Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or 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 of 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 pare 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 skill 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.
【小题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.【小题2】 The underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 2 could best be replaced by .
A. strong emotion B. good way
【小题3】Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because .A．it has man-made rulesB．it is too dangerous for climbersC．it can’t bring people joy or leisureD．it is free for climbers to use their own methods【小题4】 We know from the passage that .A．mountaineering has no appeal for peopleB．physical quality is more important than mental one for climbersC．a mountain climber passes his best by the age of thirtyD．it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps【小题5】 What is the best title for the passage?A．Sports in winterB．Team work in climbingC．MountaineeringD．The quality for mountaineeringB【小题1】A【小题1】D【小题1】D【小题1】C
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