Question

Lauri Berner grew up in the mountains in Germany, “I remember as a child looking up into the sky and watching eagles fly over the valley where I lived,” she says. “That's when I first decided that I'd love to leap into the air and feel the wind lift me off my feet.”

Laura had her first paragliding(滑翔傘) lesson when she was sixteen, and fell in love with the sport. “You run down a mountain slope, the wind catches your wing, and then you're flying like a bird. It feels fantastic. The views of the mountains from up there are stunning.”

Laura's husband Martin had never tried paragliding, but he was crazy about skiing. It seemed like a good idea for them to try each other's hobbies. He taught her how to ski and she showed him how to paraglide. When each of them had learned how to do the other sport well, they decided to combine(結合) them and try paraskiing. “It's like paragliding, but you're wearing skis,” says Martin. “When you land, you have to start skiing. immediately, or you fall over in the snow. You have to be a good skier.”

In the past, Laura mostly did her hobby in the summer and Martin could only do his in the winter. Now they spend every winter weekend gliding over the valleys together, then skiing down the slopes of a snow-covered mountain. And in the summer they both do normal paragliding. “It's more fun doing our hobbies together,” says Laura. “Now we can both really enjoy the summer and the winter!”

1.When did Laura decide to do paragliding?

A.When she saw eagles fly in the sky as a child. B.When' she lived in a small mountain village.

C.When she felt that she was flying like a bird. D.When she was at the age of sixteen years old.

2.What does the word “It” mean in the second paragraph?

A.Mountain view. B.Wind catching.

C.Running down. D.Flying like a bird.

3.What can we learn about Laura and Martin from the passage?

A.They have stopped paragliding and began skiing together.

B.They only do gliding over the valleys every winter weekend.

C.They are starting to learn how to do paraskiing and paragliding.

D.They do paraskiing together not only in winter but also in summer.

4.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To explain how paraskiing first started.

B.To tell the methods of combining two sports.

C.To tell the story of how a couple started paraskiing.

D.To entertain how to keep a good sport habit.

Answer 1