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 EL Capitan, a  36  rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew  37  I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion ever since— 38  the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my  39 .

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of  40 , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s  41  me why visitors started respecting the place 42  and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried  43 trash myself, but the job was too big. I would  44  an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so  45  it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew  46  about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a  47 . On that day, more than 300 people  48 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to  49 . I couldn’t believe the  50  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  51  132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people  52  about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by  53  rather than complaining. We need to teach by  54 . You can’t blame others  55  you start with yourself.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

In his address at two-day APEC Economic Leaders Meeting , President Hu _______ the APEC to reform itself to raise the efficiency of cooperation so as to keep advancing _______changing times.

A．called in; for                       B．called on; with

C．called for; at                       D．called at; through

This story began when I was a child. I was born in     46   . Often we hadn’t enough to eat. When never we had some food, Mother often give me  her portion. While she was putting her rice into my bowl, she would say, “Eat this rice, son! I’m not   47   .”

As I grew, Mother her    48   her spare time to    49  in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more     50  for my growth. Once she caught just two fish, she made fish soup. While I was eating the soup, Mother sat beside me and ate what was still kept on the    51   of the fish I had eaten. My heart was       52   when I saw it. So I gave the other fish to her but she immediately   53  it and said, “I don’t  54    like fish.”

Then, in order to pay for my    55    , Mother went to a match factory. This helped her get some money to cover my school fees. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight.    56   I said, “Mother, go to sleep; it’s late; you can     57  working tomorrow.” Mother smiled and said, “Go to sleep, son! I’m not      58     .”

When I had to sit my final examination, mother accompanied me. Mother    59    for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to    60   her. Mother give me a glass of tea that she had    61   . The tea was not as    62   as Mother’s love. Seeing Mother covered with sweat, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to   63  too. Mother said, “I’m not thirsty!”.

Now , I’m an employer and my     64   now is to work hard and to repay my mother for all the    65    that she gave me.

1.                A．poor           B．special         C．weak D．happy

 

2.A worried          B. hungry         C. carless          D, foolish

3.                A．looked up       B．set up          C．gave up   D．push up

 

4.                A．learn          B．swim           C．fish  D．play

 

5.                A．taste           B．nutrition        C．function  D．importance

 

6.                A．meat           B．bowl           C．plate D．bone

 

7.                A．moved         B．excited         C．puzzled   D．surprised

 

8.                A．doubted        B．accepted        C．refused   D．overlooked

 

9.                A．quietly         B．mostly          C．clearly   D．really

 

10.               A．education       B．health          C．career    D．experience

 

11.               A．As            B．So             C．Until  D．But

 

12.               A．stop           B．begin          C．continue  D．enjoy

 

13.               A．cold           B．sad            C．sick  D．tired

 

14.               A．waited         B．called          C．went D．hunted

 

15.               A．greet          B．help           C．ask   D．meet

 

16.               A．prepared       B．bought         C．found D．cleaned

 

17.               A．free           B．strong          C．high  D．hard

 

18.               A．change         B．drink          C．throw D．notice

 

19.               A．belief          B．wonder        C．dream D．work

 

20.               A．food           B．future          C．water D．love

 

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find   36  work and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.

To my   37   I was driving a school bus to   38   my family. I had been through five   39   with a company and one day they   40   to say I did not get the job. I went to the bus barn, feeling   41  .

Later that afternoon,   42   doing my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner wave   43   from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my   44   become so hard?” “Give me a sign, I asked, a physical sign, not some inner   45   type of thing.”

Immediately after this internal（内心的） scream I   46   the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she   47   she handed me an earring saying I should keep it   48   somebody looked for it. The   49   was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE HAPPY”. Then it struck me. I had been putting all of my   50   into what was wrong with my life   51   than what was right! 

One night there was a phone call for me from the   52   at a large hospital. She asked me whether I   53   do a report for 200 hospital workers. I said   54   and got the job.

My day with the hospital workers   55   very well. I got a great welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to gratitude.

1.A. satisfying      B. probable       particular       D. considerate

2.  A. joy                   B. luck               shame             D. surprise

3.  A. meet                 B. supply           C. provide               D. support

4.  A. meetings           B. interviews      conferences         D. reports

5.  A. came                B. hoped            called                 D. expected

6.  A. excited                     B. worried          disappointed              D. frightened

7.  A. though                     B. while             unless                 D. until

8.  A. rise                   B. shout             raise                   D. cry

9.  A. work                B. situation         life                 D. position

10. A. sound                B. voice             noise                  D. thought

11. A. pulled               B. carried                  brought                     D. held

12. A. took off             B. put off                  gave off             D. got off

13. A. as long as           B. now that         in case                D. as soon as

14. A. earring               B. watch             necklace             D. bag

15. A. money                     B. ideas              energies              D. strength

16. A. rather                B. other              more                  D. less

17. A. nurse                B. work              patient                D. manager

18. A. should                     B. would            must                  D. ought

19. A. no                            B. hello              yes                     D. nothing

20. A. went                 B. looked                  seemed               D. appeared

 

He has always insisted on _______ Mr. Berg instead of Justin.

A．been called

B．called

C．calling

D．being called