阅读理解                                                               Wilderness   

阅读理解                                                               Wilderness   

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阅读理解                                                               Wilderness
     "In wilderness(荒野) is the preservation of the world." This is a famous saying from a writer regarded
as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated
debate on environmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.  
      As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the
untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The
urge to leave the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation(开发) brings to
such landscapes(景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans need-the
rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr.Sauven, these "ecosystem services" far
outweigh the gains from exploitation.
     Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that
wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason
to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industrial exploitation. There are ever more
people on the  Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely
struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for
raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in abundance. If they can be tapped without reducing
the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being
untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.
     I look forwards to seeing these views taken further, and to their being challenged by the other
participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of
spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be
exploited without harm.
     This is a topic that calls for not only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What
position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious
thinking.1.  John Sauven holds that_____.A. many people value nature too much
B. exploitation of wildernesses is harmful
C. wildernesses provide humans with necessities
D. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong2. What is the main idea of Para. 3?  A. The exploitation is necessary for the poor people.
B. Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials.
C. Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no exploitation.
D. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.3. What is the author"s attitude towards this debate?   A. Objective.           
B. Disapproving.
C. Sceptical.                  
D. Optimistic.4. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?A. B. C. D.
CP: Central PointP: PointSp: Sub-point(次要点)C: Conclusion
答案
1-4: BCAD
举一反三
完形填空     He was put in a small ward(病房) with another patient in a hospital. The ward had nothing  1   a
small window that  2   to the outside world.
    His roommate was allowed to  3   in bed because some medical instruments would take some liquid
out of his lung every afternoon,   4   he could only lie in bed all day long
    His roommate"s bed was close to the  5  . Every afternoon, when sitting up by the window, his
roommate would happily  6   him the ongoing scenes outside the window.
    His roommate"s vivid descriptions made him feel like seeing the  7   scene with his own eyes. Never
ever had he been so  8    for a look at the world outside the window as he was now.
    On a slightly rainy evening, he didn"t feel satisfied with his   9   suddenly: Why could his roommate
   10   the beautiful landscapes outside the window while he couldn"t?
    At midnight, he stared at the ceiling and  11   into thought. All of a sudden, his roommate began
coughing  12   and wanted to call the nurse, but failed to  13    the button of the bell. He  14   to be
sound asleep, but after second thoughts he wanted to  15   the bell button. In his  16   of seconds, he
shockingly found that his roommate had stopped  17  .
     On his roommate"s death, he felt lonely, greatly miserable and guilty for not  18   his roommate.
The doctor thought that he did not want to face a(n)  19   bed every day, so he promised to  20   
another ward for him. Just the moment he was lifted onto the stretcher(担架), he spotted the scene
outside the window-a pale wall.    
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(     )1. A. less than
(     )2. A. referred  
(     )3. A. sit up    
(     )4. A. when      
(     )5. A. park      
(     )6. A. bring    
(     )7. A. real      
(     )8. A. delighted
(     )9. A. nurse    
(     )10. A. share    
(     )11. A. sank    
(     )12. A. politely
(     )13. A. reach    
(     )14. A. attempted
(     )15. A. give    
(     )16. A. wonder  
(     )17. A. speaking
(     )18. A. saving  
(     )19. A. extra    
(     )20. A. spare    
B. other than
B. led      
B. write    
B. although  
B. wall      
B. tell      
B. obvious  
B. sorry    
B. disease  
B. enjoy    
B. broke    
B. hardly    
B. hold      
B. managed  
B. press    
B. failure  
B. calling  
B. teaching  
B. empty    
B. seek      
C. rather than  
C. connected    
C. look out        
C. because      
C. window       
C. show          
C. clear        
C. thirsty      
C. doctor        
C. imagine      
C. ran          
C. constantly    
C. change        
C. pretended    
C. remove        
C. doubt        
C. breathing    
C. thanking      
C. old          
C. clean        
D. more than    
D. appealed    
D. read        
D. while        
D. door        
D. draw        
D. original    
D. grateful    
D. situation    
D. experience  
D. stepped      
D. heavily      
D. use          
D. agreed      
D. repair      
D. hesitation  
D. coughing    
D. informing    
D. horrible    
D. find        
阅读理解
                                                     How I Turned to Be Optimistic
       I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt"s house,
and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying,
and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the
thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.  
      I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was
saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was
going to see - the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I
was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.  
       The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me
at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result
of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things
became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each
other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."
        My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at
home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my
grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company
representatives.  
         From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles eventually go
away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I
believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.  
1. How did the author get to know America? 
A. From her relatives                
B. From her mother 
C. From books and pictures      
D. From radio programs
2. For the first two years in New York, the author _________.  
A. often lost her way                            
B. did not think about her future 
C. studied in three different schools    
D. got on well with her stepfather
3. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4? 
A. She worked as a translator 
B. She attended a lot of job interviews 
C. She paid telephone bills for her family 
D. She helped her family with her English
4. The author believes that _________.
A. her future will be free from troubles 
B. it is difficult to learn to become patient 
C. there are more good things than bad things 
D. good things will happen if one keeps trying
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     "Just sign here, sir," the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.
     The package consisted of a long, narrow box   1   wrapped in brown paper.   2   the box, Oscar saw
an umbrella inside - a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle.   3   he had not seen it in
more than 20 years, he recognized it   4   .
     Oscar was 16 when he first saw the   5   umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents.
As they were leaving, h noticed an umbrella on an empty seat, impressed by its   6   , Oscar felt a strong
desire to find its   7   .
     Oscar   8   the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name
matched the seat   9   Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O"Brien.
     Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O"Brien"s   10   on their way home. He rang the bell,
the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. "May I  11    you?" she asked.
     "I"d like to return it if it"s yours," Oscar said,   12   the umbrella as if presenting a   13   that had long
been wished for.
     "Why, yes! It"s mine," replied Mrs. O"Brien with a   14   smile and shining eyes. "It was given to me
by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your  15  ?"
     "No, ma"am," he said, "My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward. "
     "Well, that"s   16   what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?"
     Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs.
O"Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how   17   it was. Why had it arrived here today?
     As if   18  , a note fell from the paper. It reads: Mrs. O"Brien wanted to   19   this umbrella as a
present for a kind,  20  . gesture long ago.
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(     )1.A. strictly      
(     )2.A. Opening      
(     )3.A. After        
(     )4.A. clearly      
(     )5.A. average      
(     )6.A. beauty        
(     )7.A. designer      
(     )8.A. convinced    
(     )9.A. until        
(     )10.A. family      
(     )11.A. invite      
(     )12.A. putting up  
(     )13.A. chance      
(     )14.A. wide        
(     )15.A. patience    
(     )16.A. obviously  
(     )17.A. old        
(     )18.A. in contrast
(     )19. A. possess      
(     )20. A. attractive 
B. carefully  
B. Seizing    
B. When        
B. fully      
B. unusual    
B. shape      
B. seller      
B. forced      
B. before      
B. theater    
B. help        
B. turning out
B. fact       
B. confident  
B. kindness    
B. naturally  
B. rare        
B. in return    
B. accept    
B. significant
C. roughly  
C. Observing
C. Since    
C. immediately
C. plain    
C. origin    
C. user      
C. encouraged  
C. which    
C. house    
C. bother    
C. picking up
C. gift        
C. proud    
C. courage  
C. exactly  
C. precious  
C. in exchange
C. carry    
C. unselfish
D. casually        
D. Searching      
D. Although        
D. suddenly        
D. typical        
D. history        
D. owner          
D. advised        
D. where          
D. neighborhood    
D. know            
D. holding out    
D. result          
D. shy            
D. determination  
D. probably        
D. nice            
D. in answer      
D. value          
D. sympathetic    
阅读理解
     As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and
on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure:
There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad
did.
     In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to
stick y our finger "through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
     On Dad" s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least
one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years
of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every
one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind.
Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
     Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take
these eggs to Marian; she"s baking a cake and doesn"t have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the
snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find
one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no
stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One
businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the
amount came to 8 32,000.
     A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad"s death,  the
mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn"t
the case.
     As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was
around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green
and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
     I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank
Townsend, Dad"s postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began
to tell stories.
     At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters
this Christmas?" he asked.
     "The letters?"
     "I guess you never knew. "
     "Knew what?"
     " Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red
boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
     I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn"t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in
our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the
people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were
that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
     For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.
A.great chances to help other people
B.happy occasions to play with baby chickens
C.exciting experience* with a lot of fun
D.  good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
2. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that_____.
A. Dad had a strong sense of duty
B. Dad was an honest and reliable man
C. Dad had a strong sense of honor
D. Dad was a kind and generous man
3. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?
A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.
B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.
C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.
D. Dad answered children"s Christmas letters every year.
4.The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is______.
A. offering analyses
B. providing explanations
C. giving examples
D. making comparisons
5.What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?
A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.
B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.
C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.
D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families.
6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. The Mail
B. Christmas Letters
C Special Mailboxes
D. Memorable Travels
完形填空
     In the United States, I have a close friend named Jim Forest. When I first   1   him eight years ago,
and we have a good time together. Last winter, Jim came to  2  . I usually wash the dishes after we"ve
finished our  3  , before sitting down and drinking tea with everyone else.  One night, Jim asked if he
might do the dishes.  I said, "  4  , but if you wash the dishes you must know the   5   to wash them."
Jim replied, "Come on, you think I don"t know how to wash the dishes?"  I  6  , "There are two ways
to wash the dishes.  The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes  7  the second is to
wash the dishes to wash the dishes."  Jim was delighted and said, "I   8   the second way - to wash the
dishes to wash the dishes."  From then on, Jim knew how to wash the dishes. I   9   the "responsibility"
to him for an entire week.
     While washing dishes,     10  we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus   11   to get the
dishes out of the way as if they were a(n)  12  , then we are not "washing the dishes to wash the dishes."  
What"s more, we are not   13   during the time we are washing the dishes.    14  , we are completely
incapable of   15   the miracle of life while standing at the sink.  If we can"t wash the dishes, the chances
are we won"t be 16  to drink our tea either.  While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of
other things, barely   17 of the cup in our hands.  Thus we are sucked away into the   18   and we are
incapable of actually  19  one minute of life.
     Try to wash the dishes the next time you wash the dishes, when your mind is   20  but on the dishes.
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