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 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 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.
【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 emotionB．good wayC．better feelingD．enough affection【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
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(答案→)B
解析：文章介绍登山这项运动的吸引人之处和在登山运动中对登山者的要求。
【小题1】推理题：阅读全文可知作者主要谈论的是登山运动。故选B。
【小题2】推理题：划线部分句意是那些对攀登又高又难的山有激情的人经常被大家仰视，令大家很吃惊。此处划线词意思是激情、热情，只有A项“强烈的情绪”符合语境。故选A。
【小题3】细节题：根据第三段中“ it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes”登山者自由选择自己的方式。故选D。
【小题4】细节题：根据第一段中“Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment.”那些对攀登又高又难的山有激情的人经常被大家仰视，令大家很吃惊，可知登山运动也是很吸引人的，因此A项错误；根据倒数第二段中“ His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.”运动要求精神和身体的高素质，因此B项错误；根据最后一段中“A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty.”一个滑雪运动员可能在三十岁时就已经渡过了他的黄金年龄，而不是登山者，因此C项错误；根据最后一段中“But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps”但是五六十岁的男人爬上阿尔卑斯山的最高峰也不是不常见，因此D项正确。故选D。
【小题5】推理题：阅读全文可知一直在讲登山运动的内容。故选C。