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【题目】 A new urban sport, parkour, is hitting the streets. It has evolved from obstacle course training into a fitness option for young people. In parkour, the outside world is the gym! 【1】 The goal of parkour is a direct route from one place to another. You meet an obstacle, you overcome it.

Mark Toorock, who teaches the techniques of parkour at his fitness gym, says that parkour is a method to train the body and mind using obstacles as the medium. He says that this new sport is demanding and takes years to master. 【2】

But Toorock, who used to be a martial arts expert, says that everyone can benefit from learning the basic skills involved in parkour like running, jumping and crawling (爬行). These are the things that humans used to have to do all the time. 【3】 The original idea of parkour was to return to running and jumping as basic elements in moving from one place to another.

Georges Hebert, a French navy officer, was so impressed by the effortless athleticism of African tribes that he devised a training method based on running, climbing, jumping, balancing and throwing. The word parkour comes from parcours de combatant, the French term for a military obstacle course. 【4】

Dr Kenneth Kao explains that the sport of parkour is not extreme — it is the environment which is extreme and dangerous. Being outside, jumping off railings and flipping over park benches can be quite frightening, so parkour courses in gyms concentrate on practicing all the individual moves to make everything easier. 【5】 However, that is not real parkour because it’s indoors with a fixed obstacle. The goal for everyone is to go outdoors.

A.Gyms provide thick floor matting (垫子) for rolling and rubberized boxes for jumping over.

B.The bridges, buildings and railings (栏杆) of each and every city are the equipment.

C.Every action in parkour is natural, so everyone must have the ability to move in this way.

D.Parkour was introduced into china in recent years and has gained popularity.

E.But today, due to modern transport, these basic skills are no longer used on a regular basis.

F.The French word for people who participate in the sport is traceurs or traceuses.

G.Beginners should realize that they won’t be jumping over buildings any time soon!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】G

【3】E

【4】F

【5】A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一种流行的运动—跑酷（障碍训练）。

【1】根据上一句In parkour, the outside world is the gym.可知，外面的世界是健身房，B项：The bridges, buildings and railings (栏杆) of each and every city are the equipment.(而桥梁、建筑物、栏杆则是健身房当中的器械。)与之呼应。故选B。

【2】根据上一句this new sport is demanding and takes years to master可知，这项新运动要求很高，需要几年才能掌握。G项：Beginners should realize that they won’t be jumping over buildings any time soon!(新手应该明白不可能朝夕之间就能轻易翻越障碍。)与之对应。两句话连接紧凑，合乎逻辑。故选G。

【3】上文提及人类自古以来就会奔跑、跳跃、爬行，E项：But today, due to modern transport, these basic skills are no longer used on a regular basis.(但今天，由于现代交通，这些基本技能不再定期使用。)与之构成转折关系，一句写古时候，一句转折写现如今，合乎逻辑。故选E。

【4】本段主要讲述跑酷运动的起源以及“跑酷”这一名称的法语词源。F项：The French word for people who participate in the sport is traceurs or traceuses.(参加这项运动的人的法语单词是traceurs或traceuses。)正是围绕这一中心内容展开的细节信息。故选F。

【5】根据下文this is not real parkour because it’s indoors with a fixed obstacle可知，这不是真正的跑酷，因为它是在有固定障碍物的室内，A项：Gyms provide thick floor matting (垫子) for rolling and rubberized boxes for jumping over.(健身房提供厚厚的地板垫（垫子）用于滚动，并为跳跃提供橡胶箱。)，此处的it’s indoors与A选项中Gyms对应，a fixed obstacle与rubberized boxes for jumping over对应。故选A。