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   Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activities. It may be walking cycling or swimming or in winter skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind football 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 on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men give their leisure.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules as there are for such games as golf and football. There are，of course，rules of a different kind which it 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 and 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 skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

   A. Differences between golf and mountaineering

   B.  Sports and games

  C.  Mountaineering

   D.  Why so many people are crazy about mountaineering

2. The mountaineering can also be called a team sport because          .

   A. mountain climbers usually compete in groups

   B.  mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

   C.  mountain climbers are free to use their own rules to climb

   D.  mountaineering is a sport and not a game

3. The biggest difference between golf and mountaineering lies in          .

   A. team game   B. enjoyment

   C.  age   D. rules

4. In the author’s opinion one of the most important reasons why so many

people enjoy mountaineering is that          .

   A. there are no man-made rules for mountaineers

   B.  mountaineering is a sport and not a game

   C.  it is one of the most dangerous sports

   D.  mountaineering brings us more enjoyment than other sports

Answer 1

1. C主旨大意题。全文讲述登山运动的特点、它与其他运动的不同以及登山运动对运动员的要求等，故选C.

2. B细节理解题。短文的第四段提到登山运动与其他运动的不同之处，它没有队与队之间的较量，但当他们在岩面上时，其生命维系在一根绳子上，要互相依靠，很明显这是团队活动。

3. D细节理解题。根据第三段第二句可知，登山运动没有人为规定的规则。

4. A推理判断题。从短文的叙述可知，大家喜爱登山，因为它与其他运动项目不同，它没有人为规定的规则。