阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。

It was the middle of July. I had spent two days exploring a bat cave in thedesert in southern New Mexico. The cave was part of an ancient flow of lava(熔岩流),now hardened into rock. I had left the cave and was driving my pickup truckon a rough(高低不平的)track across the________surface of the lava flow.

Suddenly, the truck came to a stop, caught on a black lava rock.

A quick check of the underside ______the worst: the truck's axle(车轴)was bent,nearly broken intwo. I couldn't ______ help in such faraway country. I put the food and cans of water into my backpackand set off on foot, going north, the direction of the main highway.I was low on water. Too little food didnot matter much, but hiking across the desert in July without water could be dangerous. As I set out,unreasonable ______ came over my mind. I was afraid of everything around me. Each creature mademy heart jump. In my mind, every movement was a scary animal about to strike and kill me.

I walked for hours and cried until I________that nobody was around to hear me. Complaining wasuseless. A change came over me. I began to feel less afraid. Fear was replaced by curiosity. I went on,and slowly but surely began to see the desert world differently, through_______ eyes, not frightened ones.That night I lay on the warm sand, using my backpack as a pillow. The sky went dark. The starsbegan to shine in the hugeness of the heavens. With a smile I thought how little there was to fear, afterall. By noon the following day I ______north. I began to think how lucky I was to see the wild desertworld. A wrecked truck and a forced hike across the desert gave me an/a ______ to see what few othersever saw

Late in the day, I came to a farmhouse. I drank all the lemonade that the farmer and his wife had intheir refrigerator. "I liked it out there," I told them when we got to talking. "I just wish I had been lessfrightened. I would have noticed more that way "I know what you mean," the man said thoughtfully."It's a rare sight, that desert wilderness, a rare sight’

1.A. clean B. flat C. hard D. smooth

2.A. proved B. ordered C. thought D. imagined

3.A. choose B. explain C. suggest D. expect

4.A. pride B. fears C. pains D. surprise

5.A. wondered B. remembered C. described D. realized

6.A. tired B. nervous C. interested D. satisfied

7.A. continued B. searched C. improved D. increased

8.A. change B. opportunity C. attention D. responsibility

One of life's great treats, for a lover of books( especially fantasy books),is to open a cover to find a map secreted inside and filled with the details of a land about to be discovered. A writer's map shows a fully imagined world. A new book, "The Writer's Map," contains dozens of the magical maps that writers have drawn or that have been made by others to explain the places they've created. " All maps are products of human imagination, "writes Lewis Jones, the book's editor." For some writers making a map is absolutely central to the skills of shaping and telling their tale."

The book includes the map from Thomas More's "Utopia", which were published in 1516 and contained the first fantasy map in a work of fiction, as far as anyone can tell. The book also has the maps that remind fantasy —filled childhoods: Middle Earth, the mystenous Narnia, the Hundred Acre Wood,etc. But there are more maps of private treasures here. too. Among these maps, the one for. "Treasure Island" is a landmark," one of the most typical literary(文学的) mans of all "Lewis Jones writes. It comes up more than once in the book's reviews, which are written by writers and mapmakers. Robert Stevenson first sketched the map in 1881 for his son, and a red X marks the place where treasure was buried.

For many writers, mapmaking is a practical work that pulls them into their own work. “ I always draw my way into stories," writes Abi Elphinstone, the author of the "Dreamsnatcher" books. “ I begin every story I write by drawing a map because it helps me know where my characters move next. Also, making maps is fun." Mapping does have problems. Frances Hardinge, a British children's book writer, explains the worlds she dreams up are"unmappable." A map helps shape a reader's idea of a fictional Place, but it may limit the readers' imagination.

1.What is a great treat for a book lover in Paragraph 1?

A.Finding a map in a book. B.Reading a book with great imagination.

C.Improving skills of telling tales. D.Being an editor of a book.

2.According to Paragraph 2, what do we know about "Utopia"?

A."Utopia"is as famous as"Middle Earth". B."Utopia"is a book by Lewis Jones.

C."Utopia"contained the oldest fantasy map. D."Utopia"is a map by Thomas More.

3.Who first drew the Treasure Island map?

A.Frances Hardinge. B.Thomas More. C.Abi Elphinstone. D.Robert Stevenson.

4.According to Paragraphs 4 and 5,which of following is NOT true about mapmaking!

A.Abi Elphinstone thinks that mapmaking is helpful and fun.

B.Some writers don't make maps because they don't have the talent.

C.Frances thinks her dream worlds can't be shown by mapmaking.

D.Making maps sometimes may not help the readers imagine.

5.In which part of a magazine would you most probably read the text?

A.Travel. B.Business. C.Culture. D.Fashion.

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