Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tired of your quiet routine? 1 and taking up an extreme sport?

You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case you’re half way to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some rough areas. 2 and became an Olympic sport in 1996. In the London 2012 Olympic Games athletes had to navigate(导航)a 4.7-kilometre track in less than two hours.

Not challenging enough? Skydivers(花样跳伞运动员) jump from aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 metres. 3 . Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump at the age of 54. The minute she came down she wanted to go up again. ＂I was hooked, ＂said Dilys.

It seems that there’s no lack of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart pounding. Surfing, diving, rock climbing… How about turning one of your chores into a daredevil(冒失鬼) pursuit? 4 ! Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be dangerous, depending on the mountain. Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in the English town of Leicester by a man who saw a pile of wrinkled clothes and felt bored. That was Phil Shaw who also won the only Extreme Ironing World Championships ever held, in Germany in 2002. 5 . Shaw says, ＂Sometimes they look confused; sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people respond to it.＂

A. Extreme ironing isn’t for timid people

B. Some people have invented base jumping

C. You can see people and cars, which is amazing

D. How about leaving your computer games behind

E. You have to be fit but there’s no age limit with this sport

F. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s

G. For him, the thrill of this sport comes from looking at the audience’s faces

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】E

【4】A

【5】G

【解析】

【语篇解读】如果你对平淡的生活厌倦了，可以尝试一下文章中介绍的极限运动。

【1】根据上文的＂Tired of your quiet routine?＂和下文的＂and taking up an extreme sport? ＂可知，D项＂放下电脑游戏怎么样＂符合语境。

【2】根据下文的＂became an Olympic sport in 1996＂可知，F项＂山地自行车运动是在20世纪70年代在加利福尼亚发展起来的＂符合语境。

【3】根据下文的＂Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump at the age of 54.＂可知，E项符合语境。

【4】根据下文的＂Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be dangerous＂可知，这个运动不适合胆小的人。故答案为A。

【5】根据下文的＂Shaw says,‘Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people respond to it.’ ＂可知，对Shaw来说，看观众的脸(上的表情)是这项运动刺激的地方。故答案为G。