viewed the walk as an exciting adventure. Climbing the mountain was a trial to me but my grandsons were not focused at all on the trial of climbing the mountain; they were simply enjoying the journey of the walk.
I know when I face a trial in life, I tend to always think of the problem. I want the trial to be over quickly and let life get back to normal. What can I learn during the course of the trial? At some point, the trial will be over and we’ll be joyous for sure.
However, the real joy should not be that the trial’s over, but I am celebrating what I learned during the journey.
8. What does the underlined word“formidable”in Paragraph 1 mean?
9. What can we know from Paragraph 2?
10. Why did the writer only want to reach the mountain top?
11. What can be the best title of the text?
本题考查祖父带着2个孩子爬山的话题，推断判断题。根据第一段“Stone Mountain isn’t a particularly tall mountain and fortunately has walking trails to the top, but for two 5-year –olds, along with grandpa，it’s a formidable task.”结合全文可知此处formidable应可以用difficult困难的来解释，其它选项不符合题意，所以选择D选项是正确的。
推断判断题。根据第一段“Stone Mountain isn’t a particularly tall mountain and fortunately has walking trails to the top, but for two 5-year –olds, along with grandpa，it’s a formidable task.”结合全文可知此处formidable应可以用difficult困难的来解释，其它选项不符合题意，所以选择D选项是正确的。
不能正确根据上下文推断词汇的含义，推断失误。
本题考查祖父带着2个孩子爬山的话题，事实细节题。根据第二段“ but I had to remind myself that it took 3 of their steps to equal 1 of mine, ”但是我不得不提醒自己我走一步孩子们得走三步才能跟上我，可知此处选项B虽然作者老了，但是他还是比他的两个孙子走得快得多。所以选择B选项是正确的。
事实细节题。根据第二段“ but I had to remind myself that it took 3 of their steps to equal 1 of mine, ”但是我不得不提醒自己我走一步孩子们得走三步才能跟上我，可知此处选项B虽然作者老了，但是他还是比他的两个孙子走得快得多。所以选择B选项是正确的。
不能正确根据文章细节推断正确答案。
本题考查祖父带着2个孩子爬山的话题，事实细节题。根据第三段“I was tired and sweaty, just wanting to get to the top of the mountain so I could rest well before starting my way back. ”我累得厉害满身大汗，很想在返程之前赶紧爬到山顶好好休息一下，可知此处选项A是正确，所以选择A选项是正确的。
事实细节题。根据第三段“I was tired and sweaty, just wanting to get to the top of the mountain so I could rest well before starting my way back. ”我累得厉害满身大汗，很想在返程之前赶紧爬到山顶好好休息一下，可知此处选项A是正确，所以选择A选项是正确的。
不能正确根据文章细节推断正确答案。
本题考查祖父带着2个孩子爬山的话题，推断判断题。根据第四、五段两段内容结合全文可知爬山的经历让作者明白了一个道理：我们在生活中虽然经常会遭遇考验，但是真正让我们高兴的不是考验结束了，而是我们从考验中学到的东西，因此我们要学会享受这个过程。所以选择D选项是正确的。
推断判断题。根据第四、五段两段内容结合全文可知爬山的经历让作者明白了一个道理：我们在生活中虽然经常会遭遇考验，但是真正让我们高兴的不是考验结束了，而是我们从考验中学到的东西，因此我们要学会享受这个过程。所以选择D选项是正确的。
不能正确根据全文推断文章标题，推断失误。