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　　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 __16__ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew __17__ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life's passion (鐘愛) ever since — __18__ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I've long made Yosemite my __19__.

　　About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of __20__， like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It's __21__ me why visitors started respecting the place __22__ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

　　I tried __23__ trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. I would __24__ an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so __25__ it that I decided something had to change.

　　As a rock-climbing guide, I knew __26__ about organizing any big event. But in 2004，together with some climbers, I set a date for a __27__. On that day，more than 300 people __28__. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to __29__. I couldn't believe the __30__ 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 __31__ 132 miles of roadway.

　　I often hear people __32__ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by __33__ rather than complaining. We need to teach by __34__. You can't blame others __35__ you start with yourself.

　　16．A.distantB．hugeC．narrowD．loose

　　17．A.immediately

　　B．finally

　　C．gradually

　　D．recently

　　18．A.imagining

　　B．painting

　　C．describing

　　D．climbing

　　19．A.garden

　　B．home

　　C．lab

　　D．palace

　　20．A.material

　　B．resources

　　C．waste

　　D．goods

　　21．A.beyond

　　B．against

　　C．over

　　D．within

　　22．A.more

　　B．most

　　C．less

　　D．least

　　23．A.throwing away

　　B．picking up

　　C．breaking down

　　D．digging out

　　24．A.kill

　　B．save

　　C．wait

　　D．spend

　　25．A.satisfied with

　　B．delighted in

　　C．tired of

　　D．used to

　　26．A.something

　　B．anything

　　C．everything

　　D．nothing

　　27．A.cleanup

　　B．party

　　C．picnic

　　D．concert

　　28．A.dropped out

　　B．showed up

　　C．looked around

　　D．called back

　　29．A.demand

　　B．receive

　　C．accomplish

　　D．overcome

　　30．A.plan

　　B．visit

　　C．contact

　　D．difference

　　31．A.crossed

　　B．measured

　　C．covered

　　D．designed

　　32．A.talk

　　B．complain

　　C．argue

　　D．quarrel

　　33．A.doing

　　B．thinking

　　C．questioning

　　D．watching

　　34．A.method

　　B．explanation

　　C．example

　　D．research

　　35．A.although

　　B．if

　　C．when

　　D．unless

　　【要點綜述】“我”把Yosemite National Park當作自己的家。當“我”看到里面有大量的垃圾時，開始是自己，后來組織大家撿垃圾。由此“我”明白改變事情的方法是動手去做，而不是抱怨。

　　16. B　從下文的that giant rock可知選B。

　　17. A　句意：我觸摸到那塊巨石時，立刻知道我想攀登它。immediately立即，馬上。

　　18. D　根據上句中的climb以及空后的rocks and mountains可知。

　　19. B　根據下段最后一句中的such a beautiful home-like place可知。

　　20. C　根據like后面列舉的內容可知。

　　21. A　句意：我不理解游客為什么不愛護這個地方……beyond超出。

　　22. C　根據上文游客在這樣一個美麗的地方丟棄大量的垃圾可知選less。

　　23. B　根據上文，我看到游客丟垃圾很心痛，于是自己去撿起那些游客丟棄的垃圾。pick up 撿起；throw away扔掉；break down 出故障，拋錨；dig out 發掘，找到。

　　24. D　spend time on sth.花費時間做某事。故選D。

　　25. C　根據上文的 “…only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later”以及下文的 “…that I decided something had to change”可知作者厭倦了自己單獨撿垃圾。

　　26. D　根據下一句 “But”后的內容可知，作者不知道如何組織大型活動。

　　27. A　根據下文“三百多人參加撿垃圾活動”以及下一段中的 “Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere”可知，此處填A。

　　28. B　根據下一句 “Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash”可知“那一天，三百多人參加了清掃垃圾的活動”，故選B(出席，到場)。

　　29. C　根據上一句 “Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash”可知選C(完成)。

　　30. D　根據破折號后的 “the park looked clean”可知，因為我們把公園里的垃圾撿完了，公園變得干凈了，與以前不同了，故選D。

　　31. C　此句的意思是“2007年一年中，2945個人撿了42330磅垃圾，覆蓋了132英里的路面。”

　　32. B　根據下文的“complaining”可知選B。

　　33. A　此句意思是“我想說改變事情的唯一方式是做，而不是抱怨”，故選A。

　　34. C　句意：我們需要榜樣。故選C。

　　35. D　句意：你不能責備別人，除非以身作則。故選D。There’s always been a debate on whether human beings are born good or bad.Depending on how you view the world，you can think of all the crimes and injustice and conclude that we’re bad，so we need a system of laws to keep us in check.However，there are also a lot of stories of good deeds.I think we’re all born good.

　　Today，I took a trip to South Bend to attend my friends’ wedding reception.I had__1__the night before at the forecast and it said we were going to get about 3 inches of snow，so I thought，“That’s not so__2__”I set out on my journey and it was completely clear until I__3__to get towards Niles，M1...

　　I was__4__with this ominous (不祥的) cloud，I thought to myself，“Hmm，this can’t be a good__5__.” Soon enough，the highway became a snow-packed wall of white.I should have remembered that such severe changes in__6__are common in this part of America.I then tried to get to the populous area of South Bend and got__7__in the snow，__8__to turn left onto a street，I__9__for 20 minutes to dig myself out with only a scraper (刮刀)．

　　It wasn’t a very__10__street，so I didn’t see many people.Just as I was starting to give up，a few people stopped by my car and then helped push me out of the snow bank.It was one person at first，and then a few others.

　　Then，on the way to my destination，another lady got stuck.__11__，I got out and was__12__to offer the same help that I had received.At least five others joined me in my__13__to get her car unstuck.It is kind of storm that makes roads undrivable.South Bend__14__up getting over 3 feet of snow.

　　In these__15__of kindness though，I was once again__16__of my belief that all people are born good.These people didn’t have to stop and help me out.They ran the__17__of having their own cars stuck.Even for myself，it was a(an)__18__reaction to get out and push the lady’s car out too.I didn’t think about it__19__a second.

　　I believe these situations really helped remind me that this world is a good place.Real life situations can__20__good deeds.It happened today，and it will happen again and again.

　　1．A.spentB．checked

　　C．observed

　　D．looked

　　2．A.late

　　B．cold

　　C．bad

　　D．far

　　3．A.hoped

　　B．stopped

　　C．started

　　D．planned

　　4．A.concerned

　　B．met

　　C．involved

　　D．pointed

　　5．A.way

　　B．event

　　C．result

　　D．sign

　　6．A.weather

　　B．direction

　　C．position

　　D．system

　　7．A.frozen

　　B．stuck

　　C．hurt

　　D．lost

　　8．A.attempting

　　B．needing

　　C．realizing

　　D．having

　　9．A.waited

　　B．stayed

　　C． insisted

　　D．struggled

　　10．A.long

　　B．smooth

　　C．busy

　　D．quiet

　　11．A.Immediately

　　B．Carefully

　　C．Eventually

　　D．Obviously

　　12．A.requested

　　B．attracted

　　C．inspired

　　D．convinced

　　13．A.efforts

　　B．group

　　C．donation

　　D．spirits

　　14．A.made

　　B．ended

　　C．came

　　D．grew

　　15．A.attitudes

　　B．characters

　　C．manners

　　D．acts

　　16．A.informed

　　B．reminded

　　C．warned

　　D．told

　　17．A.favor

　　B．course

　　C．caution

　　D．risk

　　18．A.automatic

　　B．generous

　　C．valuable

　　D．accurate

　　19．A.with

　　B．by

　　C．for

　　D．in

　　20．A.find

　　B．produce

　　C．admire

　　D．judge

　　語篇解讀：　本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。人性生來是善還是惡？在一次風雪歷程中，我得到了陌生人的幫助，同時，也給了別人幫助。因此，我堅信：人性本善。

　　1．解析：　spend意為“度過；花費”；check意為“檢查”；observe意為“觀察；慶?！?；look意為“看”。由語境可知，前一天晚上我看天氣預報。look at意為“看”。

　　答案：　D

　　2．解析：　預報說雪大概有三英寸厚，我想情況不是很糟糕。

　　答案：　C

　　3．解析：　由語境可知，直到開始向Niles，M1靠近時，周圍不是很清楚了。

　　答案：　C

　　4．解析：　concern意為“關系到；涉及”；meet意為“碰到”；involve意為“包含；牽涉”；point意為“指向”。由語境可知，我看到了不祥的烏云。

　　答案：　B

　　5．解析：　way意為“方法；道路”；event意為“事件”；result意為“結果”；sign意為“跡象；符號”。由語境可知，我看到烏云后想到這不是個好兆頭。

　　答案：　D

　　6．解析：　weather意為“天氣”；direction意為“方向”；position意為“位置”system意為“制度；體制”。由語境可知，在美國這個地方，這樣的天氣變化是很普遍的。

　　答案：　A

　　7．解析：　frozen意為“凍結的”；stuck意為“被卡住的；不能動的”；hurt意為“受傷的”；lost意為“失去的”。由語境可知，來到人口密集的South Bend，車子陷入雪中動彈不了。get stuck意為“被卡住”。

　　答案：　B

　　8．解析：　attempt意為“企圖；試圖”；need意為“需要”；realize意為“意識到”；have to意為“不得不”。由語境可知，車子陷入雪中后，我試圖左拐到街上。現在分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

　　答案：　A

　　9．解析：　wait意為“等待”；stay意為“停留”；insist意為“堅持”；struggle意為“努力；掙扎”。由語境可知，我自己在雪中努力了二十分鐘。

　　答案：　D

　　10．解析：　由語境可知，這不是一條很繁忙的街道，因此沒有看到很多人。

　　答案：　C

　　11．解析：　immediately意為“立刻”；carefully意為“仔細地”；eventually意為“最后；終于”；obviously意為“顯然”。當我發現另一位女士的車子也被大雪卡住時，我立刻下車。

　　答案：　A

　　12．解析：　request意為“要求”；attract意為“吸引”；inspire意為“鼓舞；激發”；convince意為“說服”。由語境可知，我得到了別人的幫助，因此受到鼓舞也想去幫助她。

　　答案：　C

　　13．解析：　effort意為“努力”；group意為“團體”；donation意為“捐款”；spirit意為“精力；態度”。最后又有其他人跟我一起努力幫忙。

　　答案：　A

　　14．解析：　make up意為“彌補；組成”；end up意為“結束”；come up意為“走進；開始”；grow up意為“成長”。South Bend最終以三英尺厚的雪而結束了這次風暴。

　　答案：　B

　　15．解析：　attitude意為“態度”；character意為“性格；品質”；manner意為“方式”；act意為“行為”。聯系上文可知，此處指那些友好的行為。

　　答案：　D

　　16．解析：　inform of意為“通知；報告”；remind of意為“提醒；使想起”；warn of意為“警告”；tell of意為“講述”。由語境可知，他們的行為再一次提醒了我，人生下來都是善良的。

　　答案：　B

　　17．解析：　favor意為“贊成；喜歡”；course意為“過程；道路”；caution意為“小心；謹慎”；risk意為“風險”。由語境可知，他們冒著自己車子被困的危險來幫助我。

　　答案：　D

　　18．解析：　automatic意為“無意識的；必然的”；generous意為“慷慨的”；valuable意為“有價值的”；accurate意為“精確的”。由語境可知，我幫助那位女士是一種無意識的反應。

　　答案：　A

　　19．解析：　for a second意為“一會兒”。此處指我根本想都沒想。

　　答案：　C

　　20．解析：　find意為“發現”；produce意為“生產；引起”；admire意為“欽佩；贊美”；judge意為“判斷”。由語境可知，在現實生活中，人們就可以養成良好的行為習慣。

　　答案：　B

　　Yesenia is a brave and nice person who has passed challenges in her life. And learning from the past always makes her a focused person. Are you _____21_____ to know more about hts mysterious girl? Then let’s get started here.