Question

    When you picture mountain climbers scaling(攀登) Mount Everest, what probably comes to mind are teams of climbers equipped with oxygen masks, supplies and tents. And in most cases you'd be right, as 97 per cent of climbers use oxygen to ascend(登上) to Everest's summit at 8,848 metres above sea level.

But Kilian Jornet Burgada ascended the mountain in May 2017 alone, without an oxygen mask or fixed ropes for climbing.

Oh, and he did it in 26 hours.

Born in 1987, Kilian has been training for Everest his whole life. And that really does mean his whole life, as he grew up 2,000 metres above sea level in the Pyrenees in the ski resort in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. While other children his age were learning to walk, Kilian was on skis. At one and a half years old he did a five-hour hike with his mother, entirely under his own steam(精力，力气). He left his peers(同龄人) even further behind when he climbed his first mountain. By age seven, he had scaled a 4,000 metres mountain.

He was 13 when he started to take it 'seriously' and trained with the Ski Mountaineering Technical Centre in Catalonia, entering competitions and working with a coach. At 18, he took over his own ski-mountaineering and trail-running training. He does as many as 1,140 hours of endurance training a year, plus strength training and technical workouts as well as specific training in the week before a race.

All this is thanks to his childhood in the mountains and to genetics(遗传基因), but it is his mental strength that sets him apart. He often sets himself challenges to see how long he can endure difficult conditions in order to truly understand what his body and mind can cope(处理,应对) with.

It would take a book to list all the races and awards he has won and the mountains he has climbed.

1.How many climbers don't use oxygen when they ascend to Everest's summit?

A.3%. B.18%. C.26%. D.97%.

2.The writer wants us to know ________ in Paragraph 4.

A.Kilian's birthplace is a ski resort

B.Kilian has been training for Everest for many years

C.Kilian liked climbing mountains in his early childhood

D.Kilian showed his great gift in mountain climbing when he was young

3.The underlined words sets him apart in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.

A.使他勇敢 B.使他出众 C.将他消灭 D.将他重创

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述凯利安在2017年不用氧气攀登上珠穆朗玛峰顶峰的故事。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段“97 per cent of climbers use oxygen to ascend(登上) to Everest's summit at 8,848 metres above sea level”97%的攀登者登上珠穆朗玛峰顶峰都使用氧气，可知3%的人不用氧气。故选A。

2.

推理判断题。根据第四段“Born in 1987, Kilian has been training …as he grew up 2,000…While other children his age were learning to walk…At one and a half years old he did a five-hour hike … He left his peers even further behind when he climbed his first mountain. By age seven, he had scaled a 4,000 metres mountain”可知此段主要讲述凯利安年轻的时候在攀登上的天赋和才能。故选D。

3.

词义猜测题。根据前文“He left his peers(同龄人) even further behind”，“his mental strength”以及“He often sets himself challenges to see how long he can endure difficult conditions in order to truly understand what his body and mind can cope with”他的心里的力量，他经常挑战自己忍受困难的处境为了真正的明白自己的身体和心里能应对什么，可知“ sets him apart ”表示是使他与众不同，使他出众。故选B。