完形填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分；共计15分）
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of ____ through which I learned ____ from his experiences. He always told me, “ You ____ have goals (目标) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both ___, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very ____. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to ____ with my father and to be in deep thought ____ develop my patience（耐心）.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me ____ I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my ____. I wanted to ____ climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it ____ reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his ____. But later after that, I ____ know the meaning of hope in life. I found ____ standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as ____ as crystal（水晶石）.

A．conversations B．Emotions C．conclusions D．expressions

A．classes B．tests C．lessons D．news

A．can B．may C．would D．should

A．spent B．enjoyed C．hoped D．kept

A．busy B．lazy C．weak D．free

A．play B．work C．talk D．study

A．as much as B．as soon as C．as long as D．as well as

A．though B．because C．and D．but

A．legs B．ears C．eyes D．fingers

A．put up B．take up C．get up D．give up

A．after B．when C．before D．since

A．stories B．words C．pictures D．lessons

A．wanted to B．tried to C．got to D．hoped to

A．myself B．himself C．yourself D．ourselves

A．blue B．white C．clean D．clear