50. From
the passage we can draw a conclusion that forest fires in Alaska,
Canada and Siberia
may __________.
A.
warm the climate as the supposition goes
B.
allow more snow to reflect more sunlight into space and thus cool the climate
C.
destroy large areas of forests and pollute the far-off sea ice
D.
help to gain more energy rather than release more energy
C
Kincaid
looked at his watch: eight-seventeen. The truck started on the second try, and
he backed out, shifted gears, and moved slowly down the alley under hazy sun.
Through the streets of Bellingham he went, heading south on Washington 11,
running along the coast of Puget Sound for a few miles, then following the
highway as it swung east a little before meeting U.S Route 20.
Turning
into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked
this country and felt unpressed stopping now and then to make notes about
interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called “memory
snapshots.” The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places
he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he
turned north at Spokane, picking up U.S. Route 2, which would take him halfway
across the northern United States to Duluth, Minnesota.
He
wished for the thousandth time in his life that he had a dog ,a golden
retriever, maybe ,for travels like this and to keep him company at home. But he
was frequently away; overseas much of the time and it would not be fair to the
animal .Still ,he thought about it anyway. In a few years he would be getting
too old for the hard fieldwork. “I must get a dog then.” He said to himself.
Drives
like this always put him into a sentimental mood. The dog was part of it
.Robert Kincaid was alone as it’s possible to be-an only child ,parents both
dead , distant relatives who had lost track of him and he of them, no close
friends.
He
thought about Marian .She had left him nine years ago after five years of
marriage. He was fifty-two now , that would make her just under forty .Marian
had dreams of becoming a musician ,a folksinger .She knew all of the Weavers’
songs and sang them pretty well in the coffeehouse of Seattle .When he was home
in the old days, he drove her to the shows and sat in the audience while she
sang.
His
long absences-two or three months sometimes-were hard on the marriage .He knew
that. She was aware of what he did when they decided to get married ,and both
of them had a vague(not clear) sense that it could all be handled somehow. It
couldn’t when he came from photographing a story in Iceland and ,she was gone . The
note read, “Robert ,it didn’t work out ,I left you the Harmony guitar. Stay in
touch.”
He
didn’her did she .He3 signed the divorce papers when they
arrived a year later and caught a plane for Australia the next day. She had
asked for nothing except her freedom.
