The people of Saskatoon wanted the 1971 Canada Winter Games to be held in their city． But they had a problem． Saskatoon has never been considered a good place to ski． For skiing, you need slopes．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　The people of Saskatoon wanted the 1971 Canada Winter Games to be held in their city． But they had a problem． Saskatoon has never been considered a good place to ski． For skiing, you need slopes． And Saskatoon sits in the middle of a prairie．

　　How do you think the people solved their problem? They built a mountain --- from the ground up! When finished, it stood 300 feet high． A T-bar was set up to take skiers to the top． From there they could ski down the quarter-mile main run or the 50-metre ski jump．

　　And so athletes from all over Canada went to Saskatoon to take part in the games． They swam． They played badminton and other indoor games． They boxed and wrestled． And they skied!

1Saskatoon is a Canadian_________．

A． province B． city C． town D． county

2．Saskatoon wasn't a good place to go skiing because the countryside was too________．

A． flat B rocky C． dry D． cold

3．The people built a mountain mainly because they_________．

A．thought it would make the area more beautiful

B．wanted to go mountain-climbing

C．hoped to teach their children to ski

D．needed slopes for the Winter Games

4．The writer probably thinks the idea of building a mountain was_______．

A． silly B． clever C． puzzling　　D． dull

5．The height of the finished mountain was________．

A． 50 metres B． a quarter of a mile C． 300 feet　　D． 30 rods

6．Skiers could use the mountain for________．

A．downhill skiing　　 B．ski jumping

C．cross-country skiing D．Either A or B

7．Besides skiing, sports events at the Winter Games included________．

A．boxing and wrestling B．swimming and polo

C．boating and fishing D．baseball and soccer

答案：B;A;D;B;C;D;A
解析：

　　Saskatoon是什么地方？清查阅Saskatoon有关资料。详见LONGMAN MODERN ENGLISH DICTIONARY Editor OWEN WATSON （1968-1976）p．990。

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