陳裕明

Most young people enjoy some forms of physical activity. It may be walking， cycling， or swimming， or in winter， skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind—football， golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering （登山運動）.

Those who are fond of climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship， and to take risks in high mountains？ This astonishment is caused， probably， by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which people give their leisure （消遣）.

Mountaineering is not a game. There are no? man-made? rules， as? there? are? for? such games as golf and football. There are， of course， rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore（忽視）， but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering with other more familiar sports， we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. There are， it is true， no “matches” between “teams” of climbers， but when climbers are linked by a rope on which their lives may depend， there is obviously teamwork.

1. This passage mainly tells us about ___.

A. mountaineering??? B. skating and skiing C. sports and games????? D. matches

2. Why are people astonished at some men and womens mountaineering？ Because ___.

A. they are willing to risk their lives to climb high mountains

B. they are good at resisting cold

C. they like hardship more than anything else

D. it can take the place of their leisure

3. According to the writer， mountaineering is a kind of ___.

A. game???????????????? B. leisure? ???????????? C. sport???????????????? D. training

4. The reason why mountaineering can attract many people is that ___.

A. it is not a game but a sport

B. it hasnt any such man-made rules as games

C. it can ignore danger in climbing mountains

D. they can be free to make rules for mountaineering

5. Mountaineering is not a kind of match between teams of climbers. On the contrary， ___.

A. they have to use the same rope to climb with

B. it is a kind of friendship connection

C. their lives depend on how they are linked

D. they badly need help from one another