We learn from the description of the Gibraltarian home that it is______.
A. modern
B. luxurious
C. stark
D. simple
听力原文: For many years, T-shirts were short sleeved undershirts only for men and boys. T-shirts used to 'be of one color—white. And since they were worn under shirts, they were generally not seen.
Today things have changed a lot. T-shirts has become colorful and fashionable. It can be seen almost everywhere and on everyone Women and children wear T-shirts as well as teenagers, university students and men from all walks of life. T-shirts are worn on the playground, on the beach or in town. They can also be worn for work. Because the T-shirts are relatively inexpensive, smart, comfortable and convenient to wear, they have become one of the newest ideas in fashion over the world.
Although T-shirts are now available in a wide variety of bright materials and styles, the most popular kind is the traditional cotton T-shirts with a slogan or a picture printed on the front. A T-shirt may bear a single word, a popular phrase, pictures of sportsmen, or an advertisement. As T-shirts are becoming more and more popular, new designs are coming up all the time.
When do people usually wear T-shirts?
A. When they take part in sports.
B. When they watch a film.
C. When they go shopping.
D. When they read a book.
Most young people enjoy physical activities, walking, cycling, football, or mountaineering.
These who have a passion 【26】______ climbing high and difficult mountains are often 【27】______ with astonishment. Why are men and women 【28】______ to suffer cold and hardship, and to 【29】______ on high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities 【30】______ which men give their leisure.
There are no man-made rules, as there are for 【31】______ games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kinds which it would be dangerous to 【32】______ , but it is this freedom from man-made rules 【33】______ makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own 【34】______ .
If we 【35】______ mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is 【36】______ mountaineering is not a "team work". However, it is only our misunderstanding. There are, in fact, no" matches" 【37】______ "teams" of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may 【38】______ , obviously, there is teamwork.
A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 【39】______ that are stronger and more powerful than man. His sport requires high mental and 【40】______ qualities.
A mountain climber 【41】______ to improve On skill Year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions 【42】______ in their early twenties. But it is not 【43】______ for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 【44】______ than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less 【45】______ of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
【26】
A. for
B. in
C. to
D. of
【39】
A. strength
B. storms
C. powers
D. forces