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{{U}}Peter Fern was mad on mountains{{/U}}. Climbing was the core of his life. Church towers, seaside cliffs, or ice mountains, anything -- "If it's there," he used to say, "then I want to climb it." So the news of his marriage gave me a surprise. I'd never known him to take much interest in girls. Well, well, Peter Fern was a married man! I couldn't get over it. I wondered whether his wife would try to stop some of his risky adventures.
From Chamonix he climbed Mount Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after! That was it, than: she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No Other explanation.
A month later I met them both in town. Anna surprised me because she was English. She was a dancer in the theatre. "I never climbed more than sixty steps in my life," she told me. "Peter has his interests, and I've got mine. No problems." "None at all," Peter said, smiling. "Where did you spend your honeymoon?" "I flew to New York to see the Drake Dancers on Broadway. A wonderful show!" Peter said, "Didn't want to miss the good weather. So I went to Switzerland and climbed the north face of the Eiger with Allen Dunlop. Grand place, a honeymoon! I'll show you the photographs we took one day."

单选题 "Peter Fern was mad on mountains" shows that ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】句意推测题。本题关键是理解这一句中mad的意思。通读全文，可知描述的都是Peter Fern对于登山的痴迷，并且这一句后直接指出Climbing was the core of his life(登山是他生活的核心)，由此不难推知mad的意思也就是说他酷爱登山(快到了疯狂的程度)，因此选[C]。

单选题 Peter Fern's risky adventures may include all the following EXCEPT ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】细节题。本题为细节比对题。文章第二段第一句中提到了[A]、[C]两项，第三段倒数第三句中提到了[B]项，它们都是Peter登上的山峰，属于adventures(冒险经历)。只有[D]属于他度蜜月时的一个消遣地，他在那里看的是演出，不属于冒险。

单选题 In the author's opinion, Peter Fern must have married for ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。文章第二段最后几句说明了作者的猜测：That was it: she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing，即他猜测Peter的妻子应当来自一个也爱好登山的法国家庭，与[C]一致。

单选题 According to the passage, after Peter's marriage he would ______.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】推理判断题。文章最后几句用直接引语交代了Peter在度蜜月的过程中，看完演出后又去登山的过程。结合文章主旨，可知Peter仍然保持着自己的爱好，故选[B]。