字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 Bungeejumpingisnotanewactivity.MenonPentecostIslandintheSouthPacifichavebeendoinglandjumpingforhundredsofyears.Thementielongvines(藤)fromplantsaroundtheirankles(踝关节).Theyspenddaysbuildingtalltowe
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Bungeejumpingisnotanewactivity.MenonPentecostIslandintheSouthPacifichavebeendoinglandjumpingforhundredsofyears.Thementielongvines(藤)fromplantsaroundtheirankles(踝关节).Theyspenddaysbuildingtalltowe
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Bungeejumpingisnotanewactivity.MenonPentecostIslandintheSouthPacifichavebeendoinglandjumpingforhundredsofyears.Thementielongvines(藤)fromplantsaroundtheirankles(踝关节).Theyspenddaysbuildingtalltowersoutofvinesandlogs(圆木).Thentheyjumpoffthem.
Accordingtotheirbeliefs,thefirstlanddiverwasawoman.Shedecidedtorunawayfromherrudehusband.Sosheclimbedupatalltreeandtiedsomevinesaroundherfeet.Herhusbandalsoclimbedupthetreeandtriedtocatchher,butthewomanjumpedandthemanfollowed.Thevinessavedherlife,butherhusbanddied.
ThisancientcustomcaughttheinterestofsomestudentsatOxfordUniversityinEngland.Inthelate1970s,theyformedagroupcalledtheDangerousSportsClub.Theyweresomeofthefirstpeopletotestseveralofwhatarenowcalledextremesports.Theyaresaidtohaveinventedmodernbungeejumping.
Inthespringof1979,membersofthegroupjumpedofftheCliftonSuspensionBridgeinBristol,England.Theywereattachedtothebridgebyabungeecord,alongelasticropethatstretches.ThegroupsoonreceivedevenmoreattentionwhentheyorganizedabungeejumpofftheGoldenGateBridgeinSanFrancisco,California.
AmannamedA.J.HackettofNewZealanddecidedtomakethesportintoabusiness.Hestarteddevelopingbungeeropesandmaterialwithafriend.Theyheldamajorjumpin1987offthefamousEiffelTowerinParis,France.TheylatergotpermissiontoopenthefirstbungeejumpingoperationontheKawarauBridgeinQueenstown,NewZealand.Manypeoplepaid75dollarstojumpoffthebridgewithabungeecordattachedtotheirankles.
小题1:Thesecondparagraphtriestotellus________________.

A.astoryaboutawomanlanddiver
B.thebeginningofmodernbungeejumping
C.thebeginningoflandjumpingonPentecostIsland
D.astoryaboutabravewomanandherrudehusband
小题2:Theunderlinedwordtheminthefirstparagraphrefersto__________.A.plantsB.talltowersC.vinesD.logs小题3:TheDangerousSportsClubfirstcaughtpeople’sattentionwhentheyjumpedoff_________.A.theE

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