Viesturs got his start on Washingtons Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the worlds highest peaks. Finally, hes done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. “You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it,” said Viesturs. “If we have the patience and the respect, and if were here at the right time, under the right circumstances4, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down.”
Whats next for a man who cant stop climbing? “Im going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer,” says Viesturs. But for a man whos climbed the worlds 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
【生词注释】
1. horizonn. 地平线
2. avalanchen. 雪崩
3. frostbiten. 冻伤
4. circumstancen. 情况；环境
1. What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A. He has has climed the worlds 14th highest mountain.
B. He has been to the top of the worlds 14 highest mountains.
C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545 feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
2. The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “”.
A. frightened
B. discouraged
C. interested
D. upset
3. The author used Viestures words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that .
A. mountain climbing is a dangerous sport
B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy
D. those who like mountain climbing wont stop climbing
4. Whats the next probably plan of Viestures?
A. Stopping climbing and staying with his family.
B. Climbing to the top of the worlds 14 highest mountains again.
C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains.
D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
The Olympic Games are seen as the greatest test of an athletes ability and are supposed to celebrate the spirit of fair play. But in fact, sportsmen have been using drugs to cheat their way to victory since the Games first began.
In the early years, athletes ate mushrooms and plant seeds to improve their performance. Nowadays, this kind of cheating has a name-doping.
Just last month, Britains top sprinter1 Dwain Chambers and several American athletes tested positive for the drug THG. Until a coach secretly gave a sample of THG to scientists, no one knew how to test for it.
“Were like policemen chasing criminals-athletes are always adapting and looking for areas we havent investigated.” said Jacques de Ceaurriz, a French antidoping expert.
Since the first drugs test was at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, many cheats have been caught out. The most famous case in history is that of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson.
He broke the 100 metres world record in winning gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. But days later, he tested positive for drug use, lost his gold medal and was banned from the sport. Five years later, he returned to action, only to be found positive again and banned forever.
Sports organizations promised that cheating on this scale would not happen again.
Experts are also worried that doping can damage a persons health. It is believed to increase the risk of liver2 and kidney3 diseases, and women may experience reproductive problems.
As long as they can stay ahead of the scientists, it is unlikely the cheats will stop. But experts say there is a limit to what can be achieved-and that athletes will not be able to change their bodies using gene technology.
“For the moment, genetic doping does not exist,” said de Ceaurriz. “Even in 10 or 15 years it will not be done easily-the scientific community will not let it happen.”
【生词注释】
1. sprintern. 短跑运动员
2. livern. 肝
3. kidneyn. 肾；肾脏
根据短文内容，按照题目要求回答问题
1. Whats the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words )
2. Please fill in the blank in the fifth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(Please answer within 10 words)
3. What do you think of doping in the Olympic Games? Why?(Please answer within 30 words)
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through practice, or are great players “born, not made”? First, these players come from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate1. In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup-three from South America and three from Western Europe.-or a really great player-from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players began playing the game at the age of three or four.
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighourhood-a poor, crowded area where a boys dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, has one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a “ball” made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums2 of Belfast.
All great players have a lot in common, but that doesnt explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele.The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.
【生词注释】
1. imitatevt. 模仿，仿效；仿制，仿造
2. slumn. 贫民窟
根据短文内容，按照题目要求回答问题
1. What is the main idea of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words)
2. Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or sentence to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words.)
3. According to the passage, what are important factors that make a great player?
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
