Question

Around the world more and more people are ___1___ dangerous sports and activities. Of course there have always been people who have ___2___ adventure—those who have climbed the ___3___ mountains, explored unknown parts of the world or ___4___ in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate pleasure from a ___5___ activity which may only last a few minutes or even ___6___.
I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You ___7___ from a high place about 200 meters above the ground with an elastic rope ___8___ to your ankles. You ___9___ at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from ___10___ the ground. It is said that 2 million people around the world have now ___11___ bungee jumping. Other activities, ___12___ most people would say are as dangerous as bungee jumping, ___13___ jumping from tall buildings and ___14___ into the sea from the top of high rocks.
Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists(心理學(xué)家) suggest that it is because life in ___15___ societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly under ___16___. They had to go out and hunt for ___17___, and life was a continuous battle for survival.
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers ___18___ excitement. They live and work in relatively safe condition; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to ___19___ them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to ___20___ danger in activities such as bungee jumping.
1. A. escaping from       B. taking part in     C. going in     D. taking in
2. A. looked up      B. looked into C. looked for  D. looked around
3. A. lowest    B. highest       C. beautiful    D. wild
4. A. sailed     B. swam  C. jumped      D. crossed
5. A. safe B. excited       C. funny  D. dangerous
6. A. years      B. seconds      C. hours  D. days
7. A. jump      B. run     C. walk   D. cross
8. A. followed B. tied     C. brought      D. took
9. A. go   B. run     C. fall     D. fly
10. A. falling  B. running      C. flying D. hitting
11. A. tried     B. looked for  C. found  D. studied
12. A. that      B. which C. it D. what
13. A. hold     B. include       C. find    D. contain
14. A. swimming    B. running      C. diving D. sailing
15. A. old       B. modern      C. past    D. formal
16. A. safety   B. imperfection      C. danger       D. perfection
17. A. animals B. food   C. water  D. dangers
18. A. few      B. little   C. much  D. many
19. A. look at  B. look into    C. look for     D. look after
20. A. look for       B. look after   C. explore      D. find

Answer 1

1-5BCBAD 6-10BABCD 11-15ABBCB 16-20CBBDA解析:

1. B。從本段后面所舉的例子來(lái)看，此處說(shuō)的是越來(lái)越多的人正參加各種危險(xiǎn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)。“從事”應(yīng)說(shuō) go in for，故 C 不對(duì)。
2. C。上句說(shuō)越來(lái)越多的人參加各種危險(xiǎn)的運(yùn)動(dòng)，從 Of course 可推測(cè)此處說(shuō)“也不乏有人參加冒險(xiǎn)”。
3. B。從破折號(hào)來(lái)看，下文是通過(guò)例子來(lái)說(shuō)明有人參加冒險(xiǎn)活動(dòng)。根據(jù)所舉的幾個(gè)例子來(lái)看，此處選 highest 才能與“冒險(xiǎn)”這個(gè)主題相吻合，并與 explored unknown parts of the world 等語(yǔ)意一致。
4. A。從下面的 in small boats across the greatest oceans 看此處說(shuō)的應(yīng)是“乘船在大洋上航行”，故選用 sail。
5. D。此句中的however說(shuō)明后面提到的運(yùn)動(dòng)與前面提到的不同，這里說(shuō)的是有些人從持續(xù)時(shí)間很短的一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)中得到瞬間快樂(lè)。從下文來(lái)看，作者認(rèn)為 bungee 就屬于這種運(yùn)動(dòng)，也是很危險(xiǎn)的，故用 dangerous。
6. B。從前面的 …who look for an immediate pleasure 及 which may only last a few minutes or even… 等可推測(cè)，此處說(shuō)的是這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)持續(xù)時(shí)間短，顯然 hours, days 和 years 不合語(yǔ)境。
7. A。從這一段開(kāi)始介紹 bungee 運(yùn)動(dòng)。根據(jù)下文介紹的 from a high place about 200 meters above the ground 來(lái)看，該運(yùn)動(dòng)是從離地面大約 200米處望下跳。
8. B。在往下跳時(shí)，運(yùn)動(dòng)員的腳踝要系在繩子上，也就是要把繩子栓在腳踝上，所以用 tied。
9. C。從高處跳起，然后墜落下去，所以用 fall。
10. D。此處介紹的是系繩子的目的——不讓你撞到地上。
11. A。根據(jù)下文看，世界上有很多人都已經(jīng)嘗試過(guò)蹦極這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。
12. B。此處應(yīng)用 which 引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，which 指代前面提到的 other activities。
13. B。前面提到的 bungee 是從高處往地面跳，這里具體說(shuō)從何處往下跳：一是從大樓往下跳，二是從高的巖石上往海面跳。故此處應(yīng)用 include。
14. C。從下文的 into the sea 可看出是“跳水”，故用 diving。
15. B。從上下文來(lái)看，本文所介紹的活動(dòng)是新興的一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，也就是現(xiàn)代人所從事的活動(dòng)，由此可推斷此處選 modern，既說(shuō)明“現(xiàn)代社會(huì)人們的生活很安全、枯燥”，故許多人從事這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)來(lái)尋找刺激。
16. C。前面說(shuō)現(xiàn)在人們生活舒適而乏味，與此相對(duì)照，此處說(shuō)的是過(guò)去人們外出狩獵，生活就是持續(xù)的生存斗爭(zhēng)，故此處應(yīng)選 danger。
17. B。從 and life was a continuous battle for survival 等來(lái)看，此處說(shuō)的是人們外出“獵取食物”，故用 food。
18. B。從后文可知“現(xiàn)在人們生活、工作在相對(duì)安全的環(huán)境下”，與狩獵相比，現(xiàn)代人的生活少了刺激，所以也就少了歡樂(lè)，故用 little。
19. D。從 if they become ill 知，此處說(shuō)的是“當(dāng)生病時(shí)有大夫等來(lái)照看他們”，故用 look after。
20. A。此句是總結(jié)全文的話。從整篇文章來(lái)看，此處說(shuō)的是人們?cè)诖碳さ倪\(yùn)動(dòng)中尋找危險(xiǎn)。