I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, hen 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 rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion(钟爱） ever since— the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my .
A bout 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ,like toilet paper, beer cans,and empty boxes, round the area. It’s me why visitors started respecting the place and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried trash （垃圾） myself, but the job was too big. I would an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew about organizing any big event. But in 2004,together with some climbers, I set a date for a .On that day, more than 300 people .Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to .I couldn’t believe the 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 132 miles of roadway.
I often hear people about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by rather than complaining. We need to teach by .You can’t blame others you start with yourself.
A．distant B．huge C．narrow D．loose
A．immediately B．finally C．gradually D．recently
A．imagining B．painting C．describing D． climbing
A．garden B．home C．lab D．palace
A．material B．resources C．waste D．goods
A．beyond B．against C．over D．within
A．more B．most C．less D．least
A．throwing away B．picking up C．breaking down D．digging out
A．kill B．save C．wait D．spend
A．satisfied with B．delighted in C．tired of D．used to
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．cleanup B．party C．picnic D．concert
A．dropped out B．showed up C．looked around D．called back
A．demand B．receive C．accomplish D．overcome
A．plan B．visit C．contact D．difference
A．crossed B．measured C．covered D．designed
A．talk B．complain C．argue D．quarrel
A．doing B．thinking C．questioning D．watching
A．method B．explanation C．example D．research
A．although B．if C．when D．unless
A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone（区域）, when a 36 came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of 37 to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you 38 me a little bit over the speed limit（限制）. I was in a rush to get 39 , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too 40 when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”
The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started 41 something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the policeman was 42 writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving 43 so far, the policeman came to his window, 44 him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this 45 going to be? However, the man was 46 it was not a ticket at all and he began to 47 :
“I had a daughter who was 48 by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in 49 , and then was free, free to hug（拥抱） his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to 50 until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to 51 that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be52 when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”
The man was completely 53 and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove 54 , even a few miles 55 the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.
A．truck B．mail car C．police car D．taxi
A．excuses B．information C．advice D．views
A．remembered B．recognized C．mistook D．caught
A．to school B．home C．out D．to hospital
A．well B．happy C．free D．healthy
A．writing B．looking for C．listing D．looking up
A．even B．really C．still D．never
A．insurance B．license C．journal D．route
A．sent B．handed C．rewarded D．pushed
A．paper B．note C．ticket D．notice
B．upset C．angry D．surprised
A．laugh B．smile C．read D．think
A．hit B．knocked C．trapped D．killed
A．fear B．trouble C．prison D．danger
A．wait B．stay C．remain D．escape
A．attack B．forgive C．educate D．support
A．honest B．thankful C．patient D．careful
A．disappointed B．nervous C．shocked D．frightened
A．quickly B．slowly C．fortunately D．rapidly
A．under B．over C．to D．with
Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 33 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 34 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 35 , he loaded his family into the car and 36 them to see family members in Canada with a 37 ,“there are more important thins in life than money. ”
The 38 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 39 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 40 that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. 41 , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they 42 was how warm the people were in the house and how 43 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 44 hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing 45in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 46 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 47 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The 48 is telling the stories in a way children can 49 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that 50 , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s 51 , and make eye contact（接触）to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children5u 52 they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”
A．missed B．lost C．forgot D．ignored
A．when B．while C．how D．why
A．friendless B．worthless C．penniless D．homeless
A．hope B．promise C．suggestion D．belief
A．tale B．agreement C．arrangement D．report
A．large B．small C．new D．grand
A．surprised B．annoyed C．disappointed D．worried
A．Therefore B．Besides C．Instead D．Otherwise
A．talked about B．cared about C．wrote about D．heard about
A．much B．many C．little D．few
A．beyond B．over C．behind D．through
A．argument B．skill C．interest D．anxiety
A．study B．design C．committee D．staff
A．provide B．retell C．support D．refuse
A．trouble B．gift C．fact D．trick
A．perform B．write C．hear D．question
A．means B．ends C．begins D．proves
A．needs B．activities C．judgments D．habits
A．that B．what C．which D．whom
A 25-five-year student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua University, China’ most famous university, after an eight-year ___21___．Li Jun comes from a small village of Hubei Province．He first ____22____ going to college in year 2000 ___23__he was admitted by a local school after __24___ from a secondary technical school at 17．As a ___25___ art student, he passed the exam again the next year but __26_____ school due to economic pressure in September 2002．Life seemed ___27___ but Li didn’t give in．He earned a _28_____ by working part-time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of __29___ the Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University．Li __30____ the college entrance examination for five continuous years from 2003．____31___, he missed making the cut one mark last year．
In 2008, his fifth try, Li’s efforts ___32_____．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major in Tsinghua University．Every year, Li took art __33___ in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on __34____ work．Li said he hadn’t ____35___any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his __36_____ through knowledge．
_____37___ by his contribution, Li Jun’s university __38____ him 9,000 yuan out of his tution fees of 11,450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun, but a new ___39__ has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and __40___ more scholarships．
A．research B．struggle C．service D．expectation
A．talked of B．told of C．dreamt of D．knew of
A．where B．when C．that D．since
A．learning B．separating C．dating D．graduating
A．gifted B．surprised C．interested D．easy-going
A．went on with B．watched out for C．dropped out of D．looked forward to
A．unfair B．happy C．practical D．busy
A．value B．respect C．freedom D．living
A．entering B．visiting C．supporting D．pursing
A．turned to B．applied for C．called for D．adapted to
A．Instead B．At times C．However D．Besides
A．took off B．paid off C．gave off D．sent off
A．ways B．programmes C．success D．courses
A．full-time B．part-time C．out-of door D．all
A．asked for B．looked for C．prayed for D．waited for
A．plan B．ideal C．fate D．opinion
A．Encouraged B．Influenced C．Accused D．Impressed
A．funded B．gave C．paid D．cost
A．challenge B．life C．case D．relationship
A．spend B．win C．care D．use
One winter morning I bought a copy of the New York World and turned its pages until I got the “Help Wanted Unskilled” section．A small advertisement held my36 .It read, “Easy job．Good wages．No experience37 .” It sounded like the job I was38 ．Easy job．Good wages．Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the40 ．Easy job．Good wages．Easy job．Good wages．Easy ...
When I got to the place I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water, out of which I noticed42 the necks of many bottles of various sizes and shapes． 43 these basins there were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches．All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand scratching（刮;擦） the labels on 46 .
I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle．As the minutes went by I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body．But 50 still, the delicate thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full blown tomato colored finger．A numb（麻木的）pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb．Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body.
After three hours of this I told the manager I’d 53 .He figured I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour．With the money, I left the working place．“Easy job．Good wages.” came to my brain again．Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages？”
A．eyes B．attention C．decision D．breath
A．necessary B．relevant C．practical D．primitive
A．running after B．looking for C．heading for D．looking after
A．circled B．moved C．flashed D．attacked
A．letter B．sign C．advertisement D．post
A．baskets B．bowls C．pots D．basins
A．hiding B．sticking C．rising D．breaking
A．In B．Above C．Under D．Around
A．arms B．hands C．legs D．feet
A．knife B．snail C．bottle D．brush
A．that B．those C．them D．it
A．chair B．bench C．bottle D．sofa
A．smell B．coldness C．color D．steam
A．spread B．travel C．recycle D．accelerate
A．worse B．better C．more D．rather
A．going B．finding C．growing D．becoming
A．now and then B．here and there C．one by one D．little by little
A．adapt B．equip C．bargain D．quit
A．taken B．offered C．earned D．created
A．thought B．asked C．found D．hated
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 36 a few of them are very 37 .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 38 language. Many millions are 39 to do so.Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 40 Have you ever 41ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your 42back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes 43you master your English in a month. 44 the first day your 45will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never 46quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 47that we all learned our own language well when we were 48 . If we could learn English in the sameway, it would not seem so difficult. 49what a small childdoes. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, 50 in it allthe time. Just imagine how much 51that gets!
So it is52 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English 53 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 54much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will 55 . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）
A．not B．quite C．only D．very
A．difficult B．important C．necessary D．easy
A．native B．foreign C．useful D．mother
A．learning B．enjoying C．trying D．liking
A．questions B．problems C．ideas D．answers
A．found B．watched C．noticed D．known
A．knowledge B．time C．money D．English
A．make B．help C．let D．allow
A．From B．On C．Since D．After
A．spelling B．grammar C．English D．pronunciation
A．happened B．looked C．seemed D．felt
A．know B．remember C．understand D．think
A．students B．children C．babies D．grown-ups
A．Imagine B．Mind C．Do D．Think of
A．using B．thinking C．trying D．practicing
A．time B．money C．language D．practice
A．hard B．easy C．funny D．silly
A．depends B．tries C．has D．takes
A．uses B．takes C．gets D．costs
A．do B．work C．help D．master