Germans have a word wanderlust which translated into English would be ‘the desire to wander'． Nowadays the chance to travel is endless． Thanks to cheap air tickets， travelling abroad is very easy and sometimes it's even cheaper to fly out of the country than to travel within your own． So， yes， travelling is cheap but there have to be other reasons to travel and you've right， there are plenty!

I have always had this feeling of wanderlust． It started from me wanting to explore my local woods at the back of my garden as a young girl and as I have grown， so has my sense of adventure． And I found my local woods being replaced with the Brazil wetland， Pantanal， where I went last summer in search of jaguars， snakes and crocodiles． The thing with travelling is it's always different． Even if you went to the same country， to the same town and stayed in the exact same hotel it would be a completely different experience． The people you meet will be different， and they will tell you their own travelling stories： stories of holiday romance， holiday worries and stories that seem so outrageous that you can hardly believe them until something similar happens to you．

Or maybe the difference is you？ Maybe you have changed since last time you were there？ And that's the thing with travelling - it changes you． When you travel you are forced to experience a new culture． Whether it's eating guinea pig， or staying with a family where neither of you speak a common language and you have to communicate through hand actions and smiles， the experience gives me itchy feet to do it all again． And although wanderlust is a German word， the English idiom "to have itchy feet" has a similar idea． Someone who has itchy feet needs to leave or travel． This desire to explore is found not only in language but in us．

8. According to Paragraph 2， what is the most important part of travelling？ ______

A．You can have different experiences．

B．You can hear many travelling stories．

C．You will experience holiday romance．

D．You are able to take more adventures．

9. The underlined word "outrageous" in Paragraph 2 probably means ______ ．

A．interesting	B．surprising
C．moving	D．disappointing

10. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to？ ______

A．Staying with a family without common languages．

B．Communicating through hand actions and smiles．

C．Eating guinea pig with a family．

D．Experiencing a different culture．

11. The writer wrote the passage in order to ______ ．

A．give various reasons for travelling

B．encourage people to travel abroad

C．explain the German word "wanderlust"

D．share the writer's travelling experiences

Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be game of some kind football, hockey, golf, or tennis. It may be mountaineering.

Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their relaxation.

Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore (忽略), but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier (滑雪者) is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

12. The main difference between a sport and a game lies in ______.

A．activity

B．uniform

C．rules

D．skills

13. Mountaineering can be called a team sport because ______.

A．mountaineers depend on each other while climbing

B．teams compete against each other

C．it is an Olympic event

D．there are five climbers on each team

14. Mountaineers compete against ______.

A．each other	B．nature
C．other teams	D．international standards

15. Which of the following might be the best title?

A．How to Climb High Mountains	B．Mountain Climbers
C．Challenging Sports Activities	D．Mountaineering