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 E1 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 less and treated such a _______ home-like place this way.
I tried _______ trash (垃圾) 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 ________.
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 ________ how much we were able to accomplish. 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 unless you start with yourself.
1.A.distant B.hard C.loose D.huge
2.A.gradually B.finally C.immediately D.recently
3.A.painting B.climbing C.measuring D.approaching
4.A.home B.palace C.garden D.shelter
5.A.dust B.waste C.materials D.resources
6.A.against B.over C.beyond D.within
7.A.new B.safe C.happy D.beautiful
8.A.picking up B.breaking down C.throwing away D.digging out
9.A.wait B.save C.kill D.spend
10.A.delighted in B.tired of C.satisfied with D.used to
11.A.aim B.stress C.change D.depend
12.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something
13.A.concert B.picnic C.party D.cleanup
14.A.showed up B.called back C.dropped out D.looked around
15.A.puzzling B.amazing C.amusing D.interesting
16.A.plan B.visit C.difference D.contact
17.A.covered B.crossed C.measured D.designed
18.A.argue B.complain C.quarrel D.talk
19.A.thinking B.questioning C.doing D.watching
20.A.method B.explanation C.research D.example
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Smith, an old man ,lived in the middle of town. One day he found his watch_______in his own store. It_______a lot to him because it was from his wife. After searching up and down in the_______for a long while,he _______to ask for help from a group of children playing outside the store. He_______them that the person who found it would be rewarded_______ this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the_______store, but still couldn't find the watch.
Soon the man felt hopeless and wanted to_______. A little boy went up to him and asked for another_______.The man looked at him and though, “Why not? __________,this kid looks sincere enough. “__________,the man sent him back in the store. After a while the boy__________with the watch in his hand ! The man was very__________,and he asked the boy how he found it while the others had__________. The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and__________.Then I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that __________.”
We usually do something in a hurry and don't think about our own needs, which can't bring peace into our mind, __________, we need to think about ourselves and keep peaceful for a while, which can produce a __________result, So allow a few minutes of__________to your mind every day, and see how it helps you deal with your work and make __________ as you expect to !
1.A.broken B.lost C.hidden D.put
2.A.meant B.learned C.performed D.bargain
3.A.town B.playground C.street D.store
4.A.forgot B.agreed C.decided D.pretended
5.A.promised B.taught C.worried D.warned
6.A.Seeing B.Hearing C.Wearing D.Feeling
7.A.silent B.empty C.busy D.whole
8.A.calm down B.set off C.give up D.show off
9.A.chance B.reason C.reward D.date
10.A.So far B.After all C.At first D.In short
11.A.However B.Meanwhile C.Moreover D.Therefore
12.A.ran away B.fell down C.came out D.went back
13.A.amazed B.proud C.nervous D.angry
14.A.finished B.failed C.regretted D.doubted
15.A.played B.waited C.watched D.listened
16.A.room B.situation C.direction D.darkness
17.A.Instead B.Otherwise C.Besides D.Afterwards
18.A.clear B.straight C.good D.natural
19.A.exercise B.silence C.pleasure D.conversation
20.A.noise B.sense C.mistake D.progress
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of _______ must be the most _________ thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother _________ different things for my sister and brother. “But the _________”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she _______ me, she showed it in action. But _________ a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks _________ mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深渊) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. _________ she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in _________ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did __________ me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. ________ came. My hope turned to __________, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ________ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could __________ trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the __________ of her desk told me, as she’d __________ been able to, that she was __________ that writing was my chosen work. I __________ the desk carefully and found some papers __________---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ________ that speaks louder than words.
1.A.speaking B.writing C.looking D.listening
2.A.wonderful B.tiring C.funny D.productive
3.A.bought B.gave C.designed D.kept
4.A.pen B.paper C.chair D.desk
5.A.loved B.disliked C.appreciated D.sympathized
6.A.like B.as C.be D.unlike
7.A.with B.among C.beside D.between
8.A.So B.And C.But D.Or
9.A.careful B.active C.thankful D.serious
10.A.ignore B.accept C.forgive D.dislike
11.A.No one B.None C.Something D.Neither
12.A.surprise B.joy C.disappointment D.happiness
13.A.ideas B.information C.news D.letter
14.A.stand B.stop C.continue D.practice
15.A.present B.appearance C.shape D.sight
16.A.always B.ever C.never D.often
17.A.sorry B.encouraged C.regretful D.pleased
18.A.moved B.cleaned C.fixed D.emptied
19.A.inside B.outside C.below D.above
20.A.gesture B.method C.action D.way
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The young seal couldn’t have been more than two days old, and yet he was all alone. Sometimes he would swim ____ ,but he always came back. At first we thought it was_____that he kept swimming back to us, until we noticed that he obviously had been _____and had nowhere else to go. We called him “Curious George”.
Without his mother’s milk, George appeared very _____with his eyes closed. I jumped into the water and swam up to him,______we could be close enough. My heart went out to George and I just hoped that he had the ________to interact (互动) with me. Suddenly he _____ his eyes and immediately he jumped up between my arms, putting his head against my chest. It was a(n) _____moment. But I knew that George wouldn’t _____without some help.
We __________the local conservation volunteers. They were _____that in the absence of his mother, he had developed a ______relationship with us. They promised they would bring him to an area with______people living there and keep an eye on him. Even though it hurt to see him ________,we knew that he was in better hands.
The next day we ______the conservation volunteers and asked how George was doing. ______the volunteers informed us that he was too close to humans, we realized that was probably our _____! They decided to bring him to a small island wildlife reserve with a lot of seals in the area, where they could better _____him.
A week later, we called again, and were informed that George was______in the water swimming with other seals. George was______and back to his world. And he will always swim in my heart.
1.A.aside B.around C.ahead D.away
2.A.annoying B.satisfying C.amazing D.embarrassing
3.A.hurt B.abandoned C.ignored D.avoided
4.A.nervous B.sad C.slow D.weak
5.A.so that B.now that C.as if D.even if
6.A.energy B.ability C.time D.chance
7.A.turned B.raised C.narrowed D.opened
8.A.anxious B.magical C.quiet D.important
9.A.survive B.grow C.go D.swim
10.A.cared about B.worried about C.got in touch with D.got along well with
11.A.confused B.terrified C.concerned D.amused
12.A.healthy B.close C.serious D.lasting
13.A.fool B.young C.enough D.few
14.A.fight B.cry C.leave D.suffer
15.A.visited B.called C.found D.invited
16.A.When B.Before C.Unless D.Until
17.A.choice B.duty C.excuse D.fault
18.A.examine B.instruct C.observe D.control
19.A.spotted B.treated C.protected D.followed
20.A.quick B.different C.novel D.alive
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As I stood at the base of the mountain range beside a remote African village, the male villagers all repeated the same question: Are you certain you want to climb the mountain?
It had________been climbed by local and foreign men, and local women, but a Western female had ________, unaccompanied and wanted to climb the mountain, which was quite _________
I explained that I’d been________for some time --in research and in physical strength-- and showed them the________I had got from their government authorizing my climb. I stressed that I’d be very________to follow their local traditions and hire one of their villagers as a guide, but it seemed to do little to reduce their________.
The male villagers told me that the ‘quick mud’ I’d meet would swallow me. While they couldn’t remember anyone this bad thing actually________, they seemed convinced it was a real ________. The village women, however, smiled at me, indicating their________for my climb.
The men________ telling stories of unpredictable danger. However, I was________ because my aunt’s words kept ________in my ears --the greatest risk is not taking a risk, and we should always ________our dreams.
Eventually, the men agreed to a(n)________that seemed to put them at ease with my climb. Besides the local guide I’d hire, they also________ me to hire three men guards with guns, for protection.
As I started walking down the dirt path toward the mountain, I was________not only by my new mountain support team, but also by every village woman. While two women walked hand-in-hand with me, the others danced in circles around us as if in ________of a victory.
I knew I wasn’t the first Western female to make the climb. But with the women villagers________accompanying me, I felt a strong sense of ________. And I guessed they felt the same.
1.A.formally B.fortunately C.especially D.surely
2.A.achieved B.wandered C.arrived D.explored
3.A.rare B.typical C.disgusting D.common
4.A.consulting B.attempting C.preparing D.operating
5.A.reward B.invitation C.command D.permit
6.A.generous B.cautious C.curious D.regretful
7.A.concerns B.thrills C.surprises D.problems
8.A.belonged to B.appealed to C.led to D.happened to
9.A.bargain B.possibility C.promotion D.dilemma
10.A.fancy B.support C.reason D.disagreement
11.A.finished B.enjoyed C.continued D.suggested
12.A.determined B.annoyed C.delighted D.depressed
13.A.alarming B.ringing C.breaking D.exploding
14.A.observe B.make C.strengthen D.follow
15.A.exchange B.connection C.explanation D.arrangement
16.A.warned B.refused C.advised D.reminded
17.A.joined B.expected C.frightened D.teased
18.A.celebration B.search C.possession D.defense
19.A.carefully B.boringly C.proudly D.patiently
20.A.relief B.accomplishment C.justice D.guilty
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Now at some level, all moms and dads know they shouldn't yell at kids. But if you don't _______or talk angrily, how do you discipline(管教)?
For thousands of years, the Inuit have _______ an ancient tool: storytelling. Designed to improve kids’ behaviors and sometimes _______ save their lives, oral stories are passed down from one _______ to the next. For example, how do you teach kids to _______ the ocean? Instead of _______, “Don't go near the water!” Inuit parents take a unique _______ and tell kids a special story about what's inside the water. _______, those stories seemed to me too scary for little children. And my initial reaction was to _______ them. But my opinion changed after I watched my own daughter's response to ________ tales——and after I learned more about humanity’s complex relationship with storytelling.
Oral storytelling is what's known as a human ________. For tens of thousands of years, it has been a key way that parents teach children about values and how to ________. Modern hunter-gatherer groups use ________ to teach sharing, respect for others and conflict avoidance. With the Agta, a hunter-gatherer population of the Philippines’ good storytelling skills are ________ more than hunting skills or medicinal knowledge.
Today many parents outsource their oral storytelling to screens, which also ________ . We learn best through things that are ________ to us. And stories, by their ________ , can have lots of things in them that are much more interesting in a way that bare ________ don't. Stories with a dash of danger ________ kids like magnets (磁石). And they turn a tension-ridden activity like disciplining into a ________ interaction. So don't discount the playfulness of storytelling.
1.A.answer B.defend C.scold D.stare
2.A.run into B.relied on C.dealt with D.applied for
3.A.still B.only C.never D.even
4.A.generation B.season C.destination D.point
5.A.stay away from B.look forward to C.face up to D.put up with
6.A.recommending B.begging C.yelling D.questioning
7.A.contribution B.introduction C.opportunity D.approach
8.A.At least B.At first C.In addition D.For example
9.A.dismiss B.subscribe C.remember D.prove
10.A.familiar B.personal C.similar D.humorous
11.A.universal B.right C.form D.feeling
12.A.differ B.calculate C.change D.behave
13.A.toys B.stories C.videos D.experiments
14.A.affected B.blamed C.distributed D.prized
15.A.declines B.works C.exists D.ends
16.A.important B.available C.interesting D.obvious
17.A.purpose B.size C.nature D.side
18.A.prediction B.imagination C.performances D.statements
19.A.consist of B.pull in C.pay off D.turn down
20.A.playful B.careful C.doubtful D.painful
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Valerie was very worried about her dad. For some time now she had noticed he was _______ his hair. One day, she asked him, “Daddy, every day you have less hair. _______ is that?” Her father smiled and said, “It’s the hair thief. He visits my _______during the night when I’m asleep. One by one he pulls out my hair, and there’s no way to _______him.”
This worried Valerie, but she was _______to help her dad. That night she stayed _______as long as she could. When she was _______her dad and mom had fallen asleep, she took a hammer and went to their bedroom slowly and _______. She didn’t want the hair thief to _______her. When she arrived at her father’s side, she carefully inspected her father’s head in order to catch the hair thief as soon as he __________. Before long, she saw a shadow on her father’s head and she __________it with the hammer.
Her father __________a loud cry and got out of bed at once. He turned the __________on, and trembling with __________, he saw Valerie waving her hammer in the air. “Daddy, I __________got him. But it looks like he __________!” said Valerie. Meanwhile, the mother __________. She burst into __________when she knew what had happened.
So Valerie’s father had to explain that the hair thief didn’t exist, and that losing hair is something that just happens naturally to most fathers. Valerie still __________about her daddy, but she no longer waited for the hair thief. __________, she bought her father a very nice sleeping hat.
1.A.checking B.losing C.touching D.protecting
2.A.When B.Where C.Why D.What
3.A.neck B.face C.ears D.head
4.A.catch B.throw C.hold D.keep
5.A.excited B.determined C.expected D.allowed
6.A.awake B.asleep C.afraid D.alone
7.A.glad B.sorry C.upset D.sure
8.A.sadly B.nervously C.loudly D.quietly
9.A.disappoint B.know C.hear D.catch
10.A.appeared B.left C.returned D.followed
11.A.caught B.felt C.hit D.covered
12.A.came out B.let out C.sent out D.set out
13.A.radio B.television C.computer D.light
14.A.shock B.delight C.care D.hope
15.A.still B.hardly C.nearly D.never
16.A.stayed B.escaped C.failed D.moved
17.A.woke up B.showed up C.looked out D.turned around
18.A.shouts B.tears C.laughter D.cheers
19.A.knew B.thought C.wondered D.worried
20.A.Though B.Instead C.Otherwise D.Besides
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
History rocks! But your poor history teacher was not able to_________all the fun little bits. Whether these bits were sad, ridiculous, or heartwarming, we think it’s a shame that you_________the bits. And now we help you_________that.
Famous for his beard, Abraham Lincoln was an incredible_________. Though he wasn’t actually born in a very poor family, he did have a relatively_________childhood. Hard labor was part of the daily life in the area where Lincoln grew up, and, at the age of nine, he_________his mother because of disease. As President, he would grow to be history’s_________president of the United States, standing proud at 1.93m. Even after he died, his story didn’t quite_________. In 1876, a group of bad fellows wanted to hold Lincoln’s body for ransom (赎金) at the fee of $ 20000 and the_________of one of their accomplices (同谋犯). They were caught and____________to a year in prison.
Theodore Roosevelt’s story is one of privilege, big personalities, and bigger sticks. Teddy Roosevelt was born to the____________Roosevelt family in New York City, quite different from Lincoln, but he was known to be a very____________child. He even took up boxing at a young age to____________against his weak body. Roosevelt had a(n)____________to the left eye caused by boxing. He took many trips to Africa and South America where he hunted and studied numerous exotic species.
His best story, perhaps, concerns a speech in Milwaukee in 1912. During the speech, a man tried to____________Roosevelt's life with a gun, but the bullet was slowed down by his folded speech craft and eyeglass case. Roosevelt____________told the crowd he hadn't been shot. He____________giving his speech without stopping,____________when it was finished, he headed over as soon as possible for the hospital to get the bullet____________. Mr. Roosevelt, well____________!
1.A.state B.interpret C.describe D.cover
2.A.put aside B.missed out C.left out D.cast about
3.A.make out B.pick up C.draw on D.make up for
4.A.figure B.character C.creature D.brain
5.A.intact B.tough C.rich D.light-hearted
6.A.lost B.sacrificed C.possessed D.rescued
7.A.wisest B.strongest C.tallest D.heaviest
8.A.arise B.shrink C.rewind D.end
9.A.promotion B.fame C.answer D.release
10.A.sentenced B.surrendered C.regulated D.shrank
11.A.exceptional B.wealthy C.common D.fundamental
12.A.aggressive B.active C.unhealthy D.confident
13.A.battle B.resist C.build D.cure
14.A.wound B.injury C.operation D.check
15.A.kill B.murder C.carry off D.knock out
16.A.patiently B.roughly C.immediately D.bravely
17.A.continued B.enjoyed C.Finished D.stopped
18.A.however B.therefore C.but D.otherwise
19.A.transferred B.removed C.relayed D.transmitted
20.A.talked B.lied C.shot D.played
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An Arkansas mom, Carrie Jerrigan, was shopping at a children's shoe store recently and ended up buying all the shoes in the store. The shopping wasn't for her __. It was "to help others __ .
Carrie Jerrigan said when she was looking around at shoes, her daughter __ "the avengers (复仇者)themed shoes". Her daughter has a kind heart. Her daughter didn't want them for herself, ____ her daughter wanted to buy them for someone who needed them more. "My daughter said there was a boy in her class that loved avengers and his shoes were so ____; she wanted to buy the shoes for him," Jerrigan said.
Her daughter's desire to help someone else __ Jerrigan. The store was closing so she asked how much it would __ to buy out the entire store. "The clerk looked at me, feeling ____, and said if she could have my ____?" Jerrigan remembered. Later that-day, she got a call from the store's district manager.
"You could buy all the shoes," the manager said. __ they just received a shipment of new shoes, so she would no longer be taking home hundreds, like she thought.
What Jerrigan thought was going to be 200 to 300 pairs. But it __ more than three times. "The __ thing you know, we are trying to __ how to get almost 1,500 pairs of shoes home with us that day," she said. Jerrigan plans to give all 1,500 kids in need. To do so, the family plans on holding a back- to-school _____, where they'll hand out pairs of shoes.
For now, Jerrigan's home is __ with shoe boxes. Jerrigan didn't __ how much all the shoes cost her but she's giving the students for free. Jerrick said "If you ask the children what they want to be when they grow up, they will say to be __ . I don't ____ what they do in life as long as they are kind and good people. If their ___ are in the right place, they can do __ things. "
1.A.colleagues B.kids C.friends D.roommates
2.A.in favor B.in order C.in need D.in place
3.A.spotted B.realized C.got D.paid
4.A.but B.so C.just D.then
5.A.clean B.small C.fashionable D.good
6.A.hurt B.occupied C.sympathized D.inspired
7.A.earn B.rent C.cost D.have
8.A.astonished B.annoyed C.miserable D.embarrassed
9.A.address B.number C.email D.card
10.A.Generally B.Regularly C.Fortunately D.Recently
11.A.set down B.met with C.turned in D.ended up
12.A.best B.ambitious C.next D.stressful
13.A.leave out B.come out C.cut out D.figure out
14.A.trip B.event C.game D.accident
15.A.rewarded B.presented C.filled D.equipped
16.A.discuss B.argue C.ask D.say
17.A.great B.lucky C.kind D.rich
18.A.care B.reject C.guarantee D.abandon
19.A.grades B.ideas C.hearts D.shoes
20.A.supporting B.amazing C.disappointing D.disgusting
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
I have heard a lot of brave stories in my life. If being brave is as simple as showing _______ during a time of fear, I _______ a time when I had a frightening experience.
My family had just arrived at our holiday house when the _______ came to give us the keys and warned us to_______ for wild rodents running around his house. My parents _______ and said they would _______ the situation if they appear. The _______ of killing something like a mouse _______ entered my mind. Moreover, my father always came to my _______ if I needed him.
When my parents unpacked our bags, I was watching a movie in my room. Everyone else was ________ so I had to attend to my little brother. Halfway through the ________,I really needed to take a bathroom ________ so I walked out of my room leaving him alone in his baby bed. He disliked it, but I had to be ________ for a moment. "What' s the worst that could ________ ?” I thought to myself.
When I left the room, my brother began to cry ________ he usually did. However, his crying grew much louder and fearful, so I hurried back, and was greeted by an ________ furry visitor. “Dad! “I cried, "There is a rat in my room!” “Kill it!” he ________.“But dad, I can't.”
My mind went ________ ;I was so frightened. The first thing that I saw was an umbrella, so I ________ it. I began to hit the rat until it stopped moving.
My parents were ________ that I put my fear aside to protect my brother. That day, I felt brave.
1.A.progress B.intelligence C.strength D.technique
2.A.think of B.think over C.think ahead D.think through
3.A.landlord B.agent C.neighbor D.colleague
4.A.go out B.watch out C.drop out D.carry out
5.A.coughed B.sighed C.shook D.nodded
6.A.overcome B.overlook C.handle D.ignore
7.A.thought B.sense C.belief D.concept
8.A.always B.immediately C.gradually D.never
9.A.life B.help C.mind D.body
10.A.excited B.annoyed C.frightened D.occupied
11.A.package B.story C.movie D.experience
12.A.break B.walk C.chance D.leave
13.A.courageous B.gone C.available D.lost
14.A.become B.strike C.happen D.arrive
15.A.if B.while C.till D.as
16.A.unaware B.unlikely C.unreasonable D.unexpected
17.A.yelled B.said C.signed D.complained
18.A.pale B.blank C.red D.bad
19.A.threw B.brought C.seized D.kicked
20.A.awkward B.proud C.afraid D.lucky
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