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【题目】Were you into skateboarding, surfing or snowboarding when you were a kid? We can remember our first (less than successful) go at skateboarding, as well as the first time we managed to stand up on surfboards.

It was so much fun that we were hooked on extreme sports. However, not everyone thinks that introducing children to extreme sports is a good idea.

Writer Jon Lackman considers whether sports like snowboarding, climbing and skateboarding could be dangerous to the growing bodies of young children. Lackman also looks for advice from medical professions.”

“Kids aren’t mentally ready for these activities,” says a doctor, Vani Sabesan. “They cannot realize the risks, and their parents can’t always be trusted to stop them.”

Sabesan is particularly worried about the influence of extreme sports on TV and the Internet on children. “What we’re seeing is that a lot of kids think they can do what the professional athletes can do.”

If someone, who was encouraged to go surfing at the age of five, was presented with a surfboard when he/she was seven, I think these worries are a little overstated(夸大的), if not misplaced.

Extreme sports can be dangerous, but there’s as much chance of falling off your bike or your roller skates(四轮滑冰鞋鞋) as off a skateboard or surfboard.

My own experience of extreme sports leads me to think that I’ll allow my own kids to try them in the same way my parents allowed me.

In sports such as surfing and snowboarding, there’s a sense of adventure and courage. It is important to tell young children about it.

Did I fall off my surfboard? All the time. Did I get back on? Every time.

【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To introduce the topic of the text.

B. To tell us what are extreme sports.

C. To encourage people to play sports.

D. To tell us what kind of sports the author liked.

【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined part “hooked on” in Paragraph 2?

A. attracted by

B. shocked at

C. disappointed at

D. worried about

【3】What do Vani sabesan’s words mean?

A. Kids who are mentally ill should not play extreme sports.

B. Parents are responsible for kids’ safety in extreme sports.

C. Kids are too young to realize the danger of extreme sports.

D. Kids should be encouraged to do what professional athletes do.

【4】What’s the authors’ attitude to kids playing extreme sports?

A. He/She is against it.

B. He/She supports it.

C. He/She is doubtful about it.

D. He/She is unconcerned about it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文介绍给孩子们带来乐趣的极限运动。但是，并不是所有人都认为把极限运动介绍给儿童是一个好主意。

【1】A

目的意图题。第一段Were you into skateboarding, surfing or snowboarding when you were a kid?（当你还是个孩子的时候，你玩滑板、冲浪还是滑雪吗？） We can remember our first (less than successful) go at skateboarding, as well as the first time we managed to stand up on surfboards. （我们还记得我们第一次“不太成功”去玩滑板，也记得我们第一次在冲浪板上站起来的时候。）下文作者向儿童推荐极限运动，由此推知第一段是为了引出本文的话题，让孩子们对极限运动感兴趣。故选A。

【2】A

词义猜测题。根据第二段It was so much fun that we were hooked on extreme sports. However, not everyone thinks that introducing children to, extreme sports is a good idea. （这太有趣了以致于我们沉迷于极限运动。然而，并不是所有人都认为把极限运动介绍给儿童是一个好主意。）可知，极限运动是吸引人的。故答案为A。

【3】C

推理判断题。根据第四段“Kids aren’t mentally ready for these activities,” says a doctor, Vani Sabesan. “They cannot realize the risks, and their parents can’t always be trusted to stop them.”可知，Vani Sabesan.认为孩子们太小了，无法意识到极限运动的危险。故选C。

【4】B

推理判断题。根据倒数第三段My own experience of extreme sports leads me to think that I’ll allow my own kids to try them in the same way my parents allowed me.可知，作者对极限运动是支持的。故选B。