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 can’t bring people joy or leisure

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

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

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析: 本文給讀者介紹了登山這項(xiàng)體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。雖然同是體育活動(dòng)，但是登山不同于足球，高爾夫球等競(jìng)賽性運(yùn)動(dòng)方式，因?yàn)樗鼪](méi)有人為制定的規(guī)章制度要求參與者必須遵守。登山是一種參與者可以使用任何適合自己的方法，根據(jù)自己的體力和技能進(jìn)行的一種有益于健康的野外活動(dòng)。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首段Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing.可知冬天人們喜歡滑冰，滑雪，選B。

2.詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)后句Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship,可以判斷有些人非常樂(lè)于去爬高而險(xiǎn)的山，由此推斷passion有“非常愿意，渴望”之意，故答案選A。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段首句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. 和尾句Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.可知登山只是一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)而非比賽的原因是登山?jīng)]有人為制定的規(guī)則，登山者可以自由使用任何方法，故答案選D。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章末段內(nèi)容But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps……and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.可知年紀(jì)在五、六十歲的人攀登最高的山是很少見的，但是通過(guò)更多的技巧，節(jié)省更多的體力，他們?nèi)匀皇强梢耘郎习柋八股矫}山的，選D。

5.主旨大意題。文章首段通過(guò)列舉人們喜歡的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)，提出登山這一話題。然后在下文圍繞mountaineering展開行文，講述了登山與其他體育競(jìng)賽存在的不同之處，由此可知文章中心話題是mountaineering，故答案選C。

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