A
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 (钟爱) 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 homelike 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 rockclimbing 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
【要点综述】“我”把Yosemite National Park当作自己的家。当“我”看到里面有大量的垃圾时，开始是自己，后来组织大家捡垃圾。由此“我”明白改变事情的方法是动手去做，而不是抱怨。
16. B 从下文的that giant rock可知选B。
17. A 句意：我触摸到那块巨石时，立刻知道我想攀登它。immediately立即，马上。
18. D 根据上句中的climb以及空后的rocks and mountains可知。
19. B 根据下段最后一句中的such a beautiful homelike place可知。
20. C 根据like后面列举的内容可知。
21. A 句意：我不理解游客为什么不爱护这个地方……beyond超出。
22. C 根据上文游客在这样一个美丽的地方丢弃大量的垃圾可知选less。
23. B 根据上文，我看到游客丢垃圾很心痛，于是自己去捡起那些游客丢弃的垃圾。pick up 捡起；throw away扔掉；break down 出故障，抛锚；dig out 发掘，找到。
24. D spend time on sth.花费时间做某事。故选D。
25. C 根据上文的 “…only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later”以及下文的 “…that I decided something had to change”可知作者厌倦了自己单独捡垃圾。
26. D 根据下一句 “But”后的内容可知，作者不知道如何组织大型活动。
27. A 根据下文“三百多人参加捡垃圾活动”以及下一段中的 “Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere”可知，此处填A。
28. B 根据下一句 “Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash”可知“那一天，三百多人参加了清扫垃圾的活动”，故选B(出席，到场)。
29. C 根据上一句 “Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash”可知选C(完成)。
30. D 根据破折号后的 “the park looked clean”可知，因为我们把公园里的垃圾捡完了，公园变得干净了，与以前不同了，故选D。
31. C 此句的意思是“2007年一年中，2945个人捡了42330磅垃圾，覆盖了132英里的路面。”
32. B 根据下文的“complaining”可知选B。
33. A 此句意思是“我想说改变事情的唯一方式是做，而不是抱怨”，故选A。
34. C 句意：我们需要榜样。故选C。
35. D 句意：你不能责备别人，除非以身作则。故选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 snowpacked 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
语篇解读： 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。人性生来是善还是恶？在一次风雪历程中，我得到了陌生人的帮助，同时，也给了别人帮助。因此，我坚信：人性本善。
1．解析： spend意为“度过；花费”；check意为“检查”；observe意为“观察；庆祝”；look意为“看”。由语境可知，前一天晚上我看天气预报。look at意为“看”。
答案： D
2．解析： 预报说雪大概有三英寸厚，我想情况不是很糟糕。
答案： C
3．解析： 由语境可知，直到开始向Niles，M1靠近时，周围不是很清楚了。
答案： C
4．解析： concern意为“关系到；涉及”；meet意为“碰到”；involve意为“包含；牵涉”；point意为“指向”。由语境可知，我看到了不祥的乌云。
答案： B
5．解析： way意为“方法；道路”；event意为“事件”；result意为“结果”；sign意为“迹象；符号”。由语境可知，我看到乌云后想到这不是个好兆头。
答案： D
6．解析： weather意为“天气”；direction意为“方向”；position意为“位置”system意为“制度；体制”。由语境可知，在美国这个地方，这样的天气变化是很普遍的。
答案： A
7．解析： frozen意为“冻结的”；stuck意为“被卡住的；不能动的”；hurt意为“受伤的”；lost意为“失去的”。由语境可知，来到人口密集的South Bend，车子陷入雪中动弹不了。get stuck意为“被卡住”。
答案： B
8．解析： attempt意为“企图；试图”；need意为“需要”；realize意为“意识到”；have to意为“不得不”。由语境可知，车子陷入雪中后，我试图左拐到街上。现在分词短语作伴随状语。
答案： A
9．解析： wait意为“等待”；stay意为“停留”；insist意为“坚持”；struggle意为“努力；挣扎”。由语境可知，我自己在雪中努力了二十分钟。
答案： D
10．解析： 由语境可知，这不是一条很繁忙的街道，因此没有看到很多人。
答案： C
11．解析： immediately意为“立刻”；carefully意为“仔细地”；eventually意为“最后；终于”；obviously意为“显然”。当我发现另一位女士的车子也被大雪卡住时，我立刻下车。
答案： A
12．解析： request意为“要求”；attract意为“吸引”；inspire意为“鼓舞；激发”；convince意为“说服”。由语境可知，我得到了别人的帮助，因此受到鼓舞也想去帮助她。
答案： C
13．解析： effort意为“努力”；group意为“团体”；donation意为“捐款”；spirit意为“精力；态度”。最后又有其他人跟我一起努力帮忙。
答案： A
14．解析： make up意为“弥补；组成”；end up意为“结束”；come up意为“走进；开始”；grow up意为“成长”。South Bend最终以三英尺厚的雪而结束了这次风暴。
答案： B
15．解析： attitude意为“态度”；character意为“性格；品质”；manner意为“方式”；act意为“行为”。联系上文可知，此处指那些友好的行为。
答案： D
16．解析： inform of意为“通知；报告”；remind of意为“提醒；使想起”；warn of意为“警告”；tell of意为“讲述”。由语境可知，他们的行为再一次提醒了我，人生下来都是善良的。
答案： B
17．解析： favor意为“赞成；喜欢”；course意为“过程；道路”；caution意为“小心；谨慎”；risk意为“风险”。由语境可知，他们冒着自己车子被困的危险来帮助我。
答案： D
18．解析： automatic意为“无意识的；必然的”；generous意为“慷慨的”；valuable意为“有价值的”；accurate意为“精确的”。由语境可知，我帮助那位女士是一种无意识的反应。
答案： A
19．解析： for a second意为“一会儿”。此处指我根本想都没想。
答案： C
20．解析： find意为“发现”；produce意为“生产；引起”；admire意为“钦佩；赞美”；judge意为“判断”。由语境可知，在现实生活中，人们就可以养成良好的行为习惯。
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.
First, her life was ______22______ for a girl of her age at that time because her childhood wasn’t as ______23_______ as other girls. It _______24________ with the death of her grandmother with whom she had a great relationship. Then, when she was eight years old, her ______25____ left because he had a fight with her mother over another woman. So she didn’t have a _____26____ family to raise her.
But, ______27______ time passed, she forgot her sadness and became the same girl again. After that, she had a(n) ________28_________ when she was in her grandmother’s house. It ______29_______ when she was playing with a lighted candle, and _______30______, the candle fell onto the table. The tablecloth caught fire and the flames ________31_______ her on the chest and on the arm.
No matter what happened, however, she continued to _______32______ in school. She graduated from school in 2000 and got the _______33_______she had expected. Then, she moved to America for ______34_______ study. English was very _____35____ for her because she had never studied it before. _____36_____, she worked as a volunteer in a hospital because she didn’t want to see people _____37_____ from accidents. This experience _____38_____ her braver.
Yesenia is a girl who has experienced ___39______ sufferings in her life but who I think will be happy in the USA and she really ______40______ it.
21. A. confused
B. serious
C. curious
D. tired
22. A. difficult
B. lucky
C. dull
D. disappointing
23. A. happy
B. equal
C. real
D. surprising
24. A. ended
B. started
C. combined
D. mixed
25. A. grandfather
B. sister
C. brother
D. father
26. A. complete
B. big
C. modern
D. comfortable
27. A. after
B. as
C. since
D. for
28. A. story
B. experience
C. accident
D. lesson
29. A. showed up
B. appeared
C. happened
D. took place
30. A. unacceptably
B. undoubtedly
C. unnaturally
D. unfortunately
31. A. hit
B. exploded
C. spread
D. burned
32. A. live
B. work
C. study
D. calm
33. A. prize
B. diploma
C. reward
D. praise
34. A. farther
B. further
C. farthest
D. furthest
35. A. difficult
B. pleasant
C.
easy
D. popular
36. A. However
B. Thus
C. Also
D. Therefore
37. A. benefit
B. suffer
C. lose
D. recover
38. A. kept
B. made
C. forced
D. drove
39. A. many
B. little
C. few
D. much
40. A. satisfies
B. catches
C. suits
D. deserves
答案：
21—25 CAABD
26—30 ABCCD
31—35 DCBBA
36—40 CBBAD