Question

It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful.    41    that time, mountains were    42   by the people living on the plain, 43   by the city people, to whom they were wild and   44   places in which one was easily  45   or killed by terrible animals.

Slowly,  46  , many of the people who were living unhappily in the towns began to grow 47   of them . They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement.    48  , in the   49    century, people began to turn away from the man-made  50   to the untouched country, and particularly   51   places where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be  52   for a holiday.

Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport. To some people, there is something greatly   53   about getting to the   54    of a high mountain: a struggle against nature is finer than a battle  55   other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult  56  , what a  57  reward it is to be able to look  58   on everything within   59  ! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down   60   .

 

41. A. After	B. In	C. At	D. Before
42. A. hated	B. liked	C. feared	D. observed
43. A. however	B. further	C. sometimes	D. especially
44. A. exciting	B. interesting	C. dangerous	D. alone
45. A. fallen down	B. lost	C. discovered	D. trapped
46. A. however	B. therefore	C. but	D. despite
47. A. tired	B. excited	C. puzzled	D. confused
48. A. Yet	B. So	C. However	D. But
49. A. last	B. recent	C. eighteenth	D. early
50. A. country	B. houses	C. town	D. planet
51. A. to	B. at	C. in	D. for
52. A. important	B. right	C. necessary	D. popular
53. A. pleasant	B. interested	C. dangerous	D. terrible
54. A. foot	B. spot	C. top	D. tip
55. A. with	B. to	C. against	D. between
56. A. fight	B. climb	C. walk	D. running
57. A. surprising	B. satisfactory	C. disappointing	D. astonishing
58. A. behind	B. up	C. down	D. around
59. A. miles	B. minutes	C. seeing	D. sight
60. A. above	B. below	C. under	D. away

Answer 1

41-45 DCDCB  46-50 AABCC  51-55 ADACC   56-60 BBCDB