I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13 . My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to EL Capitan, a 36 rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew 37 I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion ever since— 38 the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my 39 .
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of 40 , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s 41 me why visitors started respecting the place 42 and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried 43 trash myself, but the job was too big. I would 44 an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so 45 it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew 46 about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a 47 . On that day, more than 300 people 48 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to 49 . I couldn’t believe the 50 we made —the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and 51 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people 52 about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by 53 rather than complaining. We need to teach by 54 . You can’t blame others 55 you start with yourself.
A．narrow B．loose C．distant D．huge
A．gradually B．recently C．immediately D．finally
A．describing B．climbing C．imagining D．painting
A．lab B．palace C．garden D．home
A．waste B．goods C．material D．resources
A．over B．within C．beyond D．against
A．less B．least C．more D．most
A．breaking down B．digging out C．throwing away D．picking up
A．wait B．spend C．kill D．save
A．tired of B．used to C．satisfied with D．delighted in
A．everything B．nothing C．something D．anything
A．picnic B．concert C．cleanup D．party
A．looked around B．called back C．dropped out D．showed up
A．accomplish B．overcome C．demand D．receive
A．contact B．difference C．plan D．visit
A．covered B．designed C．crossed D．measured
A．argue B．quarrel C．talk D．complain
A．questioning B．watching C．doing D．thinking
A．example B．research C．method D．explanation
A．when B．unless C．although D．if
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One afternoon I toured an art museum and I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpieces(名作) A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me talked between themselves. I watched them a moment and she was doing all the talking.
I admired his patience for up with her talkativeness. Annoyed by their noise, I moved on.
I with them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. I heard her constant flood of words, I moved quickly. I was making a purchase(购买) at the counter of the gift shop when I the couple approaching(靠近) the exit. Before they left, the man took out a and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a vow(发誓) that his life wouldn’t . So, as before he and his wife come in there’s a new art show.”
“But does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see! You’re . He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said.. “His wife each painting so he can see it in his .”
I something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the of a young wife describing paintings to a person without and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life. And I saw the love by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
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Late one night, a thief crept into a wealthy merchant’s house. He was a young thief, without . In fact, this was his first professional appearance. So he had planned everything .
All went marvelously well at first. He found, as he expected , an open window and got into the room . But, stepping his way through the room, he stubbed (碰到) his bare toe against a table leg. Choking back a cry of , terrified of waking the merchant, he hit himself the forehead and called himself a fool. He had forgot to bring a light.
In the darkness, however , he was able to see an oil lamp on the table, and it, then he gave a of relief. As he picked up the lamp, a small spider came out from under its .
“Thank you for saving my life,” said the spider. “Before he went to bed, the merchant set this lamp down on top of me so I couldn’t . If you hadn’t come along, I wouldn’t have lasted the night; indeed, I’d have extremely uncomfortable situation for a long time.”
“You have saved a life and shown , ”the spider went on, although the impatient thief said he had not intended to do so. “Better yet, you have done so without the least thought or hope of . You have gained more merits (优点) than you could possibly imagine.”
“But you’re only a spider,” said the thief.
“And you’re only a .” said the spider. “My dear friend, when you understand that life is life, whether on eight or two , you will have understood much. Your deed, in any case, has got rid of the bad things from your heart. Go from here with a fresh spirit. And good luck to you.”
The thief did so and never thought to again.
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完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分）
I was waiting for a phone call from my ____ . He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be _____ _.I called him several times, ____ _ each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he ______ call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was ____ _ no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more_____ _. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was _____ _ with that _____ . I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"
At that time I didn't realize my wife was____ _. Without showing her surprise, she____ _ in, seized the phone, tore off the ____ _, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone!" And she _____ it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, _____ _. What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the ______ of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room—______ _ you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!".
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said _____ _, "Honey, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.
After watching a _____ __ woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything _____ _, I noticed that something in my ______ had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been____ crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
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For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me . But then it tore us apart.
My best friend lives three minutes from my . Since her is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her when I turned 16 in December.
And so I her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream , went shopping and to the movies ---- all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so that she gave me a to her house.
A week after I got my license，she was with me I had my first accident. She was there and me and we kept it a , since I didn’t want people to . From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of , but I couldn’t for a long time we became so distant(疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its , the passenger seat of my car became . Our car trips became less frequent I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.
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Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime. Time magazine her as the “Dancer of the Century” in 1998. The Martha Graham Dance Company still performs her dances.
After fourteen, Martha’s family moved to California. Along the way, Martha enjoyed the wide, open spaces of . So the free, expressive movements of modern dance were influenced by the beauty of nature.
Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know she would become a . Her family was very religious. The upper class did not accept dance as an art form.
, in 1910, Martha’s father took her to see a dance performance, which then her.
Martha’s parents, however, did not her sudden desire to dance. Martha just followed her of dancing. She attended the dance school, working hard as to improve her ability to dance. She her body to become strong enough to meet the difficult demands of dance. In order to herself freely, she decided to set up her own dance and school, called the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
Martha enjoyed having her students to perform her dances. She a dance called “Heretic” in 1929. She wore all white and danced a wall of dancers wearing all black. In 1936, her dance “Chronicle” expressed sadness and loneliness. Showing strong in dance then was very rare. At first, people did not well to her style of dancing with strong and sharp movements, and very different from European ballet. Some of the movements contracting(收缩) and releasing parts of the body.
In 1938, President Roosevelt’s wife invited Martha to at the White House. A dance “American Document” was created. She later danced there for seven other presidents.
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