Question

   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主旨大意題。全文講述登山運動的特點、它與其他運動的不同以及登山運動對運動員的要求等，故選C.

2. B細節理解題。短文的第四段提到登山運動與其他運動的不同之處，它沒有隊與隊之間的較量，但當他們在巖面上時，其生命維系在一根繩子上，要互相依靠，很明顯這是團隊活動。

3. D細節理解題。根據第三段第二句可知，登山運動沒有人為規定的規則。

4. A推理判斷題。從短文的敘述可知，大家喜愛登山，因為它與其他運動項目不同，它沒有人為規定的規則。