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   On August 17,2013,a hunter made a campfire. He just wanted to 41 some soup. But he 42 started the third-largest wildfire in California's history.

   The 43 carried sparks(火花） from the hunter's campfire into the woods. Soon,a wildfire was burning 44 . It spread with 45 speed. For a while,it doubled in size every day.

   The blaze(烈火) became known as the Rim Fire. It lasted for two months. Thousands of 46 worked to stop it. When they finally did,400 square miles of forest had 47 . That's an area larger than Dallas,Texas.

   Wildfires have always been 48 in the western U.S. In recent years,they have been getting bigger and harder to control. That's partly because the weather has been 49 and drier than in the past. Forest plants have dried out. That makes the plants bum very 50 . The average fire is three times larger than it was in the 1980s.

   The Rim Fire started in a remote area. Fighting such a fire can be a big 51 . Firefighters often use planes to 52 the fire. Then they dwmp (傾倒) huge loads of water from these planes. Sometimes that is not 53 to stop a wildfire,so firefighters jump down.

   After they jump onto the 54 ,these firefighters use axes to 55 plants. They create a line of bare soil near the edge of the fire. When the fire reaches this line,there is 56 to bum. The fire stops spreading.

   In the past,people often 57 in wildfires. Today,wildfires are 58 deadly. Early warnings usually help people get to safety before it's too 59 . Even though the Rim Fire 60 11 homes and caused millions of dollars in damage,no one was killed.

41. A. heat up   B. drink up   C. give up   D. store up

42. A. quickly   B. secretly  C. accidentally   D. gradually

43. A. rain   B. snow   C. light   D. wind

44. A. out of mind   B. out of time   C. out of date   D. out of control

45. A. exciting   B. terrifying   C. constant   D. average

46. A. firefighters   B. doctors   C. policemen   D. campers

47. A. broken   B. disappeared   C. dropped   D. developed

48. A. distant   B. similar   C. common   D. strange

49. A. warmer   B. hotter   C. colder   D. cooler

50. A. gently   B. easily   C. quietly   D. brightly

51. A. success   B. mistake   C. challenge   D. opportunity

52. A. make   B. fuel   C. reach   D. cause

53. A. enough   B. valuable   C. necessary   D. helpful

54. A. building   B. platform   C. street   D. ground

55. A. protect   B. water   C. grow   D. remove

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

57. A. died   B. hurt   C. shouted   D. cried

58. A. always   B. rarely   C. sometimes   D. never

59. A. soon   B. late   C. much   D. long

60. A. replaced   B. repaired   C. destroyed   D. occupied

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41. A 42.   C 43.   D 44.   D 45.    B 46.    A 47.    B 48.   C 49.    B 50.   B 51.    C 52.    D 53. A 54.   D 55.   D 56.    B 57.    A 58.   B 59.   B 60.   C

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本文是說明文。文章介紹了發(fā)生在加利福尼亞州的一場森林火災(zāi)。

41. A. 由上文的 a hunter made a campfire 可推測， 獵人只是想“加熱(heat up) ”一些湯。

42.   C. 由上文的 He just wanted to …some soup 可 推測，獵人“意外地(accidentally) ”引起了一場 大火，而非故意。

43.   D. 由下文的 carried ... into the woods 可知，“風(fēng) (wind) ”將火花吹到了樹林里。

44.   D. 由下文的 For a while,it doubled in size every day可推測，一場大火“失控(out of control) ”了。

45.    B. 由下文的 For a while,it doubled in size every day可知，大火以“可怕的(terrifying) ”速 度蔓延。

46.    A. 由下文的worked to stop it可知，此處是指 “消防隊員(firefighters ) ”。

47.    B 。由上文的 It lasted for two months 可推測，當(dāng) 消防隊員最終滅掉火時，四百平方英里的森林 已經(jīng)“消失了( disappeared) ”。

48.   C. 由下文的 In recent years,they have been getting bigger and harder to control 可知，在美國 西部大火一直很“普遍(common) ”。

49.    B 。 由下文的—Forest plants have dried out 可"推 測，近年來天氣比以往更加“炎熱(hotter) ”。

50.   B. 千熱的天氣使植物很“容易(easily) ”燃燒。

51.    C。滅邊遠地區(qū)的火可謂一大4‘挑戰(zhàn)(challenge) ”。

52.    D. 由下文的 Then they dump huge loads of water from these planes可推斷，消防隊員們經(jīng)常 得開飛機“到達(reach) ”著火的地方。

53. A. 由下文的 so firefighters jump down 可推斷， 有時從空中倒水并不“足(enough) ”以滅掉大 火。

54.   D. 由下文的 these firefighters use a^ces tQ-... plants可推斷，此處是說消防隊員降落到“地面 (ground) ”上之后。

55.   D. 由上文的axes及下文的They create a line of bare soi可推斷，消防隊員們用斧子“清除 (remove) ”植物。

56.    B 。 由上文的 bare soil near the edge of the fire 及 下文的The fire stops spreading可推斷，大火到 達隔離帶時就“沒有什么(nothing) ”可燒的了。

57.    A. 

58.   B. 由下文的 Early warnings' usually help people get to safety可推測，過去人們�！八� (died) ”于大火，如今大火“很少(rarely) ”致命。

59.   B. 早期警報通常會幫助人們在為時己“晚 (late) ”之前到達安全區(qū)域。

60.   C. 大火“毀壞了(destroyed) ”ll 座房屋。