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【題目】Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some forms—football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skills year by year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skills and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

【1】What sports are popular among people in winter in the passage?

A. Soccer and golf. B. Skiing and skating.

C. Cycling and hockey. D. Mountaineering.

【2】The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by _ _____.

A. strong emotion B. good way

C. better feeling D. enough affection

【3】Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because_______.

A. it has man-made rules

B. it is too dangerous for climbers

C. it is free for climbers to use their own methods

D. it can’t bring people joy or leisure

【4】We know from the passage that _______.

A. mountaineering has no appeal for people

B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers

C. a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirty

D. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps

【5】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Sports in winter B. Team work in climbing

C. Mountaineering D. The quality for mountaineering

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：登山運動為什么會這么吸引人呢？它有什么特點呢？本文會一一告訴你。

【1】B細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第一、二句“Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing.”可知，在冬天很流行的運動有滑冰和滑雪。故該題正確答案為B.

【2】A詞義猜測。根據(jù)下一句“Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? ”所表達出的人們的疑問——為什么男人和女人都愿意遭受寒冷和困難去到高山上冒險呢？可知，該句句意應為“人們總是很驚訝于那些對攀爬高山、險山‘充滿熱情的’人。”A. strong emotion“強烈的情感”；B. good way“好辦法”；C. better feeling“更好的感覺”；D. enough affection“足夠的情感；足夠的愛”，故該題正確答案為A.

【3】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段中對“為什么登山是個運動而不是游戲”這一問題所陳述的原因可知，其原因是“There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. ”“Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.”登山運動中不存在認為的規(guī)則，登山者可以自由地使用自己的方法。故該題正確答案為C.

【4】D細節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章細節(jié)可知，登山對人們是有吸引力的；它對體力要求很高，同時還要求心理素質好；而由最后一段中“But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.”可知，五六十歲攀上阿爾卑斯山脈的最高峰是很尋常的。故該題正確答案為D.

【5】C主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，該文是講述登山運動——為什么它那么的吸引人，這個運動的特點是什么。抓住這個中心，即可選出其最佳標題應為C. Mountaineering.