Grey clouds move as low as smoke over the treetops at Lolo Pass.The ground is white.The day is June 10.It has been snowing for the past four days in the Bitterroot Mountains.Wayne Fairchild is getting worried about our trek over the Lolo Trail-95 miles from Lolo Montana to Weippe in Idaho,across the roughest country in the West.Lewis and Clark were nearly defeated 200 years ago by snowstorms on the Lolo.Today Fairchild is nervously checking the weather reports.He has agreed to take me across the toughest,middle section of the trail.
When Lewis climbed on top of Lemhi Pass,140 miles south of Missoula,on Aug.12,1805,he was astonished by what was in front of him;high mountain chains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow.Nobody in what was then the US knew the Rocky Mountains existed,with peaks twice as high as anything in the Appalachians back East.
Today their pathway through those mountains holds more attraction than any other ground over which they traveled,for its raw wilderness is an evidence to the character of two cultures:the explorers who braved its hardships and the Native Americans who prize and conserve the path as a sacred (神圣的)gift.It remains today the same condition as when Lewis and Clark walked it.
The Lolo is passable only from July to mid-September.Our luck is holding with the weather,although the snow keeps getting deeper.As we climb to Indian Post Office,the highest point on the trail at 7,033 ft,we have covered 13 miles in soft snow,and we hardly have enough energy to make dinner.After a meal of chicken,I sit on a rock on top of the ridge (山脊).There is no light visible in any direction,not even another campfire.For four days we do not see another human being.We are occupied with the things that mix fear with joy.In our imagination we have finally caught up with Lewis and Clark.
28.We learn from the text that before 1805 .
A.The Rocky Mountains were wholly covered with snow
B.there were no people living in the western part of America
C.no Americans knew of the existence of the Rocky Mountains
D.the Appalachians were the western frontier of the United States
29.We learn from the text that the Lolo Pass .
A.has changed a lot since 1805B.is the meeting point of three cultures
C.remains much the same as it was 200 years agoD.now attracts a large number of tourists to visit
30.Judging from the text,Lewis and Clark were most probably .
A.two native IndiansB.explorers of the early 19th century
C.merchants who did business with the IndiansD.travelers whose curiosity took them over the Lolo Pass
31.We can infer from the text that when crossing the Lolo Pass the author .
A.was attempting the impossibleB.was trying to set a world record
C.was following the trail of Lewis and ClarkD.was fighting with weather and taking unnecessary risks
28-31 CCBC
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之关于-ing和-ed形容词
2015年职称英语重点语法备考辅导:让步状语从句
2015职称英语语法备考辅导:形容词
2015年职称英语理工类B级考试考前每日一练
2015职称英语综合类B级考试考前每日一练
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(四)
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(八)
2015职称英语综合备考辅导:一般过去时
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之非谓语动词的句法功能
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(一)
2015年职称英语考试必备词汇推荐(一)
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之省略
2015职称英语综合备考辅导:非限制性定语从句
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(七)
2015职称英语综合备考辅导:一般将来时
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(三)
2015年职称英语考试综合辅导词汇记忆技巧(2)
2015年职称英语卫生类C级考试考前每日一练
2015职称英语语法之让步状语从句指导
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之状语
2015年职称英语重点语法备考辅导:五个基本句型(第四句型)
2015年职称英语考试必备词汇精选(九)
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(二)
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之句子的连接
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(五)
2015职称英语综合备考辅导:地点状语从句精讲
2015年职称英语考试阅读理解常见句型辅导(六)
2015年职称英语考试常用语法详解之动词非谓语形式
2015职称英语考试语法之比较级指导
2015年职称英语词汇记忆技巧之构词法记忆法
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |