Peter Fern was crazy about mountains. Climbing was the 1 of his life. Church towers，seaside cliffs, rock faces, ice mountains，anything “If it is there” , he used to say, “then I want to climb it.” So the news of his marriage gave me a 2 . I’d never known him to take much interest in 3 . Well，Peter Fern a married man! I couldn't 4 it. I 5 whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky 6 . She was French perhaps--from that place 7 he usually spent his holidays. Chamonix，wasn’t it? From Chamonix he'd climbed Mount Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and another one the day after! That was it, then: She was French，from a mountaineering family. No 8 . No other explanation. A month later I met them 9 in town. Anna surprised me—because she was English. She was a dancer in the   10 ． “I have 11 climbed more than sixty steps in my life,” she told me. “Peter has his 12 , and I’ve got mine. No 13 ”. “None at all ，”Peter said, smiling. “Where did you spend your 14 ?” I askeD．Somewhere far 15 theatres and mountains，was it? “We had a week's holiday,” Anna said, “I flew to New York to see Dirke Dancers on Broadway. A wonderful 16 !” Peter said, “I didn’t want to 17 the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north 18 of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Great 19 , the Eiger. Grand place for a honeymoon! I’ll show you the 20 we took one day.” 1． A．purpose                B．love                  C．answer                  D．even 2． A．joy                       B．thought              C．lesson                   D．shock 3． A．mountains             B．churches            C．faces                    D．girls 4． A．accept                  B．understand         C．bear                     D．tell 5． A．believed               B．knew                 C．wondered              D．realized 6． A．jobs                     B．words                C．adventures            D．deeds 7． A．where                   B．when                 C．which                   D．how 8． A．one                      B．reason               C．sign                      D．doubt 9． A．all                    B．two                   C．both                     D．double 10．A．family　             B．mountain           C．theatre                  D．holiday 11．A．ever                    B．even                  C．never                    D．almost 12．A．interests               B．life                    C．room                    D．car 13．A．wonder            B．way                   C．time                     D．problems 14．A．days                    B．honeymoon        C．childhood             D．rest of life 15．A．away                   B．as                      C．by                        D．from 16．A．show                   B．sight                  C．scene                    D．game 17．A．miss                    B．escape               C．break                    D．forget 18．A．position               B．face                   C．point                    D．line 19．A．programme          B．progress             C．fun                       D．invention 20．A．photographs         B．roles                  C．sports                   D．pains