北京市石景山区2014高考英语 阅读理解暑假训练七.docVIP

石景山区2014高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（7）及答案 Catherine Destivelle is a rock star．She loves rock, but she cant sing or play the guitar t She is a rock climber and a big star in France and Italy．She is the most famous woman climber in the world because she often climbs without ropes．She climbs in many countries but most often in the French Alps near Chamonix, where she lives．She started climbing near her home in Paris when she was five．Then, at fourteen, she joined the French Alpine Club to lea more, but immediately she climbed better and more quickly than the older members of the club．She won her first competition in Italy in 1995． Three years ago she found a new route up the Dru Mountain near Chamonix．The climb took eleven days and for four days the snow was so heavy that she could not move．Last year other climbers tried to follow the new Destivelle Route, but they failed．They are going to try again this year． People always ask her about her climbing．She says, I climb because Im in love with mountains．I like touching the rock and reading the face of the rock．I like it a lot．I felt at home on the side of a mountain．I prepare well before I go, so Im never worried． nice mountain and I go to climb it! Her next mountain is in Pakistan．She is going there next month． Its much bigger than the Dru, so its going to take longer to climb．An American climber, Jeff Lowe, is coming with me to help． 48．Catherine Destivetle is called a star because ____ ． A．she won a competition in 1995 B．she loves rocks C．shes a famous woman climber D．she found a new route up to the Dru Mountain 49．She had great trouble finding a new route up the Dru Mountain because ____ ． A．she lost her way B．the climb took 11 days C．she needed help from an American climber D．there was heavy snow 50．On the side of a mountain she feels ____ ． A．worried B．easy and happy C．like staying at home D．terrible 51．We can infer from the passage people often a