阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Rick Stevenson, l6 years old, spends every minute he can on the mountain. He and his friends go snowboarding every weekend. “It's great,” he says, “The winds are so strong, the boards go 50 miles an hour.” His friend Lauer Fields agrees. “No one goes skiing any more,” she says. “That's for the old folks.”

    Rick and Laura are part of a new trend in sports. Its philosophy (宗旨) is to get as close to the edge as possible. And more and more young athletes are taking part in these risky (冒险的) activities called “extreme sports” or “X-sports.”

    In the past, young athletes would play baseball. Today, they want risk and excitement -the closer to the edge, the better. They snowboard over cliffs and mountain-bike down steep mountains. They windsurf near hurricanes and bungy-jump from towers.

    Extreme sports started as an alternative (选择余地) to more expensive sports such as golf. A city kid who didn't have the money to buy expensive sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment and high levels of skill. There's even a special Olympics for extreme sports, called the Winter X-Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing.

    What makes extreme sports so popular? “People love the risk,” says Murray Nussbaum, who sells sports equipment. “City people want to be outdoors on the weekend and do something challenging. The new equipment is so much better that people can take more risks without getting hurt.” An athlete adds, “Sure there's a risk. Once you go mountain biking or snowboarding, it's impossible to go back to bike riding or skiing. It's just too boring.”

    Now even the older crowd is starting to join in. Every weekend a group of friends in their early 30s get together. During the week they work as computer programmers in the same office. On Sundays they rent mountain bikes that cost $ 2000 each and ride down steep mountains together. Extreme sports are certainly not for everyone.

    Most people still prefer to play basketball or watch sports on TV. But extreme sports are definitely gaining in popularity. “These sports are fresh and exciting. It's the wave of the future,” says Nussbaum.

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. Rick Stevenson

    B. People's Love for Risk

    C. X-Sports

    D. The Wave of the Future

2．It is clear from the passage that extreme sports are  ________.

    A. exciting but risky

    B. popular but old

    C. special but dangerous

    D. inexpensive but challenging

3．Which of the four pictures does not describe extreme sports?

4．Generally speaking, ________ are unfit for extreme sports by inference from the passage.

    A. city teenagers

    B. the aged people

    C. office workers

D. high school students

阅读理解

阅读下列文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

Rick Stevenson, l6 years old, spends every minute he can on the mountain. He and his friends go snowboarding every weekend. “It's great,” he says, “The winds are so strong, the boards go 50 miles an hour.” His friend Lauer Fields agrees. “No one goes skiing any more,” she says. “That's for the old folks.”

    Rick and Laura are part of a new trend in sports. Its philosophy (宗旨) is to get as close to the edge as possible. And more and more young athletes are taking part in these risky (冒险的) activities called “extreme sports” or “X-sports.”

    In the past, young athletes would play baseball. Today, they want risk and excitement -the closer to the edge, the better. They snowboard over cliffs and mountain-bike down steep mountains. They windsurf near hurricanes and bungy-jump from towers.

    Extreme sports started as an alternative (选择余地) to more expensive sports such as golf. A city kid who didn't have the money to buy expensive sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports, with specialized equipment and high levels of skill. There's even a special Olympics for extreme sports, called the Winter X-Games, which includes snow mountain biking and ice climbing.

    What makes extreme sports so popular? “People love the risk,” says Murray Nussbaum, who sells sports equipment. “City people want to be outdoors on the weekend and do something challenging. The new equipment is so much better that people can take more risks without getting hurt.” An athlete adds, “Sure there's a risk. Once you go mountain biking or snowboarding, it's impossible to go back to bike riding or skiing. It's just too boring.”

    Now even the older crowd is starting to join in. Every weekend a group of friends in their early 30s get together. During the week they work as computer programmers in the same office. On Sundays they rent mountain bikes that cost $ 2000 each and ride down steep mountains together. Extreme sports are certainly not for everyone.

    Most people still prefer to play basketball or watch sports on TV. But extreme sports are definitely gaining in popularity. “These sports are fresh and exciting. It's the wave of the future,” says Nussbaum.

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. Rick Stevenson

    B. People's Love for Risk

    C. X-Sports

    D. The Wave of the Future

2．It is clear from the passage that extreme sports are  ________.

    A. exciting but risky

    B. popular but old

    C. special but dangerous

    D. inexpensive but challenging

3．Which of the four pictures does not describe extreme sports?

4．Generally speaking, ________ are unfit for extreme sports by inference from the passage.

    A. city teenagers

    B. the aged people

    C. office workers

D. high school students

Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them.Their values---this can not be repeated too often--aren’t necessarily our values.Physical comfort,cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things.The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms,and an old person lying alone on bed,taking no notice of the worms.But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers,the ones who clear up the worms,think we’re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed,the old can be easily hurt or harmed.The old is like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older.You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences,however good the results are.And at what point should you stop to treat the old body?Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active,knowing that it is designed to die?You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide,because so long as they can see the technical chances,they will feel it necessary to give them a try,by the rule that while there’s life,there’s hope.
Talking to the old,however,you’re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.
【小题1】After reading Paragraph 1，we learn that____.

Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them.Their values---this can not be repeated too often--aren’t necessarily our values.Physical comfort,cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things.The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms,and an old person lying alone on bed,taking no notice of the worms.But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers,the ones who clear up the worms,think we’re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.

Indeed,the old can be easily hurt or harmed.The old is like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older.You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences,however good the results are.And at what point should you stop to treat the old body?Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active,knowing that it is designed to die?You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide,because so long as they can see the technical chances,they will feel it necessary to give them a try,by the rule that while there’s life,there’s hope.

Talking to the old,however,you’re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.

1.After reading Paragraph 1，we learn that____.

2.Some social workers think that_____．

3.In Paragraph 3，the underlined word“it”refers to____．

4.The writer of this passage thinks that_______．

Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them.Their values---this can not be repeated too often--aren’t necessarily our values.Physical comfort,cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things.The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms,and an old person lying alone on bed,taking no notice of the worms.But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers,the ones who clear up the worms,think we’re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed,the old can be easily hurt or harmed.The old is like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older.You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences,however good the results are.And at what point should you stop to treat the old body?Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active,knowing that it is designed to die?You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide,because so long as they can see the technical chances,they will feel it necessary to give them a try,by the rule that while there’s life,there’s hope.
Talking to the old,however,you’re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.

1. 1.

   After reading Paragraph 1，we learn that____.

   1. A.
      very old people are able to keep their living places very clean
   2. B.
      old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedom
   3. C.
      every old people enjoy living with their relatives
   4. D.
      social services have nothing to do with very old people
2. 2.

   Some social workers think that_____.

   1. A.
      old people should keep their living places clean
   2. B.
      one should not take risk dealing with old people
   3. C.
      health and safety are more important than personal freedom
   4. D.
      personal freedom is more important than health and safety
3. 3.

   In Paragraph 3，the underlined word“it”refers to____.

   1. A.
      one’s memory or health
   2. B.
      the conclusion you have come to
   3. C.
      whether age is happy or unpleasant
   4. D.
      your talk to the old people
4. 4.

   The writer of this passage thinks that_______.

   1. A.
      it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death
   2. B.
      the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is uncertain
   3. C.
      old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich
   4. D.
      medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors