Is there a strange something high up in the world's tallest mountains? If so, is it a big
bear（熊）? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?
No one knows. This mystery（谜）has puzzled（困惑）the world for years.
In 1887, a mountain climber found large footprints（脚印）in the snow. They looked like the footprints of a very large man. But men don't walk without shoes in the snow!
In 1906, another climbers saw mere than footprints. Far off. he saw a very large animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran very quickly.
Fifteen years later, newspapers, had new stories about the "something". A mountain climber said he had seen the "snow man" walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large man.
From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of large footprints. ]he pictures showed clearly that the Snowman walked on two legs, So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape（猿）man? The mystery GREw! And the mystery keeps growing. Someday we may find out just what it is that makes the large footprints.
(1) The passage is about ________.
A. some mountain climbers B. some strange animals
C. some large footprints D. the mystery of the Snowman
(2) Why were people interested in the footprints?
A. They were footprints of a large bear.
B. They looked like the footprints of a large man.
C. They were found in the snow.
D. They were found in the world's tallest mountains.
(3) The pictures of large footprints were taken by a mountain climber in________.
A. 1887 B. 1906 C. 1921 D. 1951
(4) Why did the mystery grow when a mountain climber brought back pictures of large
footprints?
A. They were footprints of an ape man.
B. They were footprints of a snow man.
C. The pictures showed clearly how the Snowman walked.
D. The pictures showed clearly how an ape man walked on two legs.
(5) Since a mountain climber first found the large foot prints in the snow, the mystery of the Snowman has puzzled the world for ________ years.
A. one hundred and fourteen B. ninety-five
C. eighty D. fifty
Key: (1) — (5) DBDCA
