Question

Many young people these days are interested in extreme sports, which mean very dangerous activities that need speed, height, or a high level of physical exertion(努力). Bungee jumping, snowskating, parkour and surfing are very popular extreme sports, but mountain climbing might be the first.

In 1985, two British young men, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates became the first west faces to climb the 6344-meter Siula Grande in the Andes(安第斯山脉). On the way down, Simpson fell and broke his leg, then he slipped(滑) down and lost connection with his friend. Yates had to get for help. Simpson fell more than 100 feet and landed on a bridge of ice. Finally he crawled(爬) for three days without food or water, until he reached the camp.

On April 26, 2003, when Aron Rolston was climbing alone in Utah, his arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock and he couldn’t move. After five days of waiting for help, the 28-year-old American ran out of water and finally he cut off half his right arm with a small knife to free himself. He also bandaged(包扎) himself in order not to lose too much blood. In 2004, he wrote a book named Between a Rock and a Hard Place. “In this book,” Aron said, “I want to tell the readers the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life.”

1.How many kinds of extreme sports are mentioned in the first paragraph?

2.Did Simpson and Yates’s disasters happen on the way up the mountain?

3.How did Simpson get back to the camp?

4.What did Aron do to save himself when he ran out of water?

5.Why did Aron write the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place?

Answer

1.Five.

2.No(, they didn’t).

3.He crawled back to the camp.

4.He cut off half his right arm (with a small knife) and bandaged himself (in order not to lose too much blood).

5.Because he wanted to tell the readers the importance of making good decisions and of being in control of one’s life

【解析】

试题分析：许多年轻人对极限运动感兴趣，这是非常危险的活动，需要速度，高度，或高水平的体力消耗。蹦极，滑雪，跑酷和冲浪是很受欢迎的极限运动，但登山可能是第一个。因此接着描述了两个关于登山爱好者，在探险的过程中出现的故事。

1. 蹦极，滑雪，跑酷和冲浪是很受欢迎的极限运动，但登山可能是第一个。明确提到的运动有五种。故填：Five.

2.辛普森和耶特的灾害发生在上山的路吗？他们成功的到达了山顶，但是在下山的时候发生了意外。分析原文：On the way down 句意：在下山的路上。因此本题应该用否定回答。故填：No(, they didn’t).

3.辛普森是如何返回到营地的？分析原文：Finally he crawled(爬) for three days without food or water, until he reached the camp.句意：最后在没有水没有食物的情况下，他爬了三天，才到达了营地。明确他回来的方式。 故填：He crawled back to the camp.

4.阿隆从水里面出来，他为了救自己，他做了什么？分析原文：he cut off half his right arm with a small knife to free himself. He also bandaged(包扎) himself in order not to lose too much blood. 句意： 他用小刀砍断了他的右臂一半。为了不失去太多的血他还用绷带包扎了。短文详细说明了他做了什么。故填：He cut off half his right arm (with a small knife) and bandaged himself (in order not to lose too much blood).

5.阿隆写了《在岩石与硬地之间》这本书？联系原文他说的一句话：I want to tell the readers the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life.句意：我想告诉读者们对于一个好的决定，把握自己的生命是重要的。从中明确了答案。故填：Because he wanted to tell the readers the importance of making good decisions and of being in control of one’s life

考点：人生哲理类短文阅读。