2015高考英语（人教版）一轮课时作业：选修8Unit2《Cloning》.docVIP

课时作业37 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2013·长春调研)Nowadays many people enjoy __1__ activities — walking，cycling or mountaineering. People often __2__ the act of climbing high and difficult mountains to be astonishing.Why are men and women __3__ to suffer cold and hardship，and to __4__ on high mountains? This astonishment may be caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men __5__ their leisure time. There are no man-made rules，as there are for __6__ sports as golf and football.There are，of course，principles of different kinds.It would be dangerous if you __7__ them.But it is this freedom from man-made rules __8__ makes mountaineering attractive to many people.Those who climb mountains are free to choose their own __9__ . If we __10__ mountaineering with other more familiar sports，we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a kind of __11__ work at all.__12__，it is only our misunderstanding.There are no “matches” __13__ “teams” of climbers，but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope which their lives may __14__ ，there is obviously teamwork. A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural __15__ that are stronger and more powerful than man. A mountain climber __16__ to improve his skill year after year.A skier has probably passed his best by the age of thirty，and most tennis champions __17__ in their early twenties.But it is not __18__ for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.They may take more __19__ to do that than younger men，but they probably climb more skillfully and with less effort，and they certainly experience equal __20__. [文章大意]本文为议论文。作者告诉我们登山运动的特点、人们爱好此项运动的原因，及其给人们带来的益处。 1．A.physical　　　　　　　 B．easy C．difficult　 D．mental 解析：考生应能根据上下文内容，判断选择一个符合语境的形容词。根据下文所列举的三项运动walking，cycling or mountaineering可知，该空应填表示 “体力的” physical，故选A。 答案：A 2．A.find　 B．respect C．treat D．consider 解析：考生应能联系本句话内容，判断选择一个符合语境的动词短语。句意为“人们常认为攀登高山、险山这件事是十分令人惊讶的”，consider“认为”符合文意，故选D。 答案