Ⅱ.完形填空。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分)

　　Those who have a strong love for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women 16 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 17 on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity 18 men give their leisure.

　　Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to 19 , but it is this freedom from man-made rules 20 makes mountaineering interesting to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

　　If we compare mountaineering with other more 21 sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should not be 22 in this. There are, 23 , no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a 24 linked by a rope on which their lives may 25 , there is obviously teamwork.

　　The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of 26 . This sport requires high physical and mental 27 .

　　A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably 28 his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not 29 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains. They may take more time than younger men but they probably climb with more skill and less 30 of effort. They certainly experience equal enjoyment.

　　16. A. forbidden B. willing C. reluctant D. forced

　　17. A. take risks B. take shelter C. make fortunes D. make peace

　　18. A. in that B. so that C. for which D. to which

　　19. A. break B. follow C. deal with D. set up

　　20. A. what B. it C. that D. which

　　21. A. ignored B. examined C. practiced D. discussed

　　22. A. misunderstood B. mistaken C. disappointed D. disturbed

　　23. A. in short B. up to now C. of course D. on one hand

　　24. A. trip B. cliff C. stage D. step

　　25. A. depend B. decide C. build D. base

　　26. A. nature B. universe C. world D. environment

　　27. A. certainty B. safety C. quantities D. qualities

　　28. A. off B. after C. behind D. past

　　29. A. unclear B. unusual C. unlike D. unfair

　　30. A. storage B. concern C. waste D. usage

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