PASSAGE 28

Just as some men like to play football or cricket, similarly some men like to climb mountains. This is often very difficult to do, for mountains are not just big hills. Paths are usually very steep. Some mountain sides are straight up and down, so it may take many hours to climb as little as one hundred feet. There is always the danger that you may fall off and be killed or injured. Men talk about conquering a mountain. It is a wonderful feeling to reach the top of a mountain after climbing for hours and may be, even days. You look down and see the whole country below you. You feel god-like. Two Italian prisoners of war escaped from a prison camp in Kenya during the war. They did not try to get back to their own country, for they knew that was impossible. Instead, they climbed to the top of Mount Kenya, and then they came down again and gave themselves up. They had wanted to get that feeling of freedom that one has, after climbing a difficult mountain.

1. Some men like to climb mountains because
A) they do not like to play football or cricket.
B) they want to have a wonderful feeling.
C) they know the trick of climbing.
D) they like to face danger.

2. To climb mountains is often difficult because
A) mountains are big hills.
B) it consumes more time.
C) prisoners often escape from camps and settle there.
D) paths are steep and uneven.

3. It is a wonderful feeling …… . ‘IT’ refers to
A) the steep path
B) to reach the top of a mountain
C) the prisoner
D) mountaineering

4. Two Italian prisoners escaped from the camp and climbed on the top of Mount Kenya
A) to get the feeling of freedom
B) to escape to Italy
C) to gain face as mountaineers
D) none of the above

5. Mountaineering is not a very popular sport like football or cricket because
A) it may take many hours or days.
B) there are no spectators in this sport.
C) people do not want to enjoy a god-like feeling.
D) none of the above

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