Claire is 12 years old. She lives in Leicester. When she was seven years old, she started going on walks. She joined the Ramblers Association with her parents, Martin and Karen.

They took their two German shepherd dogs（牧羊犬）for walks. Claire says, “There are a lot of footpaths（小路）near where we live. Now we go walking all year round.”

Claire’s first big walk was the Leicestershire Round. It is 11 miles. 

When they joined the Ramblers, Claire’s dad thought some of the walks would be too much for her. But Claire made his dad Martin surprised. She was so great. Claire’s friends at school think she is a mad（疯狂的）girl. 

Claire says she loves being outside with her family. She loves seeing all the colors of the flowers and everything. And walking makes her so much healthy. She thinks it is a really good idea to get other kids of her age to walk. 

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1.How old is Claire?

A 5

B 7

C 12

D 14

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Claire是一个十二岁的姑娘，故选C。

2.Martin is Claire’s _______.

A father

B mother

C friend

D classmate

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知Martin不是她的父亲就是母亲；再根据第四段第二句“But Claire made his dad Martin surprised.”可确定Martin是Claire的父亲，故选A。

3.Claire’s father thought it was _______ for his daughter to walk when they joined the Ramblers.

A wonderful

B difficult

C good

D terrible

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第四段第一句她父亲的话“too much for her”可推知，她父亲刚开始担心这样的徒步行走对于Claire来说有困难，故选B。

4.Why does Claire love walking?

A Because she doesn’t like being at school.

B Because she doesn’t like her friends.

C Because she likes being with her family and seeing beautiful flowers.

D We don’t know.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据最后一段前两句可知，Claire喜欢徒步旅行是因为她喜欢和父母一起在外面看美丽的风景，故选C。

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A Claire’s parents didn’t join the Ramblers.

B Claire has only one shepherd dog.

C Claire thinks kids like her age should take walks.

D Claire’s friends at school don’t like her.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。最后一段最后一句是Claire的观点，即她认为同龄人都应该参与到这样的锻炼中来，与C内容吻合，故选C。