24. The passage states that before the 1850s,...
A) people only climbed for research purposes.
B) mountain climbing cost a lot of money.
C) one had to pay in order to climb mountains.
D) climbing was not regarded as a hobby.
25. British People in general first paid attention to mountaineering when ...
A) a man made a series of speeches on the subject
B) Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time
C) the Alpine club was initially founded in London
D) Dr Paccard climbed Mont Bianc In 1786
26. It is implied that European climbers first started climbing mountains outside Europe...
A) so that they could make field maps of other areas
B) as they wanted to climb previously unclimbed mountains
C) because the Alps in Europe took far too long to climb
D) once they had been inspired by Albert Smith's lectures
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 27-28 in the text.
Before 1900, very few people died of heart disease. Since then, heart disease ... (27) the number one killer in the United States. The age of technology has made life easier and made people more .:. (28) to heart disease. Before the Industrial Revolution, most people made their living through
some sort of manual labor. Walking was the major means of transportation. Laundry was scrubbed and wrung by hand. Stairs were climbed, carpets were beat, and butter was churned.
27. A) becomes B) will become
C) has become D) became
28. A) successful B) willing C) reluctant D) susceptible
Read the text. Then choose the correct answer for the gaps 29-31 in the text.
Desert Regions Deserts are Earth's driest places, with hardly any (29).... That might sound like a nice climate, but it is very difficult (30)... in regions where water is scarce. A quarter of our world is made up of deserts, the biggest one being the Sahara Desert in (31)... northern Africa. During the day, deserts can be scorchingly hot. At night, they can get incredibly cold.
29. A) rainfall B) sandstorm
C) snowflake D) waterfall
30. A) live B) to live C) living D) having lived
31. A) a B)the C) - D) an
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