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When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”．
At the __1__ of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I __2__ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a __3__， permanent campsite in the park, and __4__， the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers (护林人)．It was the perfect solution: a rentfree place to reorganize our lives.We entered the park and I made an __5__ for the following day.
The park was __6__， so it took us some time to find an available site.That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table.We __7__ climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to__8__ our camp.
Having survived that night, we were __9__ that everything else would be all right.The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained our __10__and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening，__11__， we learned about the canyon __12__.They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay __13__ in the dark until the winds died away.
__14__ the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and__15__the little money my wife __16__by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful__17__.For a time after our business__18__ I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny__19__ with no television, we sat close together reading and talking.One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself __20__ for all the hardships.We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls.We had become a family!
解题导语：作者经营餐厅失败以后，全家坐着一辆货车去德克萨斯州重新开始生活。在一个野生公园里他得到了一份工作和免费的宿营地。在经历了这一系列的苦难之后他意识到正是这些苦难让他们团结成一家人1．A.back
B．edge
C．centre
D．entrance
根据常识可知通常广告都要贴在人流量较大的地方。entrance“入口处”符合语境。D
2．A.sponsored
B．published
C．noticed
D．answered
sponsor“赞助倡议”；publish “出版发行”；notice “注意到”；answer “回答”；选C表示“我”注意到了这则广告。C
3．A.safe
B．free
C．convenient
D．beautiful
根据下a rentfree place”可知选B。句意：这个职位给我们在公园里提供了一个免费的永久的居住营地。B
4．A.in return
B．in time
C．in short
D．in turn
根据上下文可知对方给我们提供了免费的营地作为回报我”要充当游客和护林人之间联系的纽带。A
5．A.attempt
B．agreement
C．appeal
D．appointment
根据下文“The next day we met with the people who ran the park”可知“我”和对方约好第二天见面。make an appointment“约定”。D
6．A.crowded
B．dangerous
C．ideal
D．quiet
根据下文的“it took us some time to find an available site”可知很多人都在这里宿营说明这个野生公园很拥挤。A
7．A.repeatedly
B．immediately
C．eventually
D．calmly
根据常识应选immediately“立刻”。句意：那天晚上当我们吃饭的时候两只很大的臭鼬朝我们的桌子走了过来我们立刻爬到桌子上去了。B
8．A.attack
B．leave
C．pass
D．search
根据常识可知此处应指我们等着这两只臭鼬离开。其他选项不符合语境。B
9．A.satisfied
B．determined
C．confident
D．aware
根据后半句“everything else would be all right”可知我们有信心这之后其他的事情都会很顺利的。C。C
10．A.responsibilities
B．requirements
C．circumstances
D．conditions
responsibilities“责任”；requirements“要求”；circumstances “情况”；conditions“条件”。根据第二段内容可知此处应是公园经营者说明了“我”的工作职责。A
11．A.moreover
B．therefore
C．meanwhile
D．however
根据下文“They were strong and cold”可知峡谷里的风又大however表示转折。D
12．A.winds
B．snows
C．woods
D．trails
根据下文“until the winds died away”可知本段叙述的是峡谷的风。A
13．A.shaking
B．quarrelling
C．mourning
D．aching
根据上文“They were strong and cold”风很大很冷可知我们躺在黑暗里因为寒冷而浑A。A
14．A.After
B．Between
C．During
D．Beyond
句意：在接下来的几个星期里我们学会了如何在货车里生活。C
15．A.give away
B．hand out
C．live on
D．put aside
give away“赠送泄露出卖”；hand out “分发”；live on 靠……生活”；put aside “整理放在一边”。根据上文可知此处指在接下来的几个星期里我们靠妻子做代课教师挣得的一点钱生C
16．A.borrowed
B．earned
C．posted
D．raised
参见第15题解析。B
17．A.business
B．career
C．family
D．image
根据下文“I thought I might lose my family as well”可知经营餐厅失败让“我”没有时间来经营家庭。故选C。C
18．A.started
B．failed
C．expanded
D．declined
根据文章第一段When our restaurant business failed...”可知选B。本句指这次失败让“我”感觉也许会失去自己的家庭。B
19．A.truck
B．park
C．house
D．camp
根据文章第一句“we headed north in a camping truck to Texas”和第五段“rocking our little camping truck violently”可知我们是生活在一辆货车里。A
20．A.desperate
B．ready
C．suitable
D．thankful句意：一天晚上站在满天的星星下面我”认为自己应该感谢经历的这些苦难因为我们在困难中成为真正的一家人。D
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A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of their marriage.21.________ the boy was around two years old, one morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open.He was late for work, so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep 22.________ in the cupboard.His wife, busy in the kitchen，23.________ (total) forgot about the open medicine bottle.
The boy saw the bottle and drank it all.It happened to be a poisonous medicine 24.________ (mean) for adults in a low dosage (剂量)．When the child collapsed (晕倒), the mother hurriedly sent him to the hospital, where he died.The mother was shocked and didn't know 25.________ to face her husband.
When the father came to the hospital, he said to his wife，“I am with you, darling.” The child could never be brought back 26.________ life.There was no point in finding fault with the mother.Besides, if only he 27.________ (take) time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened.No one was to blame.She had lost her only child too.What she needed at that moment was sympathy from the husband.That was exactly 28.________ he gave her.
If everyone can look at life like this, there would be much 29.________ (few) problems in the world.“A journey of a thousand miles begins 30.________ a single step.” Take off all your selfishness and fears, and you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.
解题导语：亲人之间出现问题时如果非要弄清该谁对此负责人们就会错失了温情。根据语境可知此处填连词when引导时间状语从句。When
22．解析：此处填代词it指代上文提到的“a medicine bottle”。it
23．解析：此处应填副词修饰动词forgot。totally
24．解析：分析句子结构可知此处应填非谓语动词作后置定语修饰medicine。be meant for sb.为常用表达法意思是“为某人准备的”。meant
25．解析：根据语境可知此处应填how构成“疑问词＋不定式”结构作动词know的宾语。how
26．解析：bring sb.back to life为固定搭配意为“使某人复活”。to
27．解析：分析句子结构可知此处用虚拟语气表示与过去的事实相反故用过去完成时。had taken
28．解析：分析句子结构可知此处应填what引导表语从句并在从句中作宾语。what
29．解析：根据语境可知此处填形容词的比较级形式。另外空much也是修饰比较级的。fewer
30．解析：此处填介词with构成短语begin with意思是“以……开始”。with