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　　2010届高考第二轮复习英语阅读理解专项练习十（含解析）
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　　Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday, Viesturs bee the only American to b to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
　　His last hip Mount Annapurna, in Asia’s snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start bing.
　　"It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous," said Viesturs. "There’s no simple way to b it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain."
　　In high school, Viesturs read French ber Maurice Herzog’s tale of bing the icy Annapurna. Herzog’s story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs was hooked right away.
　　Viesturs got his start on Washington’s Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the world’s highest peaks. Finally, he’s done.
　　The pioneering ber talt mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. "You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you b it," said Viesturs. "If we have the patience and the respect, and if we’re here at the right time, under the right stances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to e down."
　　What’s next for a man who can’t stop bing? "I’m going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer," says Viesturs. But for a man who’s bed the world’s 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
　　1. What record has Ed Viesturs set?
　　A. He has succeeded in bing to the world’s 14th highest mountain.
　　B. He has been to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
　　C. He has bee the first to b to the height of 26,545feet.
　　D. He has bee the first man to b to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
　　2. The underlined word “hooked”in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”.
　　A. frightened B. discouraged C. interested D. upset
　　3. The author used Viestures’words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that ______.
　　A. mountain bing is a dangerous sport
　　B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
　　ountain bing needs more skills than physical energy
　　D. those who lintain bing won’t stop bing
　　4. What’s the next probably plan of Viestures?
　　A. Stopping bing and staying with his family.
　　B. bing to the top of the world’s 14 tallest mountains again.
　　C. bing another one of the highest mountains.
　　D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
　　B