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Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22^nd---Two mountain climbers surprisingly survived (幸免于) a fall of over 500 feet on the 25,530-foot mountain in Pakistan, Saturday. The two climbers were climbing an ice-covered wall of the mountain when they suddenly lost their footing and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(懸崖突出部分) below. “We were lucky that ledge was there,” said the climbers, “Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet.” If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers almost certainly have met their death. “It’s a wonder,” the climbers said, “that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion(緩沖) our fall. We’re thankful that we survived.”
When a reporter asked them if they planned to give up mountain climbing after their narrow escape(九死一生), the two climbers replied, “Not at all. We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we get out of the hospital.”
小題1:The mountain climbers survived because _____.

A．they had fallen only 500 feet down

B．of the ledge and the loose snow on it

C．of their strong bodies

D．they were very good climbers

小題2:If there had not been the snow-covered ledge, _____.

A．they wouldn’t have fallen down

B．they would have them wounded

C．they would have lost their lives

D．they would fall into the deep snow

小題3: How high was the ledge from the foot of the mountain?

A．2,560 feet high	B．2,000 feet high
C．25,530 feet high	D．More than 1,400 feet high

小題4:Choose the right order which shows what happened to the two climbers.
a. talked with a reporter           b. lost their footing 
c. was sent to a hospital           d. fell to a ledge     
e. started to climb an ice-covered wall

A．b-d-c-e-a

B．e-d-b-c-a

C．e-b-d-c-a

D．a-c-b-d-e

小題5:What are the two climbers going to do when they get well again?

A．To go ahead with the climbing

B．To give up mountain climbing

C．To write an article for the newspaper

D．To return to the snow-covered ledge

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了在巴基斯坦伊斯蘭堡兩爬山運動員在25,530英尺高的山上跌落了500多英尺后幸存下來。當人們問是否他們會放棄爬山，他們說一旦他們離開了醫院他們就會回到那里繼續爬山。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文第一段that we landed on the ledge, and the snow was loose enough to cushion(緩沖) our fall描述，可知他們落在懸崖的突出部分，雪又足夠的松軟緩沖了我們的跌落。故選B。
小題2:細節理解題。根據第一段If the ledge had not been there, the two climbers almost certainly have met their death.描述，可知如果沒有懸崖的突出部分，那兩個爬山人幾乎就會喪命，故選C。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據第一段they suddenly lost their footing and fell about 560 feet to a narrow snow-covered ledge(懸崖突出部分) below.和 Otherwise, we would have fallen over 2,000 feet描述，他們跌落了560英尺，如果不是懸崖的突出部分他們將跌落2000英尺，可知懸崖的突出部分距離是2000-560=1440，故選D
小題4:細節理解題。根據短文描述的事件順序，故選C
小題5:細節理解題。根據第二段We’ll be going back up there just as soon as we get out of the hospital.描述，當我們離開了醫院我們會回到那里，故選A