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资料：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 a game of some forms, 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 leisure.

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 thing that it would be dangerous to ignore, 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 men. 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 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 the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and their certainly experience equal enjoyment.

Mountaineering can be called a team sport because ___.

A.it is an Olympic event
B.teams compete against each other
C.mountaineers depend on each other while climbing
D.there are 5 climbers on each team

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答案： C

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【关键词】mountaineering;team sport

【主题句】第4自然段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.如果我们比较登山运动和其他比较熟悉的运动，我们可能会认为一个很大的区别就是登山不是一个“团队游戏”。我们应该是误解了。这是真的，在登山队之间没有“比赛”，但是，当攀岩者们被一根绳索连接在一块岩石上时，他们的生命可能会依赖于一根绳子，这显然是团队合作。

【解析】本题的问题是“登山可以被称作一项团队运动的原因是什么？”。选项A意为“这是一个奥运赛事”；选项B意为“球队相互竞争”；选项C意为“登山者在攀登时依靠其他人”；选项D意为“每队有5名登山者”。

根据主题句可知，登山者在登山的时候需要依靠团队合作，故选C。