【Anextremesportisapopulartermforcertainactivitiesregardedashavingahighlevelofdanger.Theseactivitiesofteninvolvespeedheightandahighlevelofphysicaleffort.Inthepastyoungathleteswouldplaybaseball.Todaythey】

　　Anextremesportisapopulartermforcertainactivitiesregardedashavingahighlevelofdanger.Theseactivitiesofteninvolvespeedheightandahighlevelofphysicaleffort. Inthepastyoungathleteswouldplaybaseball.Todaytheywantriskandexcitement—theclosertotheedgethebetter.Theysnowboardovercliffsandmountainsorbikedownsteepmountains.

　　Extremesportsstartedasanalternativetomoreexpensivesportssuchasgolf.Acitykidwhocouldn’taffordexpensivesportsequipmentcouldgetaskateboardandhavefun.Butnowithasbecomeawholenewareaofsportswithspecializedequipmentandhighlevelsofskill.ThereisevenanOlympicsforextremesportscalledthewinterX-gamewhichincludessnowmountainbikingandiceclimbing.

　　Whatmakesextremesportssopopular?Peoplelovetherisk.Citypeoplewanttobeoutdoorsontheweekendanddosomethingchallenging.Thenewequipmentissomuchbetterthatpeoplecantakemoreriskswithoutgettinghurt.Surethere’sarisk.Onceyougomountainbikingorsnowboardingit’simpossibletogobacktobikeridingorskiing.It’sjusttooboring.

　　Noweventheoldercrowdisstartingtojoinin.Everyweekendgroupsoffriendsintheirearly30sgettogether.Onweekdaystheyworkascomputerprogrammersinthesameoffice.Onweekendstheyrentmountainstogether.

　　Extremesportsarecertainlynotforeveryone.MostpeoplestillprefertoplaybasketballorwatchsportsonTV.Butithasbeenafactthatextremesportsaregaininginpopularity.

　　Nowadaysmoreandmoreyoungathletesaretakingpartintheriskyactivities.

　　66.AllthefollowingsportsareX-sportsEXCEPT_____.

　　A.ice-climbing B.snowboarding C.skiing D.mountain-biking

　　67.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecharacteristicofextremesports?

　　A.Risky. B.Challenging. C.Exciting. D.Unskilled.

　　68.Theunderlinedword“alternative”inParagraph3moreprobablymeans_____.

　　A.replacement B.activity C.equipment D.competition

　　69.Extremesportshavebecomesopopularbecause_____.

　　A.peoplecangetbetterequipmenttomak