2014考研英语复习资料:阅读题训练20篇及答案(14)
Passage 14
Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. it may be a game of some kind football, hockey(曲棍球), golf, of 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 activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there re 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 no 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.
66. Mountaineering is a sport which involves .
A) hardship
C) physical risk
B) cold
D) all of the above
67. The main difference between a sport and a game lies in .
A) uniform
C) rules
B) activity
D) skills
68. Mountaineering is also a team sport because .
A)it involves rules
B)it involves matches between teams
C)it requires mental and physical qualities
D)mountaineers depend on each other while climbing
69. Which of the following is NOT true?
A)Mountaineers compete against each other.
B)Mountaineers compete against other teams.
C)Mountaineers compete against nature.
D)Mountaineers compete against international standard.
70. What is the best title for the passage?
A)Mountaineering
B)Mountain Climbers
C)Mountaineering is Different from Golf and Football
D)Mountaineering Is More Dangerous Than Other Sports
答案:D C D C A
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