Next year the U.S. National Park Service will...

Next year the U.S. National Park Service will turn 100. The 100th anniversary （周年纪念日）will be celebrated across the nation.

Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior of the United States, started a new program called “Find Your Park.” She said being outside helps both children and adults in today’s computer-driven world.

“In this society, where we’ve got much information at out fingertips, and things to distract（分散……注意力）our brains, there is little to distract our bodies and that’s why parks and open spaces are so important and even more important with each passing year,” Jewell said.

From beautiful lands and mountains to historical and cultural places, national parks can be found in all 50 states across the U.S. The parks had nearly 293 million visits in 2014. The Golden Gate Park in San Francisco was the most popular with 15 million visits. There are 28 different kinds of national park, and each park has an important story to tell.

Jewell has invited some famous Americans to help the anniversary. American First Lady Michelle Obama and former First Lady Laura Bush were invited to share their national park stories, because the White House is one of the country’s national parks.

Mrs. Obama encouraged “people across the country to ‘Find Your Park,’ whether it’s in your backyard, or your hometown, or in one of our beautiful national parks.”

Some well-known Americans have filmed their own personal national park stories and they can be seen on National Park Foundation website. Bill Nye, known as “The Science Guy,” and actress Bella Thorne are two of the people who have shared their personal national park stories.

The program wants the public to share park experiences and memories at FindYourPark.com. The website helps people find a park near their home, not just national parks, but local parks as well.

“It’s really all about getting people outside and moving as well as getting them to recognize（认识）what parks and public lands have to offer,” Jewell said.

1.What’s the purpose of the program “Find Your Park”?

A. To get more people to connect with public lands.

B. To make sure people live in a healthy outdoor life.

C. To raise money for the 100th anniversary.

D. To keep children and adults away from computers

2.In Jewell’s opinion, parks and open spaces ______.

A. are good for helping brains to get information

B. have a big influence on people’s lives

C. are hard to attract human beings

D. help keep people’s attention

3.The national parks in the U.S. _____.

A. are the nation’s main tourist attraction

B. have one story teller for each park

C. are popular across the nation

D. cover a few of its states

4.Famous people are helping the anniversary by ____.

A. sharing their national park experiences

B. filming people in the national parks

C. building parks in their backyards

D. helping people to find a park near their home

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Grand Canyon National Park recently turned 100 years old. The1.(nature) wonder in northern Arizona became one of America’s early national parks in 1919. A century later, about 6 million people a year visit the park,2.is about the size of the state of Delaware.

Native tribes (部落) had many names for the huge canyon. But in 1869,3.(explore) John Wesley Powell gave it a name that stuck: the Grand Canyon. The canyon isn’t the world’s longest or deepest. But it surely is grand. It offers beautiful views.

The canyon itself is far4.(old) than the park. No one knows exactly5. old the canyon is. The rocks6.the bottom are about 1.8 billion years old.

Humans first came to the area about 12,000 years ago. They left behind a large number of stone tools. For the past century, tools7.(make) from small sticks8.(find) in some of the canyon’s caves.

Plenty of animals live in the park. Desert bighorn sheep are9.largest animals in the Grand Canyon.10.(measure) 300 pounds, they climb over the rocks. The park is home to almost 375 kinds of birds and a few living things that can be found nowhere else.

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The National Park Service in the United States will mark its one hundredth anniversary in 2016. As it nears its second century, the Park Service plans to increase its educational programs for students and teachers.

The plans include transportation support for one hundred thousand students each year to visit national parks to learn about nature and history. Yellowstone is believed to have been the world’s first national park when it was established in 1872. Other students will get a chance to see parks in faraway places through Skype and other online programs.

The National Park Service also works with partners to provide education. One of its partners is a nonprofit organization called NatureBridge.　 NatureBridge is　 celebrating　 its　 fortieth anniversary and says one million young people have taken part in its programs. The organization works with students from kindergarten through twelfth grade and uses national parks as its classrooms. It provides field science programs at Yosemite National Park and four other locations in California and the northwestern state of Washington.

Now, NatureBridge is launching an East Coast center with a four­million­dollar grant from Google. The program will begin in April at the Prince William Forest Park in Virginia. Students stay for three to five days in NatureBridge programs. The activities are aimed at developing their science skills.　 For example, they learn about different soils and study water quality under a microscope.

Jason Morris is executive vice president of NatureBridge.　 He says when they are not sleeping, eating or in a laboratory, the students spend their　 time outdoors. Julia Washburn is associate director of education and interpretation for the National Park Service. She says in a time of budget cuts, the agency has to find ways to still meet its goals. Ms. Washburn says one of the most important services that the Park Service provides every day is nature interpretation. Park rangers (公园管理员) try to make visiting the outdoors more meaningful. Interpretation is a form of informal education. Essentially, it is a word that we use for the people in parks that explain the park or help orient (确定方向) you. So park rangers are interpreters. They orient you to the place you are in and help you make connections, emotional and intellectual connections, with the place.

1.What’s the general idea of the passage?

A. National parks are used as outdoor classrooms for students.

B. Students are called on to be members of NatureBridge.

C. Some famous national parks in US are attractive to students.

D. Park rangers make visiting parks much more interesting.

2.Which of the following is the correct structure of the whole passage? (Para.＝Paragraph)

A. 　　 B.

C. 　　 D.

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Our class will go to the National Park next Sunday —— ________ it rains, of course.

A. when    B. unless C. for        D. whether

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Starting in 1972, the National Park Service established a policy for forest fires called Natural Bum. It was true 1. some forest fires, such as those which were caused by lightning were necessary for forests 2. (keep) balanced ecosystems, so the fire should be allowed to burn.3., a big fire in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused this policy to be abandoned (放弃) since the fire was initially allowed to burn yet soon out of control. As a result, the fire of 1988 destroyed much of Yellowstone, which is America’s 4. (old) and most beloved national park. Massive areas of plants were destroyed, and large empty spaces and acres of burned and blackened trees greeted 5. (visit). The rivers and streams were choked with ash, and the ecosystem of the park was changed 6. repair.

In addition, great numbers of animals 7. (kill) by the fires that burned out of control. The fires were driven by high winds,8. (move) as many as ten miles a day. Many small animals died in the flames. The fires’ rapid advances 9. (give) the wildlife little chance to escape. Even today, few of these small forest animals have returned to live in the park. In the years immediately following the fires, the numbers of visitors declined 10. (rapid).

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One of America’s best-known artist colonies, the MacDowell Colony, will turn 110 next year. It is a place where artists of all types can sweep away distractions (令人分心的事物) and just create.

MacDowell’s operations are funded by foundations, corporations and individuals. Writers, composers, photographers, filmmakers and sculptors — both famous and unknown —compete for the 32 free studios at the place. Once accepted, an artist can stay for as little as a couple of weeks, or as long as a couple of months.

When they arrive, artists find a kind of isolation (隔绝) hard to find in our world. There’s no phone. No fax. No friends. No family. It’s just a cabin in the snowy woods.

Writer Emily Raboteau lives in New York City. She came to MacDowell to work on a novel. She received a desk, chairs, pencil and paper — and ice grippers. The walk from one isolated, one-room studio to another is icy, so colony residents (居住的人) fasten the ice grippers to the bottom of their shoes.

Another colony resident, Belfast composer Elaine Agnew, plays a piece called “To a Wild Rose,” written by Edward MacDowell. She says it’s so famous that every pianist in the world has played the tune. A hundred years ago, Macdowell owned the land where the colony now sits. He liked its isolation and his ability to get work done there. After his death, his wife, Marion, encouraged other artists to come.

And for the last century, artists have accepted the invitation, coming to step outside of their daily lives for a short time. Privacy is respected, but cooperation and discussion is common.

Screenwriter Kit Carson — who wrote Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and the film adaptation of Sam Shepherd’s play Paris, Texas — has visited MacDowell twice. He says that the interdisciplinary (学科间的) discussion there is valuable.

“You sit around at dinner, talking, and then somebody runs off and brings you back some stuff and shows it to you,” he says. “That, I didn’t realize, was part of the magic here, because people are really open to showing their opinions here.”

1.What do the colony residents have in common?

A. They find it hard to survive the loneliness.

B. They usually stay in the colony for months.

C. They are already famous in their own field.

D. They are nearly cut off from the outside world.

2.Why does the author mention Elaine Agnew?

A. To show the wide range of the residents.

B. To introduce the origin of the colony.

C. To admire her great musical talent.

D. To show respect for MacDowell.

3.Where does the magic of the MacDowell Colony lie according to Kit Carson?

A. It has a homely feel.　　 B. It values work-play balance.

C. It encourages privacy greatly.　　 D. It has an idea-sharing atmosphere.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Wonderland for artists　　 B. Creativity at work

C. Happy birthday!　　 D. Power of silence

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Today, as in every other day of the year, more than 3,000 U.S. adolescents will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults. During their lifetime, it can be expected that of these 3,000 about 23 will be murdered, 30 will die in traffic accidents, and nearly 750 will be killed by a smoking-related disease. The number of deaths due to cigarette smoking outweighs all other factors, whether voluntary or involuntary, as a cause of death.

Since the late 1970s, when daily smoking among high school seniors reached 30 percent, smoking rates among youth have declined. While the decline is impressive, several important issues must be raised.

First, in the past several years, smoking rates among youth have declined very little. Second, in the late 1970s, smoking among male high school seniors beat that among female by nearly 10 percent . The statistic is reversing (完全相反的). Third, several recent studies have indicate high school dropouts have excessively high smoking rates, as much as 75 percent .

Finally, though significant declines in adolescent smoking have occurred in the past decade, no definite reasons for the decline exist. Within this context, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began its current effort to determine the most effective measures to reduce smoking level among youth.

1.According to the author, the deaths among youth are mainly caused by _____.

A. traffic accidents　　 B. smoking-related disease

C. murder　　 　　　　　　　 D. all of these

2. Every day there are over _____ high school students who will become regular smoker.

A.75　　　　 B.23　　　　　 C.30　　　　　 D.3000

3.By "dropout" the author means ________

A. students who failed the examination

B. students who left school

C. students who lost their way

D. students who were driven out of school

4.The reason for declining adolescent smoking is that ________.

A. NCI has taken effective measures

B. smoking is prevented among high school seniors

C. there are many smokers who have died of cancer

D. none of these

5.What is implied by the author is that ________.

A. smoking rates among youth have declined very little

B. there are now more female than male smokers among high school seniors

C. high smoking rates are due to the increase in wealth

D. smoking at high school are from low socio-economic backgrounds

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—Will you take over at the next service area? I want a short rest.

—Sure. You ______ for over four hours by then.

A.have driven B.have been driving

C.will be driving D.will have been driving

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The site ______ now is a park, which will be open to the public at the end of this year.

A．to be built         B．being built         C．having been built    D．Built

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The site ________ now is an amusement park, which will be open to thepublic at the end of this year.

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