Mostyoungpeopleenjoysomeformofphysicalactivity.Itmaybewalking,cyclingorswimming,orinwinter,skatingorskiing.Itmaybeagameofsomekind—football,hockey,golf,ortennis.Itmaybemountaineering.

Thosewhohaveapassionforclimbinghighanddifficultmountainsareoftenlookeduponwithastonishment.Whyaresomemenandwomenwillingtosuffercoldandhardship,andtotakerisksinhighmountainsThisastonishmentiscaused,probably,bythedifferencebetweenmountaineeringandotherformsofactivitytowhichmengivetheirleisure.

Mountaineeringisasportandnotagame.Therearenoman-maderules,asthereareforsuchgamesasgolfandfootball.Thereare,however,rulesofadifferentkindwhichitwouldbedangeroustoignore,butitisthisfreedomfromman-maderulesthatmakesmountaineeringattractivetomanypeople.Thosewhoclimbmountainsarefreetousetheirownmethods.

Ifwecomparemountaineeringandothermorefamiliarsports,wemightthinkthatonebigdifferenceisthatmountaineeringisnotateamgame.Wemaywellbemistakeninthis.Thereare,itistrue,no”matches”between“team”ofclimbers,butwhenclimbersareonarockface,linkedbyaropeonwhichtheirlivesmaydepend,thereisobviouslyteamwork.

Themountainclimberknowsthathemayhavetofightforcesthatarestrongerandmorepowerfulthanman.Hehastofighttheforcesofnature.Hissportrequireshighmentalandphysicalqualities.

ItisnotunusualformenoffiftyorsixtytoclimbthehighestmountainsintheAlps.Theymaytakemoretimethanyoungermen,buttheyprobablyclimbwithmoreskillandlesswasteofeffort,andtheycertainlyexperienceequalenjoyment.

1.Whichofthefollowingisnota“teamgame”

A.Football

B.Hockey

C.Tennis

D.Mountaineering

2.Toignoretherulesofmountaineeringwould___________.

A.bedangerous

B.notdoanyharm

C.helptheclimberstoclimbfaster

D.givetheclimbersmorefreedominthecourseofclimbing

3.Accordingtotheauthor,manypeopleareattractedbymountaineeringbecause__________.

A.itisbothdangerousandexciting

B.thereisgoldonsomemountainpeaks