甘肃省部分普通中学2016高考新课标学能专业高阶测控特练试题 英语（二）
第一部分：阅读理解( 共两节，满分40分)
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Except for the Indians, the earliest backpackers in America were frontiersmen（边民），who traveled the wilderness looking either for necessities such as food and water or for sources of wealth such as fur and gold For them backpacking was a way of survival or a means of achieving what one day would be called the "American Dream".
Today, however, many people enjoy backpacking as an entertaining activity. Shouldering a pack and leaving behind the world of telephone, television and traffic promise an exciting experience. Testing one's stamina（耐力）and skills is challenging, and regaining a sense of one's place in the natural world can be rewarding.
Moreover, backpacking is an activity that can last any length of time and can be enjoyed alone or with friends. Then too, a backpacking trip may be organized within a day or two. The backpacker and his friends have only to decide on their destination and then organize the all-important equipment, whose contents they must depend on the trip. A map, a compass, a flashlight, along with food, and extra clothing can be found without much difficulty. Once the backpackers have left word about where they go in a note on the refrigerator door or in a message on an answering machine, they can look forward to an adventure that will lift the spirit and promote the soul. Their outing will enable them to return in a short time to the age of technology with the courage and independence of Natty Bumppo , who did indeed belong to the age of the frontier.
21. Early backpackers were interested in finding____.
A. activities in life B. daily necessities and wealth
C sense of their place in the world D means of he coming famous
22. One of the advantages of backpacking is that .
A. it is not so challenging as other activities
B. it does not require people to decide on a destination
C it can help people connect with nature
D it must be done in groups and can cure one's loneliness
23. The text mainly discusses____.
A the early backpackers
R how to be a backpacker
C. the future of backpacking
D. the reason for people's interest in backpacking
