Ⅰ.阅读理解
Dangerous as they are, extreme sports remain appealing among many Australian young people! Camp Extreme is the perfect test of your heart.
Kite Surfing
It's the exciting mixture of kite, board and waves. The idea of using a kite to accelerate speed seems like a new challenge, yet the art of kite flying dates back to the 13thcentury China when it was used as a simple means of transport.
Catch a wind and you're moving—up, down and across the surf. “It's always exciting. You'd jump 5 feet or 35 feet. You never know if you're going to go up in the air, and your heart is just going boom, boom, boom.”
Coasteering
It is by far the best activity and the event that everyone is still talking about. This is exploring the coastline without worrying about a coastal path or finding a rocky bay blocking your route. You climb, dive and swim from one place to another. With coasteering, you don't have to be able to swim as the wet suit and buoyancy (浮力) aid will keep you floating when you are in the water.
Sky Diving
Traditional parachuting (跳伞) doesn't sound risky enough. So now sky diving is the name for jumping from a plane and listening to your heart beating heavily as you move fast towards earth before you open your parachute at the last moment.
Mountain Biking
It's been around so long that bikers are no longer satisfied with just going up and down a mountain. Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles offroad, often over rough land, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but include features designed to improve strength and performance in rough areas.
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语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了四种体育项目，都是对自我的一种挑战，极限训练营中可以体验这四种项目。
1．All the four extreme sports are mainly intended to test one's .
A．heart beat B．physical health
C．potential strength D．courage
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知，虽然极限运动是危险的运动，但它们仍然吸引了许多澳大利亚的年轻人，极限训练营是对你内心的极佳考验。所以它们都是对人们勇气的挑战。
2．Which of the following sports can be the most risky?
A．Kite surfing. B．Coasteering.
C．Sky diving. D．Mountain biking.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第五段内容可知，传统意义上的跳伞听起来并不是那么冒险，但现在的“高空跳伞”是指从飞机上跳下来，快速向地面俯冲，体验心跳加速，并且直到最后一刻才打开降落伞。
3．We can infer from the passage that .
A．kites were the main means of transport in China
B．swimming skills play a key role in coasteering
C．parachuting is the least popular sport at present
D．mountain biking requires more than riding common bikes
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles offroad，often over rough land，using specially adapted mountain bikes.可知，山地自行车运动，用的是特制的越野自行车，走在崎岖的路上。故D项(山地自行车运动比普通的自行车运动需要更多的技能)符合题意。
