2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空49.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习突破精选：完形填空 1.完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Nowadays many people enjoy 16 activities—walking, cycling or mountaineering. People often 17 the act of climbing high and difficult mountains to be astonishing. Why are men and women 18 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 19 on high mountains? This astonishment may be caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men 20 their leisure time. There are no man-made rules, as there are for 21 sports as golf and football. There are, of course, principles of different kinds. It would be dangerous if you 22 them. But it is this freedom from man-made rules 23 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to choose their own 24 . If we 25 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a kind of 26 work at all. 27 , it is only our misunderstanding. There are no “matches” 28 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope which their lives may 29 , there is obviously teamwork. A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 30 that are stronger and more powerful than man. A mountain climber 31 to improve his skill year after year. A skier has probably passed his best by the age of thirty, and most tennis champions 32 in their early twenties. But it is not 33 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 34 to do that than younger men, but they probably climb more skillfully and with less effort, and they certainly experience equal 35 . 16. A. physical B. easy C. difficult D. mental 17. A. find B. respect C. treat D. consider 18. A. scared B. willing C. afraid D. suitable 19. A. have a break B. make sense C. take a risk D. lose weight 2