题目内容
【题目】–There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.
--My goodness! I can’t imagine ______that old. .
A. to be B. to have been
C. being D. having been
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析:考查动词时态和语态。句意:——报纸上写了一个一百一十岁老人的故事。——我的天,我无法想象活到那么老。动词imagine后接动词时要用动名词,不用不定式,故可排除A和B;另外,由于此处谈的是现在的情况,即现在有110岁,故用一般式,不用完成式。故选C。
【题目】 The popular image of the mountain climber is of a person carefully climbing a steep cliff with a network of safety ropes, but it is not the only kind. Many climbers now enjoy bouldering. It’s more accessible and better for the environment.
What is bouldering? Bouldering is a sport that involves climbing on, over, and around boulders up to approximately twenty feet above the ground. Participants employ no safety ropes. | |
Why boulder? improve your climbing skills by focusing on basics places to climb, such as climbing walls at gyms and parks, easy to find less time commitment to bouldering than to mountain climbing intellectual and physical enjoyment as one solves problems | Bouldering Terms crimp: a very small handhold foothold: a place where one may place a foot to aid in climbing boulder jug: a very large handhold that is easy to use problem:The path up a boulder is referred to as the "problem"that one must solve. The " solutionis the sequence of moves one makes up and over a boulder. |
Here is an example of a climber addressing a bouldering problem.
Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it has a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even more difficult than going up.
Figure 2: The climber takes the one to the right this time. Using a foothold and placing her righ hand in a crimp, she is able to lift herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.
【1】What can we leam about bouldering?
A. It is a popular indoor sport.
B. It is a kind of climbing without ropes,
C. It needs maps and equipment.
D. It is a steep cliff climbing.
【2】Why does bouldering become popular?
A. Because it challenges the limits.B. Because it is not readily available.
C. Because it builds minds and bodies.D. Because it ia a team game.
【3】According to the example, what is the right route usually like?
A. It is a shortcut.B. It a dead end.
C. It is tough but to the top.D. It is lined with jugs.