题目内容

Bungee jumping is not a new activity. Men on Pentecost Island in the South Pacific have been doing land jumping for hundreds of years. The men tie long vines(藤) from plants around their ankles(踝关节). They spend days building tall towers out of vines and logs(圆木). Then they jump off them.

According to their beliefs, the first land diver was a woman. She decided to run away from her rude husband. So she climbed up a tall tree and tied some vines around her feet. Her husband also climbed up the tree and tried to catch her, but the woman jumped and the man followed. The vines saved her life, but her husband died.

This ancient custom caught the interest of some students at Oxford University in England. In the late 1970s, they formed a group called the Dangerous Sports Club. They were some of the first people to test several of what are now called extreme sports. They are said to have invented modern bungee jumping.

In the spring of 1979, members of the group jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. They were attached to the bridge by a bungee cord, a long elastic rope that stretches. The group soon received even more attention when they organized a bungee jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

A man named A. J. Hackett of New Zealand decided to make the sport into a business. He started developing bungee ropes and material with a friend. They held a major jump in 1987 off the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. They later got permission to open the first bungee jumping operation on the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand. Many people paid 75 dollars to jump off the bridge with a bungee cord attached to their ankles.

1.The second paragraph tries to tell us________________.

A.a story about a woman land diver

B.the beginning of modern bungee jumping

C.the beginning of land jumping on Pentecost Island

D.a story about a brave woman and her rude husband

2.The underlined word them in the first paragraph refers to__________.

A.plants            B.tall towers         C.vines             D.logs

3. The Dangerous Sports Club first caught people’s attention when they jumped off_________.

A.the Eiffel Tower                         B.the Kawarau Bridge

C.the Golden Gate Bridge                   D.the Clifton Suspension Bridge

 

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.D

【解析】

试题分析:文章介绍了蹦极跳的起源和一些和蹦极跳相关的活动。

1.细节题:从文章第二段的句子:According to their beliefs, the first land diver was a woman.可知这段讲的是A

2.猜词题:从前面的句子:They spend days building tall towers out of vines and logs(圆木).可知them指的是高塔。选B

3.细节题:从第三段的句子:In the spring of 1979, members of the group jumped off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England. They were attached to the bridge by a bungee cord, a long elastic rope that stretches.可知危险俱乐部的成员从 the Clifton Suspension Bridge 跳下来时吸引很多人的注意力。选D

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点评:文章介绍了蹦极跳的起源和一些和蹦极跳相关的活动。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找,对于文章中的细节题,要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查题支和原文的异同,常犯错误有:绝对化语言,范围扩大或缩小,以偏概全,张冠李戴等。带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。

 

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