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Last year, my brother and I went to Mianyang for a vacation．Some of my friends who had been there before said ___1.___ was a wonderful holiday destination．Before we went, we had planned for months．When the day came, we were ready.

After our plane landed, we went to the hotel．We had made our reservation six months __2.__ （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake．We __3.__（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, but for the week after．I didn’t understand why this would happen and my credit card had already been ___4.___ (charge) for the reservation．What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked．When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out．She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on __5.__ top floor．We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.

What an unforgettable experience! I'll write it down__________it is still fresh in my memory.

A. since B. while C. after D. until

Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues with her stories.

A. amused B. amusing C. to amuse D. to be amused

Beyond the frontier, _______ from the northern hills to the southern coast, _______ very real dangers.

A. ranged; lie B. ranging; lay

C. ranging; lying D. ranged; laid

____ at the party, we saw Ruth standing alone in the corner of the hall.

A. Arriving B. To arrive C. Arrive D. Arrived

"Don't be late again," the teacher said to me.

→The teacher asked me_________.

A. not to be late again

B. no to be late again

C. not to be late more

D. not to be late any longer

I should very much like to have gone to the party but I .

A. hadn’t been invited B. wasn’t invited

C. wouldn’t be invited D. am not invited

I don't know why his enemy is good __________ him.

A. in B. at C. for D. to

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A good heart to lean on

When I was growing up, I was to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled(瘸) and very short, and when we walked together, his hand to my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly(内心)feel uncomfortable at the unwanted , he never on.

I was difficult to coordinate(协调) our ---his halting(蹒跚),mine impatient-- -and because of that, we didn’t much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “you set the pace. I will try to you.”

Our walk was to or from the subway, which was he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would it to the office even if others could not.

He never talked about himself as an of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more or able. What he looked for others was a “good heart”.

Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper by which to judge people, even though I don’t know precisely what a “ good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself.

He has been many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he my reluctance(unwillingness) to be seen with him during our .If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how I it. I think of him I complain about trifles(轻视), when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”.

At such ties I put my hand on his arm to my balance, and say, “You the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”

1.A. embarrassing B. embarrassed C. willing D. surprised

2.A. attention B. situation C. friendship D. care

3.A. let B. liked C. found D. showed

4.A. bodies B. eyes C. minds D. steps

5.A. see B. say C. walk D. pay

6.A. adjust B. keep C. catch D. follow

7.A. usual B. often C. ordinary D. common

8.A. when B. where C. why D. how

9.A. get B. make C. walk D. take

10.A. aim B. object C. person D. purpose

11.A. successful B. fortunate C. hardworking D. rich

12.A. in B. with C. at D. on

13.A. method B. level C. value D. standard

14.A. missing B. gone C. loss D. died

15.A. agreed B. smelled C. sensed D. recognized

16.A. stays B. talks C. visits D. walks

17.A. thought B. annoy C. regretted D. recall

18.A. when B. that C. since D. though

19.A. regain B. keep C. fill D. find

20.A. take B. run C. put D. set

When Iain Douglas-Hamilton first started studying elephants in Africa,he had to invent ways of tracking the big animals. Over the course of 40 years in the field, the zoologist learned how to fly airplanes and use some high-tech means to follow their movements. He also learned how to get out of the way fast. "I learned how to climb trees very quickly," says Dr. Douglas-Hamilton, winner of the 2010 Indianapolis Prize.

As co-founder of Save the Elephants, he has also learned to be an activist, author, and politician. When Douglas-Hamilton left Tanzania, in East Africa, in 1970 to study at Oxford University in Britain, he left behind "an elephants' paradise (乐园)."But when he returned in 1972, the country's national parks looked more like a war zone. Douglas-Hamilton often found more dead elephants than living ones.

Dr. Douglas-Hamilton now lives in Kenya with his wife, Oria, who co-founded Save the Elephants. Together they have written two books, "Battle for the Elephants" and " Among the Elephants".

During the height of the ivory poaching (偷猎),Douglas-Hamilton flew in small planes, helping bring back elephants in Uganda from the edge of extinction. He's been repeatedly shot at and has survived plane crashes, floods and diseases. He fought for years for a worldwide ban on ivory sales, which finally took effect in 1989.

Douglas-Hamilton pioneered the scientific study of elephant social behavior. Among his discoveries: Elephants have a society controlled by female elephants and travel in families. In 2009， he worked to save a rare group of desert elephants in Mali from the worst dry weather in Mali's history. There have been other successes, particularly in East and Southern Africa. Douglas—Hamilton has proposed (提议) the idea of a mobile national park, where the protected land would follow elephants as they travel. No country has yet accepted it.

Even after decades of research, Douglas-Hamilton still enjoys the company of elephants. "I love to sit with them and be with them, "he says. "I have the greatest joy just to be with elephants at peace."

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Douglas-Hamilton's winning the Indianapolis Prize.

B. Douglas-Hamilton's devotion to protecting elephants.

C. Douglas-Hamilton's research into African animals.

D. Douglas-Hamilton's fight for a mobile national park.

2.Before Iain Douglas-Hamilton left Tanzania for Oxford University ，________.

A. ivory poaching was common

B. elephants were well protected

C. elephants often died strangely

D. the ban on ivory sales had been introduced

3.Douglas-Hamilton did the following to protect elephants EXCEPT________.

A. building mobile national parks

B. saving desert elephants in Mali

C. founding Save the Elephants

D. demanding a ban on ivory sales

4.The underlined word "it" in Para. 5 refers to the________.

A. national park B. protected land

C. idea D. elephant