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.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

6.                A.over           B.within          C.beyond   D.a(chǎn)gainst

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11.               A.everything      B.nothing         C.something D.a(chǎn)nything

 

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

 

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

 

14.               A.a(chǎn)ccomplish      B.overcome       C.demand   D.receive

 

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

 

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

 

17.               A.a(chǎn)rgue          B.quarrel         C.talk   D.complain

 

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

 

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

 

20.               A.when          B.unless          C.a(chǎn)lthough   D.if

 

 

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.A

20.B

【解析】

試題分析:我把Yosemite National Park當(dāng)成自己的家,當(dāng)我看見里面有大量的垃圾的時候,開始是自己,后來是組織他人一起來清理,由此可見,改變事情的方法是動手去做,而不是抱怨。

1.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的that giant rock可知D正確。

2.C 語法分析。這里的Immediately是一個連詞,指“一…就…”我一摸到那塊巖石,就想攀登它。

3.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的climb可知。

4.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的such a beautiful home-like place可知。

5.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的like列舉的內(nèi)容可知A正確。

6.C 介詞辨析。beyond超出;我無法理解為什么游客要這樣做?

7.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文可知游客在如此美麗的地方,扔了很多的垃圾。導(dǎo)致環(huán)境很差了。

8.D 動詞短語辨析。我看見很多游客扔的垃圾,很心疼,就去撿起這些垃圾了。Pick up 撿起;throw away扔掉;break down拋錨;dig out發(fā)掘;

9.B 固定詞組。Spend some time doing sth花費(fèi)時間做某事;

10.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上文的only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later

和下文的I decided something had to change.說明我單獨撿垃圾和疲憊了。

11.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下一句But的內(nèi)容說明作者不知道如何組織很多人來撿垃圾。

12.C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的超過3百人來撿垃圾和下一段的Each year volunteers come for the cleanup可知C清掃正確。

13.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash.說明那一天有300多人來參加掃垃圾的事情,那么他們都到場了,故D正確。

14.A 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)上句Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash.說明是完成,故A正確。

15.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)破折號后面的the park looked clean!說明我們把公園里的垃圾撿完了,公園也干凈了。

16.A 句意分析。本句的意思為:僅僅在2007年就有2954個人撿了42330磅的垃圾。覆蓋了132英里的路面。

17.D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文的complain可知。

18.C 句意分析:改變事物的唯一方法是做,而不是抱怨。

19.A 名詞辨析,此句意思是我們需要榜樣,榜樣的力量是無窮的。

20.B 句意分析:我們不能抱怨別人,除非你以身作則。故unless正確。

考點:考查人生哲理類短文

點評:本文內(nèi)容很有這里性,在完成這類文章的時候,考生應(yīng)充分利用段首句提供的信息,去挖掘文章的思路,尋找文章的脈絡(luò)與線索。要求考生具有扎實的英語詞組、短語、習(xí)慣用法等英語搭配的知識,這對于理解文章的邏輯關(guān)系特別有利。文章的邏輯關(guān)系不外乎列舉、原因、結(jié)果、讓步、對照、補(bǔ)充、目的、條件等關(guān)系。解題時應(yīng)聯(lián)系上下文尋找相關(guān)線索,如某一個詞的原詞、指代詞、同義詞、近義詞、上義詞、下義詞和概括詞等。但由于我們在做題時不可能總是重復(fù)地閱讀文章,因此,在做完形填空時要培養(yǎng)一種捕捉并記憶相關(guān)信息的能力。

 

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