Question

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 E1 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 (鐘愛) ever since--- ______ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my _____.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ______, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around 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.

1.A. huge B. distant C. narrow D. loose

2.A. immediately B. finally C. gradually D. recently

3.A. imagining B. painting C. describing D. climbing

4.A. garden B. home C. lab D. palace

5.A. material B. resources C. goods D. waste

6.A. beyond B. against C. over D. within

7.A. more B. most C. less D. least

8.A. throwing away B. picking up C. breaking down D. digging out

9.A. kill B. save C. wait D. spend

10.A. satisfied with B. delighted in C. tired of D. used to

11.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

12.A. cleanup B. party C. picnic D. concert

13.A. dropped out B. showed up C. looked around D. called back

14.A. demand B. receive C. accomplish D. overcome

15.A. plan B. visit C. difference D. contact

16.A. crossed B. measure C. covered D. designed

17.A. talk B. complain C. argue D. quarrel

18.A. doing B. thinking C. questioning D. watching

19.A. method B. explanation C. example D. research

20.A. unless B. if C. when D. although

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.C

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇環(huán)保類短文閱讀。作者在一次野營中愛上了“優(yōu)勝美地國家公園（美國加州最著名的旅游景點）”，當(dāng)作者看到公園里面有大量垃圾時，開始是自己去撿，后來組織大家去撿。由此作者告訴我們一個這樣的道理：改變事情的方法是動手去做，而不是抱怨。

1.A. huge 巨大的；B. distant 遙遠(yuǎn)的； C. narrow 狹窄的；D. loose 松散的。

根據(jù)空后的3,300 feet straight up描述這塊巖石高達(dá)3300英尺， 以及后句I touched that giant rock描述我觸摸這塊巨大的巖石，可知這個巖石是巨大的。故選A。

2.A. immediately 立刻，馬上；B. finally最后；C. gradually 逐漸地； D. recently最近。由上句的“I touched that giant rock”可知他知道他要馬上攀登這個大巖石。故選A。

3.A. imagining 想象；B. painting畫畫；C. describing 描述；D. climbing攀登。根據(jù)此句意“自此，這一直是我生命的激情——攀登優(yōu)勝美地的巖石和山脈”，以及上句中的“climb it”，可知選D。

4.A. garden花園； B. home家；C. lab實驗室；D. palace宮殿。根據(jù)第二段的最后一句“treated such a beautiful home-like place this way”，可知此句意思是作者一直以優(yōu)勝美地為家。故選B。

5.A. material材料； B. resources 資源；C. goods 商品，貨物；D. waste廢物。根據(jù)下句“l(fā)ike toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes,”可知作者15年前看到的是大量的垃圾廢物。故選D。

6.A. beyond 超出……之外；B. against 反對；C. over在……之上；D. within在……里面。聯(lián)系上句垃圾到處都是及下句為什么游客不尊重這個地方，可知這超出了作者的想象，故選Ａ。

7.A. more更多；B. most最多；C. less更少；D. least最少。由上句垃圾到處都是可知游客與以前相比更少關(guān)心這個地方。故選Ｃ。

8.A. throwing away扔掉； B. picking up撿起；C. breaking down損害；D. digging out挖掘。根據(jù)上文作者對游客丟垃圾的不理解，可知此處指作者自己盡力去撿垃圾。故選Ｂ。

9.A. kill殺害；B. save 拯救；節(jié)約；C. wait等待；D. spend花費。由上句“but the job was too big”，可知此處指作者要花費一兩個小時撿垃圾，故選D。

10.A. satisfied with 對……感到滿意；B. delighted in以……為快樂；C. tired of對……厭煩；D. used to過去常常。根據(jù)上文“only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later.結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)幾個星期后這個地區(qū)又是滿地垃圾”和下文“I decided something had to change.我決定改變一些方法”可知作者對自己一個人撿垃圾已經(jīng)感到力不從心而厭煩了。故選C。

11.A. something 某些事物 ，用于肯定句； B. anything某些事物 ，用于否定句； C. everything 每件事物；D. nothing什么也沒有。根據(jù)下句but說明前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，后面說作者舉辦的活動很成功，可知此處意思是關(guān)于組織任何大型活動作者什么都不懂。故選D。

12.A. cleanup清掃工作； B. party聚會；C. picnic野餐；D. concert音樂會；根據(jù)下一段第一句“Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere.”中的“cleanup”可知此處作者和其他登山者訂立了一個“清理日”。故選A。

13.A. dropped out 退出； B. showed up出席，露面；C. looked around向四周看； D. called back回電話。根據(jù)下一句“Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash.三天時間我們清理了6,000磅的垃圾”可知此句意“那天有300多人參加（出席）了這次活動”。故選B。

14.A. demand 要求；B. receive 接收；C. accomplish 完成；D. overcome戰(zhàn)勝。根據(jù)上一句“Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash.三天時間我們清理了6,000磅的垃圾”可知此句意“我們能做完這么多工作真是令人驚訝�！惫蔬xC。

15.A. plan計劃；B. visit 參觀；拜訪；C. difference 不同點，差別； D. contact接觸，聯(lián)系。根據(jù)破折號后面的“the park looked clean!”可知，我們把公園里的垃圾撿完了，公園干凈了，變得跟以前不一樣了，作者難以置信。make difference造成差別，the difference we made中we made是difference的后置定語。故選C。

16.A. crossed穿過；B. measure測量；C. covered覆蓋；D. designed設(shè)計。結(jié)合語境可知句意：就2007年一年，2,945 人撿起了42,330磅的垃圾，覆蓋了132英里的路程。故選C。

17.A. talkt談話；B. complain 抱怨；C. argue爭論，辯論； D. quarrel爭論，爭吵。根據(jù)48空后的“complaining”可知此句意：我常常聽到人們抱怨他們周圍的環(huán)境。故選B。

18.A. doing 做；B. thinking 思考；C. questioning詢問，質(zhì)問；D watching觀看。結(jié)合語境可知作者想說的是改變事情的唯一方法是動手去做，而不是抱怨。故選A。

19.A. method方法； B. explanation解釋說明；C. example 例子，榜樣；D. research研究。結(jié)合語境可知作者認(rèn)為需要通過榜樣來教他們， by example通過榜樣，故選C。

20.A. unless除非；B. if 如果；C. when 當(dāng)……什么時候；D. although盡管。結(jié)合語境可知此句意：你不要責(zé)備別人，除非你以身作則，故選A。

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