单选题 Peter Fern was mad on mount. 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 (冒险).
From Chamonix he climbed Mont Blanc on his seventeenth birthday, and one of the Aifuilles the day after! That was it, then: she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. No doubt. No other explanation (解释).
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 honey- moon! I'll show you the photographs we took one day./

单选题 "Peter Fern was mad on mountain" shows that ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题为细节题，主要考察对开篇第一句话的理解，文章后一句Climbing was the core of his life. 也是对前句的补充，同时也可通过阅读全文米正确理解首句。
单选题 Peter Fern's risky adventures may include all the following EXCEPT ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】本题为否定性命题，前三项均为Peter爬过的山，而D是他妻子去的。
单选题 In the author's opinion, Peter Fern must have married for ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题为细节题，答案可参见文章第二段中That was it, then: she was French, from a family, most of whom like climbing. 表达了作者的猜测。
单选题 According to the passage, after Peter's marriage he would ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题为推理性问题，指文中未明显提出但可以推断出的信息。选择项A，C，D均与文章内容相悖，故选择为B。