It was only in the eighteenth century that people Europe began to think mountains were beautiful .___36___ that time, mountains were ___37__ by the people living on the plains,__38___ by the city people, to whom they were wild and ___39___ places in which one was easily ___40___ or killed by terrible animals. Slowly ,however , many of the people who were living ___41__ in the towns began to grow tired of ___42___. They began to feel interested in looking for things that could not be explained , for sights and sounds which produce a feeling of fear and excitement .___43___in the __44___century, people began to turn away from the man-made __45___ to the untouched country, and particulary ___46___a place where it was dangerous and wild. High mountains began to be __47__ for a holiday. Then , mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport. To some people ,there is something greatly __48__about getting to the _49___ of a hight mountain . Struggling against nature is finer than a battle __50____ other human beings. And then, when you are at the mountain top after a long and difficult__51__, what a _52____ reward it is to be able to look _53___on everything within__54___! At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down__55____.
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:B
题目分析：文章介绍人们对山的看法的改变和登山运动的流行和好处。
小题1:考查介词：A.After在…后面B．In在…里面，C．At在…点，D．Before在…前面，在 18 世纪之前，人们对山的看法可不像那时那样。答案：D
小题2:考查动词：A.hated憎恨B．liked喜欢C．feared害怕D．observed观察， 根据 to whom they were wild and...可推知，山对平原和城市里的人来说是令人“害怕的”。 答案：C
小题3:考查副词：A.however然而B．further还有C．sometimes有时D．especially特殊，城里人更是“特别”害怕，因为他们相对于乡村中的人来说，所经历过的恶劣环境更少。答案：D
小题4:考查形容词：A.exciting兴奋的B．interesting有趣的C．dangerous危险的D．alone孤单的，根据后面的定语从句可知，这些地方是很“危险的”。另在第 11 个空格后的从句中也重现了该词。答案：C
小题5:考查词组：A.fallen down落下B．lost失去C．discovered发现D．caught抓住， be lost 意为“迷路”。由连词 or 可知，前面动作的执行者不是可怕的动物，故可排除 C、D，另据常识可排除 A。答案：B
小题6:考查形容词副词：A.unhappily不高兴地B．lonely孤单的C．comfortable 舒服的D．easily容易地，从 grow tired of对……变得厌倦以及下文可推知。答案：A
小题7:考查代词：A.them 他们B．it它 C．themselves他们自己D．that那个，这里的代词只能指代指前面的 towns。答案：A
小题8:考查副词：A.Yet然而B．So那么，因此，C．However然而D．But但是，由于前面的原因，导致后面的结果。答案：B
小题9:考查形容词：A.last最后的B．recent最近的C．eighteenth第18，D．early早，根据文章首句可知。答案：C
小题10:考查名词：A.country国家B．houses房子C．town城镇D．planet星球，离开人工建成的“市镇”到原始的地方去探险。答案：C
小题11:考查介词：与 to the untouched country 在结构上对等。答案：A
小题12:考查形容词：A.important重要的B．right对的C．necessary必要的D．popular受欢迎的， popular 意为“受人欢迎的”，从下句的 grow popular 中可得到暗示。答案：D
小题13:考查形容词：A.pleasant令人愉快的B．interested感兴趣的C．dangerous危险的D．terrible可怕的从 a struggle against nature is finer than...这段评注性短语中可推知，爬到山顶是一件“令人惬意”的事。答案：A
小题14:考查名词：A.foot脚B．spot地点C．top顶部D．tip尖头， A、B 不合语境。另外表示山顶时一般用 top，而不用 tip。答案：C
小题15:考查介词：A.with和…一起B．to去，C．against反对D．between在…之间， 与 a struggle against nature 在结构上对等。答案：C
小题16:考查动词：A.fight争吵B．climb攀爬C．walk走D．running跑， 到达山顶必须经过漫长的、艰难的“攀登”。 答案：B
小题17:考查形容词：A.surprising惊人的B．satisfactory令人满意的C．disappointing失望的D．astonishing惊人的，一切尽收眼底，该是多么“令人满意的”回报啊！余者明显与语境不符。答案：B
小题18:考查副词：A.behind 后面B．up向上 C．down向下D．around周围， 站在山顶上“向下”看，可以看见一切。答案：C
小题19:考查名词：A.miles英里B．minutes分钟C．seeing看见D．sight视野，一切都在“视域之内”。余者不合句意。答案：D
小题20:考查介词：A.above在…上面B．below在…下面，C．under在…下面D．away离开，此刻，你一定会觉得比在山“下面”更快乐、更自豪。under 偶尔也可作副词，但其含义是在正下方，在此不合语境。答案：B
点评：文章介绍人们对山的看法的改变和登山运动的流行和好处。文章层次分明结构严谨，立足语篇，侧重通过上下文信息考查考生的综合运用英语的能力，注重语篇的理解，学生平时要培养自己驾驭语篇的能力，培养自己根据语篇综合运用英语的能力。