公共英语三级

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    Most young people enjoy physical activities,walking,cycling,football,or mountaineering.
    These who have a passion_21_climbing high and difficult mountains are often _22_ with astonishment why are men and women _23_ to suffer cold and hardship,and to _24_ on high mountains? This astonishment is caused,probably,by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities _25_ which men give their leisure.
    There are no man—made rules,as there are for _26_ games as golf and football.There are,of course,rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to _27_ ,but it is this freedom from man-made rules _28_ makes mountaineering attractive to many people.Those who climb mountains fire free to use their own _29_.
    If we _30_ mountaineering with other more familiar sports,we might think that one big difference is _31_ mountaineering is not a “team work”.However,it is only our misunderstanding.There are,in fact,no“matches” _32_ “teams” of climbers,but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may _33_,0bviously,there is teamwork.
    A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural _34_ that are stronger and more powerful than man.His sport requires high mental and _35_ qualities.
    A mountain climber _36_ to improve on skill year after year.A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty,and most international champions _37_ in their early twenties.But it is not _38_ for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.They may take more _39_ than younger men,but they probably climb with more skill and less _40_ of effort,and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

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此题考查词语搭配。have a passion for th.为固定搭配,意为“对…有强烈的感情、爱好”