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Around the world more and more people are 1 dangerous sports and activities. Of course there have always been people who have 2 adventure 一those who have climbed the 3 mountains,explored unknown parts of the world or 4 in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now,however,there are people who look for an immediate pleasure from a (n) 5 activity, which may only last a few minutes or even 6 .I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You 7 from a high place about 200 metres above the ground with an elastic rope 8 to your ankles. You 9 at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from 10 the ground. It is said that 2 million people around the world have 11 bungee jumping. Other activities, 12most people would say are as dangerous as bungee jump-ing,13 jumping from tall buildings and 14 into the sea from the top of high rocks.

Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists (心理學(xué)家) suggest that it is because life in 15 society has become safe and boring. Not very long ago,people's lives were constantly under 16 . They had to go out and hunt for 17 ,and life was a continuous battle for survival.

Nowadays,according to many people,life offers 18 excitement. They live and work in relatively safe conditions;they buy food in shops;there are doctors and hospitals to 19 them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to 20 danger in activities such as bungee jumping.

1. A. escaping from   B. taking part in

   C. going in   D. taking in

2. A. looked up   B. looked into

   C. looked for   D. looked around

3. A. lowest   B. highest

   C. beautiful   D. wild

4. A. sailed   B. swam

   C. jumped   D. crossed

5. A. safe   B. excited

   C. funny   D. dangerous

6. A. years   B. seconds

   C. hours   D. days

7. A. jump   B. run

   C. walk   D. cross

8. A. followed   B. tied

   C. brought   D. took

9. A. go   B. run   C. fall   D. fly

10. A. falling   B. running

   C. flying   D. hitting

11. A. tried   B. looked for

   C. found   D. studied

12. A. that   B. which

   C. it   D. what

13. A. hold   B. include

   C. find   D. contain

14. A. swimming   B. running

   C. diving   D. sailing

15. A. old   B. modem

   C. past   D. formal

16. A. safety   B. imperfection

   C. threat   D. perfection

17. A. animals   B. food

   C. water   D. dangers

18. A. few   B. little   C. much   D. many

19. A. look at   B. look into

   C. look for   D. look after

20. A. look for   B. look after

   C. exploit   D. find out

Answer 1

2. C 3. B 4. A 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. B 19. D 20. A

1.解析:從本段后面所舉的例子來看， 此處說p是越來越多的人“參加”各種 危險的運動。take part in參加。

2. C 解析：look for adventure 表示“找尋冒險的刺激”。

3. B解析:爬最高的山才能稱得上“冒險'

4. A 解析：由 in small boats across the greatest oceans可知 sail 符合題意 

5-D 解析：由第二段第一句及其后的 12 most people would say are as dan-gerous as bungee jumping 可推知此處應(yīng) 用dangerous (危險的) 

6. B 解析：由 immediate,a few minutes 和 even可知B項符合題意。

7. A 解析：根據(jù) from a high place about 200 metres above tfie ground 可知 jump (跳) 正確。

8. B解析:tie表示“拴，綁”。

9. C解析:fall與jump相照應(yīng)。

10. D解析:hit the ground撞到地上。

11. A解析:據(jù)說世界上有兩百萬人嘗試 過蹦極這項運動。

12. B解析:which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，并 在從句中作主語，先行詞為other activities。

13. B解析：include在此作“包括”解，強 調(diào)整體中的具體某一部分。

14. C解析:從下文的into the sea可知此 處應(yīng)用diving。

15. B解析：從上下文來看，本文介紹的 是現(xiàn)代人所從事的活動，由此可推斷此 處用modem。

16. C解析:前面說現(xiàn)在人們的生活舒適 而乏味，與此相對職，過去人們外出狩 獵，生活時常處于危險中，故此處應(yīng) 用 threat。

17. B 解析：從 and life was a continuous battle for survival來看，此處說的是人 們外出“獵取食物”，故用food。

18. B解析:從下文可知“現(xiàn)在人們生活、 工作在相對安全的環(huán)境中”，與狩獵相 比，現(xiàn)代人的生活少了興奮，故用little。

19. D 解析：由 if they become ill 可知，此 處說的是“當(dāng)他們生病時有大夫和醫(yī)院 來照看他們”，故用look after。

20. A解析:該空所在句起到了總結(jié)全文的 作用。從整篇文章來看，此處說的是“對 于這些人來說，答案便是在像蹦極這樣的 運動中尋找危險”。look for尋找。