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Climbing is our life

　　Last summer Annabelle Jones and Claire Hippert, two 17-year-old English schoolgirls, decided to climb the Matterhorn, the famous snow-covered mountain in Switzerland. The Matterhorn is popular to mountain climbers because it is so difficult to climb.

　　The girls first got the idea for a climbing expedition a few years ago, when a well-known disabled(unable to use legs or arms, etc.) climber, Norman Croucher, gave a talk at their school. Norman lost both his legs in a train accident when he was nineteen, but he has climbed some of the world's highest mountains on his artificial legs. “He inspired us,” said Claire.

　　Then the girls met a well-known mountaineer called Turbo Thomas and he became their trainer. For the next two years he took them climbing in the Swiss Alps during the summer holidays and they trained very hard. “It wasn't easy,” said Annabelle.

　　“The weather was often a problem. Sometimes it was so cold that we didn't want to get out of bed, but Turbo dragged us to the foot of the mountain and made us climb.”

　　The girls kept going and finally they were ready to try the Matterhorn. They made a date for the last week in August and travelled to Zermatt. They started to climb, but unluckily the weather beat them. “It rained every day so it was impossible to climb very far,” said Claire.

　　Are they disappointed? “Of course not,” said Annabelle. “I know we didn't get to the top, but we'll be back next summer to try again! Climbing is our life.”

Answer the questions.

1．Why did the girls start mountain climbing?_________________

2．Where and how did they train?_________________

3．Why was the training difficult?_________________

4．what beat them? And why?_________________

5．Why are they going to return to Zermatt next summer?_________________

答案：
解析：

　　1．Because they were inspired by Norman.

　　2．The trainer took them climbing in the Alps and they trained hard.

　　3．Because the weather was often a problem.

　　4．The weather. Because it rained every day.

　　5．Because they would try to get to the top.


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