题目内容
Nathan’s second-hand bike was good enough to get him anywhere he wanted to go. Of course, it couldn’t match Tim’s in a normal speed race, but all the fancy gears (齿轮) in the world wouldn’t get you up Black Mountain. It was so steep in places that you had to get off your bike and push.
On this particular afternoon, the odds were all on Nathan’s side. First, he was stronger. Tim had always been thin, but recently he’d started to grow so fast that his arms and legs were like pieces of spaghetti. As well as being considerably fitter than his friend, Nathan knew the shortcuts up
So when Nathan accepted the challenge, he was sure he’d win. He nearly always did, in competitions with Tim. That was what was strange. Tim was so competitive, and yet he wasn’t any good at physical things.
By the time the two boys were three quarters of the way to the top, Nathan was clearly ahead. While the road zigzagged back and forth up the mountainside, in certain places, there were also vertical tracks, where water rushing down the slope in winter had bitten erosion courses into the soil. These had in turn been so overgrown by bushes and long grass in the spring that they looked like tunnels through the bush. The trick was to know where you could cut off a whole bend in the road by leaving the road and pushing your bike up one of these half-hidden pathways. If you chose the wrong one you’d struggle up for ten minutes and then suddenly reach a dead end. Then there was no choice but to go back.
60. What did Tim challenge Nathan to do?
A. test who had the fastest bike
B. decide who was the most competitive
C. find the secret tracks on the mountain
D. race to the top of
61. It was sometimes quicker to use the tracks rather than the road because the ___________.
A. tracks were partly hidden.
B. tracks were easier to ride bikes on.
C. road had many bends in it.
D. road was overgrown after the winter.
62. Which of the following advantages did Nathan have over Tim?
A. Nathan had a better bike and knew the shortcuts up the mountain.
B. Nathan was fitter and knew the quickest ways up the mountain.
C. Nathan was stronger and more competitive than Tim.
D. Nathan was stronger and had a better bike.
63. The quotation “ the odds were all on Nathan’s side” means that __________.
A. Tim would not try very hard in the race
B. Tim had not yet grown as big as Nathan
C. Nathan had a greater chance of winning the challenge
D. Nathan had more friends who thought he would win
60. D. 从第一段中我们得知:Nathan 的二手车尽管能带他走到任何地方,但不能跟Tim 的自行车相比较。但更好的车也不能带你上Black Mountain, 因为有些地方非常陡,只能跳下自行车推着走。这一段已经引出了自行车。然后第三段告诉我们,Nathan 接受了挑战,最后一段又说“技巧就在识别哪里可以绕过一个大弯推着自行车走一条隐藏的小路”. 综合这些信息,我们可以推断挑战就是比赛骑自行车上这座山。
61. C. 最后一段说到tracks 经常会被bushes and long grass 所覆盖,看上去像地下通道一样。但如果你能识别这些通道就能绕过road 上的a whole bend 就能取胜。所以可以推知 C。
62. B. 第二段讲到“第一:Nathan 比Tim 强壮”;最后一句又说到“不仅比他的朋友强壮,Nathan 知道通往Black Mountain 的捷径”。所以可以得出 B。
63. C. 第二段讲了Nathan 的两个优势,所以这句话的意思应该是:“Nathan 的胜算比较大。”