Question

When I saw Yosemite National Park for the first time at the age of 13, I was crazy about it. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a ______ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ______ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since —— ______ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my ______.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6.A. beyond    B. against    C. over    D. within

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

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

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

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

11.A. nothing    B. anything    C. everything    D. something

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

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

14.A. demand    B. receive    C. accomplish    D. overcome

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

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

17.A. talk    B. complain    C. argue    D. quarrel

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

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

20.A. although    B. if    C. when    D. unless

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。作者把“优胜美地国家公园（美国加州最着名的旅游景点）”当做自己家一样爱上了它。当作者看到公园里面有大量垃圾时，开始是自己去捡，后来组织大家去捡。由此作者明白了这样的道理：改变事情的方法是动手去做，而不是抱怨。

1.考查形容词。A. huge巨大的；B. narrow狭窄的；C. distant远方的； D. loose宽松的。根据3300 feet 和 giant得知巨大的rock，所以选择huge。

2.考查副词。A. recently最近；B. finally最后；C. gradually逐渐地； D. immediately立刻。根据句意“我触摸到那块巨石时，立刻知道我要攀登上去”，故选A项“立刻”。

3.考查动词。A. imagining想象；B. painting绘画；C. describing描述； D. climbing爬。根据句意“我触摸到那块巨石时，立刻知道我要攀登上去”，故选D。

4.考查名词。根据下文第二段的尾句“treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.”中的home。可知答案为B。

5.考查名词。A. material原料；B. resources 资源；C. waste废弃物； D. goods商品。根据like toilet paper，beer cans，empty boxes，知道是垃圾（废弃物），故选择waste。

6.考查介词。超越了我的理解，只有beyond可以表示这个含义。句意：我不能理解游客为什么不爱护这个地方……。故选A。

7.考查形容词。根据上文得知，人们很少关心环境。故选B。

8.考查动词词组。A. throwing away扔掉；B. picking up捡起；C. breaking down 损坏；D. digging out挖掘。根据上文对游客丢垃圾的不解，于是自己尽力去捡垃圾。故选B。

9.考查动词。A. spend花费；B. save挽救；C. wait 等待；D. kill杀死。捡垃圾的工作量很大，作者往往要花费一两个小时去做。故选A。

10.考查词组。A. satisfied with 表示对……感到满意；B. delighted in表示以……为快乐；C. tired of表示对……厌烦；D. used to表示过去常常。根据上文“only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later.结果发现几个星期后这个地区又是满地垃圾”和下文“I decided something had to change.（我决定改变一些方法）”推断作者对自己一个人捡垃圾已经感到力不从心即疲惫了。故选C。

11.考查不定代词。后文but说明前后是转折关系，后面说作者举办的活动很成功，那么前面应选择“nothing”说明作者不知道如何组织大型活动。故选A。

12.考查名词。A. concert音乐会；B. party聚会；C. picnic野餐；D. cleanup清扫。根据下文“Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere.”中的“cleanup”可以知道是“清扫”工作。故选D。

13.考查动词词组。根据下一句“Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash.三天时间我们清理了6,000磅的垃圾”可以知道“那天有300多人参加（出席）了这次活动”。 drop out表示离开；show up表示出席；look around表示四下观望；call back表示回电话。故选B。

14.考查动词。A. demand要求；B. receive收到；C. accomplish完成； D. overcome战胜。“我们”能做完这么多工作真是令人惊讶。故选C。

15.考查名词。根据破折号后面的“the park looked clean!”可知，我们把公园里的垃圾捡完了，公园干净了，变得跟以前不一样了，作者难以置信。make a difference造成差别。故选D。

16.考查动词。A. crossed穿过；B. measured 测量；C. covered覆盖； D. designed设计。cover表示覆盖了132英里的路程。句意：就2007年一年，2,945 人捡起了42,330磅的垃圾，覆盖了132英里的路程。故选C。

17.考查动词。A. talk谈论；B. complain抱怨；C. argue辩论；D. quarrel争吵。根据18空后的“complaining”可知答案。句意：我常常听到人们抱怨他们周围的环境。故选B。

18.考查动词。改变事情的唯一方法是动手去做，而不是抱怨。故选A。

19.考查名词。A. method方法；B. explanation 解释；C. example例子； D. research研究。by example通过榜样。故选C。

20.考查连词。A. although 尽管；B. if 如果；C. when 当---时候；D. unless除非。你不要责备别人，除非你以身作则，故选unless。