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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Last summer Annabelle Jones and Claire Hippert, two 17-year-old English schoolgirls, decided to climb the Matter-horn, the famous snow-covered mountain in Switzerland. The Matter-horn is popular with mountain climbers because it is so difficult to climb. The girls first got the idea of a climbing a few years ago, when a well-known disabled(unable to use legs or arms, etc. )climber, Norman Croucher, gave a talk at their school. Norman lost both of his legs in a train accident when he was nineteen, but he has climbed some of the world's highest mountains with his artificial legs. Then the girls met a well-known mountainer called Turbo Thomas and he became their trainer. For the next two years he took them to climb in the Swiss Alps during the summer holidays and they trained very hard. "It wasn't easy," said Annabelle. "The weather was often a problem. Sometimes it was so cold that we didn't want to get out of bed, but Turbo dragged(拖)us to the foot of the mountain and made us climb. " The girls kept going and finally they were ready to try the Matter-horn. They made a date for the last week in August and traveled to Zermatt. They started to climb, but unluckily the weather beat them. "It rained every day so it was impossible to climb very far," said Claire. Are they disappointed(失望) "Of course not," said Annabelle. "I know we didn't get to the top, but we'll be back next summer to try again! Climbing is our life. " (1) Matter-horn is ________. A. an American B. an English schoolgirl C. a mountain in Switzerland D. a mountain climber [　　] (2) The girls first got the idea of climbing the mountain ________. A. after their teacher's talk B. from Norman Croucher C. with the help of Turbo Thomas D. when they saw a picture of the famous mountain [　　] (3) The underlined word "artificial" in the second paragraph means ________. A. man-made B. unable C. of art D. broken [　　] (4) The girls had a hard time in training because ________. A. the teacher was unkind B. their parents made them climb C. it was so hot D. the weather was bad [　　] (5) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A. The girls will give up climbing. B. If the girls don't climb the mountain, they will lose their life. C. Though it is hard to climb, the girls will try again. D. The heavy rain stopped them climbing to the top. [　　]

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答案：1．C ;2．B ;3．A ;4．D ;5．C ;