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　　Passage 9

　　The people of Saskatoon wanted the 1971 Canada Winter Games to be held in their city. But they had a problem. Saskatoon has never been considered a good place to ski. For skiing， you need slopes. And Saskatoon sits in the middle of a prairie， a wide area of level land.

　　How do you think the people solved their problem？ They built a mountain from the ground up！ When finished， it stood 300 feet high. A T-bar was set up to take skiers to the top. From there they could ski down the quarter-mile main run or the 50-meter ski jump.

　　And so athletes from all over Canada went to Saskatoon to take part in the games. They swam. They played badminton and other indoor games. They boxed and wrestled. And they skied！

　　1. Saskatoon is a Canadian ______.

　　A. province B. city C. town D. county

　　答案：B

　　to be held in their city 动词不定式被动式作定语。

　　2. Saskatoon wasn't a good place to go skiing because the countryside was too ______.

　　A. flat B. rocky C. dry D. cold

　　level 平坦的

　　flat 平坦的

　　答案：A

　　3. The people built a mountain mainly because they ______.

　　A. thought it would make the area more beautiful

　　B. wanted to go mountain-climbing

　　C. hoped to teach their children to ski

　　D. needed slopes for the Winter Games

　　mountain-climbing 爬山

　　答案：D 此题根据原句用排除法比较容易。

　　4. The height of the finished mountain was ______.

　　A. 50 metres B. a quarter of a mile

　　C. 300 feet D. 30 rods

　　答案：C

　　5. Besides skiing， sports events at the Winter Games included______.

　　A. boxing and wrestling B. swimming and polo

　　C. boating and fishing D. baseball and soccer

　　bar 栏杆

　　set sth. up： 摆放或竖起某物。

　　main run 主要的滑雪道

　　ski jump 跳高滑雪

　　badminton 羽毛球

　　wrestle 摔交

　　polo 马球

　　baseball 棒球

　　soccer 足球（美）

　　take part in 参加

　　答案：A

　　set sth. up： 摆放或竖起某物。

　　eg. Police set up road-blocks on routes leading out of the city.

　　警方在通往城外的路上设置了路障。

　　答题技巧之一：当定位关键句时出现长难句时，可先对问题的选项进行分析，用排除法缩小选择范围，后再根据原文意思进行判断、选择。

　　下次课内容：运用所学答题技巧预习 Passage 10 和 Passage 11.