阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

  Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains.These mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor.Lots of stores,hotels,and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds.Also,water,roads,and other service systems are part of the infrastructure(基础设施)that must be maintained.

  Unfortunately,these systems are starting to break down.It's not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.

  Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin,a National Park Service worke.The park is not only old but worn out.Two or three times as many visitors come every year.That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.

  Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon.The National Park Service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors.Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.

  Why hasn't the National Park Service kept up the park repairs?There is a lack of money.The United States has 378 monuments,parks,and wilderness areas.Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.

  Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs.It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses.When the park workers started widening the road,they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club.The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.

  A Sierra Club lawyer,Julia Olson,feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite.That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.

(1)

According to the text,the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from ________

[  ]

A.

the bottom of the valleys

B.

the top of the mountains

C.

the side of the mountains

D.

the edge of the valleys

(2)

National parks like Yosemite in the U.S.find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because ________

[  ]

A.

their transport management needs improving

B.

they spend too much on their service systems

C.

their service systems frequently go out of order

D.

they need help from environmental organizations

(3)

The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its ________

[  ]

A.

rundown water pipes

B.

overcrowded ness

C.

lack of money

D.

narrow roads

(4)

According to the text,the Sierra Club is most likely to be ________

[  ]

A.

an environmental group

B.

an information center

C.

a travel service

D.

a law firm

请阅读下面两篇短文,掌握大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。

  When Joe was about to start school.all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite   1  .The fourth grade even found him at the   2   of the class.Joe struggled day and night, but it did not   3  -until one stormy aftermoon.

  On that aftermoon,   4   the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dadk Clouds covered the sky, and the stone ad in.Hard thou she tried to make the kids,  5   , the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one   6   the concepts.Except Joe.He undemtood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back.and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it.  7   by his newfound success.Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for   8  .All children naturally drew   9   pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.

  Since then, Joe started   10  .Though he never made it to the top, his math teacher was always   11   and curious about the change:Why had that stomry day changed Joe?

  On the day Joe graduared, he presented the teacher with his moat   12   possession-the picture of.bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written:This is the day I   13   my brightness.

(1)

[  ]

A.

unfair

B.

boring

C.

disapporinting

D.

dangerous

(2)

[  ]

A.

center

B.

top

C.

beginning

D.

bottom

(3)

[  ]

A.

happen

B.

work

C.

finish

D.

last

(4)

[  ]

A.

until

B.

since

C.

because

D.

as

(5)

[  ]

A.

concentrte

B.

change

C.

hide

D.

sit

(6)

[  ]

A.

challenged

B.

grasped

C.

doubted

D.

admitted

(7)

[  ]

A.

Relieced

B.

surprised

C.

Encouraged

D.

Puzzled

(8)

[  ]

A.

class

B.

sports

C.

art

D.

tea

(9)

[  ]

A.

great

B.

dark

C.

different

D.

strange

(10)

[  ]

A.

improving

B.

painting

C.

recovering

D.

studying

(11)

[  ]

A.

worried

B.

amazed

C.

friendly

D.

cautious

(12)

[  ]

A.

familiar

B.

expensice

C.

admirable

D.

precious

(13)

[  ]

A.

worke up to

B.

put up with

C.

got on with

D.

loked down upon

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                                                              Love in a Box
     When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment.On a Friday night I
__1__at the dinner table, "My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our Valentines
(情人节) on Monday."
     Mother said, "We'll see", and she continued eating.
     What did "We'll see" mean?I had to have that box__2__my second grade Valentine's Day would
be a disaster.Maybe they didn't love me enough to help me with my__3__.
     All Saturday I waited__4__and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I__5__an enquiry
about the box might__6__anger or loud voice, for in my house children only ask once.More than that
__7__trouble.
     Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen.The table was covered with colorful
__8__of different kinds.A(n)__9__shoebox rested on top of it.__10__flooded through me when
Daddy said, "Let's get started__11__your project."
     In the next hour my father__12__the shoebox into an impressive valentine box.Colorful paper
covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts__13__to what I considered all the right places.He sang
while he worke d.When he finished, he was so delighted that a__14__smile spread over his face."What
do you think of that?" he asked.
     I answered him with a hug.
     But inside, __15__danced all the way to my heart.It was the first time that my father devoted so
much__16__to me, for his world consisted of work only.
      The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes.
Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time__17__.
      On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to__18__.The love that filled it meant
more to me than all inside.
      The valentine box became a symbol of his love that__19__through decades of other Valentine's
Days.He gave me other gifts through the years, but none__20__compared with the love I felt within
the limits of the old, empty shoebox.
(     )1. A. announced    
(     )2. A. and          
(     )3. A. design        
(     )4. A. sadly        
(     )5. A. found        
(     )6. A. start        
(     )7. A. invited      
(     )8. A. boxes      
(     )9. A. new          
(     )10. A. Relaxation  
(     )11. A. by          
(     )12. A. folded      
(     )13. A. joined    
(     )14. A. slight    
(     )15. A. joy          
(     )16. A. money    
(     )17. A. reached  
(     )18. A. accept      
(     )19. A. carried  
(     )20. A. ever    
B. appeared  
B. however    
B. plan      
B. anxiously  
B. realized  
B. cause      
B. took      
B. gifts      
B. big        
B. Relief    
B. at        
B. packed    
B. attached  
B. brief      
B. fun        
B. time      
B. set        
B. respect    
B. kept      
B. even      
C. served        
C. or            
C. idea          
C. disappointedly  
C. knew          
C. mark          
C. saved          
C. paper          
C. attractive      
C. Cheer          
C. in              
C. changed      
C. linked      
C. broad      
C. interest        
C. support      
C. spent      
C. admire      
C. spread      
C. yet        
D. sat          
D. so          
D. project      
D. patiently    
D. imagined    
D. produce      
D. had          
D. food        
D. empty        
D. Calm        
D. on          
D. pressed      
D. connected    
D. confident    
D. amusement    
D. hope        
D. came        
D. recognize    
D. lasted      
D. still        

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