Question

Winter sports are very popular in European and North American countries. These places usually receive a lot of snow during the winter months.

Skiing and skating become the major sports activities for Westerners during the winter. People from Norway, Italy, the United States, Sweden and Canada all like winter sports.

Winter sports such as alpine skiing and skating(高山滑雪) are very popular because they allow people to keep warm while enjoying outdoors.

People can exercise outdoors in beautiful surroundings: snow-covered mountains and pine trees among endless white snow. Putting oneself into the white world and breathing fresh air, one can relax and forget all worries. Of course, the practice of flying down the hills excites people.

The Alps in Europe is the most ideal place for skiing. The Rocky Mountains in the Western United States is another good place.

Some people call winter sports "royal sports". That is because of their high cost. These sports always require expensive equipment. They also need high-standard places to be enjoyed.

Winter sports are not popular in China. The southern and coastal areas have no skiing and skating. And the snow-blanketed northeastern and southwestern areas have very poor equipment.

But thanks to the efforts of the government, China has caught up with world class competition in short track speed skating(短道速滑). This is also true for women's figure skating. However, in alpine skiing events, China ________________________.  

                                                     

 

76. What’s the best title of this passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one ?

   Taking part in the outdoor winter sports with snow-covered surroundings makes you feel refreshed and carefree.

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78. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)

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79. Do you think winter sports will become popular in China? Why? 

(Please answer within 30 words.)

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80. Please translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

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Answer 1

76. Winter Sports

77. Putting oneself into the white world and breathing fresh air, one can relax and forget all worries.

78.  has a long way to go / still falls behind / is still weak in competition…

79. （略）

80. 因为像高山滑雪这样的冬季运动会让人们在享受户外活动乐趣的同时还感觉温暖，所以这些运动非常流行。