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Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They 41 with them lots of waste. The 42 might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers（冰川）are disappearing, changing the 43 of Kilimanjaro.

Hearing these stories, I’m 44 about the place —other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.

However, I soon 45 that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of

46 among tons of rubbish. I find a 47 mountain, with toilets at camps and along the

paths. The environmental challenges are 48 but the efforts made by the Tanzania

National Park Authority seem to be 49 .

The best of a Kilimanjaro 50 , in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are

51 as spiritual places by many cultures. This 52 is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as

53 go through five ecosystems（生态系统）in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is

a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, 54 lands of low growing plants. Further up,

the weather 55 — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I 56 twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland

57 : gravel（砾石）, stones and rocks. 58 you climb into an arctic-like zone with 59

snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

Does Kilimanjaro 60 its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists

ruining the atmosphere of peace？I found the opposite to be true.

41. A. keep B. mix C. connect D. bring

42. A. stories B. buildings C. crowds D. reporters

43. A. position B. age C. face D. name

44. A. silent B. skeptical C. serious D. crazy

45. A. discover B. argue C. decide D. advocate

46. A. equipment B. grass C. camps D. stones

47. A. remote B. quiet C. all D. clean

48. A. new B. special C. significant D. necessary

49. A. paying off B. spreading out C. blowing up D. fading away

50. A. atmosphere B. experience C. experiment D. sight

51. A. studied B. observed C. explored D. regarded

52. A. view B. quality C. reason D. purpose

53. A. scientists B. climbers C. locals D. officials

54. A. holding on to B. going back to C. living up to D. giving way to

55. A. changes B. clears C. improves D. permits

56. A. match B. imagine C. count D. add

57. A. village B. desert C. road D. lake

58. A. Obviously B. Easily C. Consequently D. Finally

59. A. permanent B. little C. fresh D. artificial

60. A. enjoy B. deserve C. save D. acquire

Keys:41. D 42. C 43. C 44. B 45. A

46. C 47. D 48. C 49. A 50. B

51. D 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. A

56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. B

It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central lowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting. Ehlers 41 about the small

dog he had seen 42 alongside the road. He had 43 to coax（哄）the dog to him

but, frightened, it had 44 .

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that 45 dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove 46 . After a long and careful 47 . Greg saw, across a field,

the dog moving 48 away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with 49 . It just started licking（舔）Ehlers’ face.

A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one 50 as lost in the local paper. The

ad had a 51 number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers 52 the number of Jeff

and Lisa to tell them he had 53 their dog.

Jeff had 54 in lowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots hadscared the dog off. Jeff searched 55 for Rosie in the next four days.

Ehlers returned to Minnesotan, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on

a flight to Michigan. “It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who 56 enough

to go to that kind of 57 ,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue 58 .

I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as 59 to it as I am to my dogs,”

says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be 60 to go that extra mile.”

41. A. read B. forgot C. thought D. heard

42. A. read B. trembling C. eating D. sleeping

43. A. tried B. agreed C. promised D. regretted

44. A. calmed down B. stood up C. rolled over D. run off

45. A. injured B. stolen C. lost D. rescued

46. A. home B. past C. back D. on

47. A. preparation B. explanation C. test D. search

48. A. cautiously B. casually C. skillfully D. angrily

49. A. surprise B. joy C. hesitation D. anxiety

50. A. predicted B. advertised C. believed D. recorded

51. A. house B. phone C. street D. car

52. A. called B. copied C. counted D. remembered

53. A. fed B. adopted C. found D. cured

54. A. hunted B. skied C. lived D. worked

55. A. on purpose B. on time C. in turn D. in vain

56. A. cares B. sees C. suffers D. learns

57. A. place B. trouble C. waste D. extreme

58. A. service B. plan C. effort D. team

59. A. equal B. allergic C. grateful D. close

60. A. suitable B. proud C. wise D. wiling

41—45 CBADC 46—50 CDABB 51—55 BACAD 56—60 ABCDD

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During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was

offering a "free" course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I ___41___the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to ___42___a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t ___43___enough about free credits, news about our ___44___was appealing enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which ___45___I would be learning from one of the game's ___46___. I could hardly wait to ___47___him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this

___48___was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it ___49___that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to ____50____the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to____51____what we would learn in class to our future professions and, ____52____to our lives. I managed to get an A in that ____53____and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the ____54____.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he ____55____me: “The absolute most important ____56____ that you learn when you play chess is how to make good ____57____. On every single move you have to ____58____a situation, process what your opponent(对手) is doing and ____59____the best move from among all your options.” These words still ring true today in my____60____as a journalist.

41. A. put forward B. jumped at C. tried out D. turned down

42. A. waste B. earn C. save D. pay

43. A. excited B. worried C. moved D. tired

44. A. title B. competitor C. textbook D. instructor

45. A. urged B. demanded C. held D. meant

46. A. fastest B. easiest C. best D. rarest

47. A. interview B. meet C. challenge D. beat

48. A. chance B. qualification C. honor D. job

49. A. real B. perfect C. clear D. possible

50. A. attend B. pass C. skip D. observe

51. A. add B. expose C. apply D. compare

52. A. eventually B. naturally C. directly D. normally

53. A. game B. presentation C. course D. experiment

54. A. criterion B. classroom C. department D. situation

55. A. taught B. wrote C. questioned D. promised

56. A. fact B. step C. manner D. skill

57. A. grades B. decisions C. impressions D. comments

58. A. analyze B. describe C. rebuild D. control

59. A. announce B. signal C. block D. evaluate

60. A. role B. desire C. concern D. behavior

【答案】41. B 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. D 46. C 47. B 48. D 49. C

50. B 51. C 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. D 57. B 58. A 59.

D 60. A

【解析】本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章讲述了作者在大二学的免费课程——下象棋及这门课程对作者生活的深远指导作用。

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Two weeks earlier , my son, Ben, had got in touch. He’d moved to England with his mum when he was three and it had been 13 years since I’d ___41___ seen him . So imagine my ___42___ when

he emailed me saying he wanted to come to visit me.

I was ___43___ ! I arrived early at Byron Bay where we were supposed to ___44___ . The bay was ___45___ in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore. Getting a little ___46___ .I realized one kayak（皮划艇）was in ___47___ . “Something’s not ___48___ !” I took off my T-shirt and ___49___ into the water. I saw there were two instructors on board and a man lying across the middle. He was ___50___ violently. Linking arms with one of the instructors .

I helped ___51___ the young man out of the water. He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something ___52___ to me. Those brown eyes were very ___53___ . “What’s his name ?” I asked the instructor. “Ben,” he replied, and immediately I ___54___ . That stranger was my son!

The instructors called for an ambulance.___55___ ,after a brief stay in hospital, Ben was well enough to be allowed to ___56___ and later the family met up for dinner. We chatted about everything and then Ben ___57___ to me. “I just want to say thank you,” he said, “You

___58___ my life !”

I still can’t believe what a ___59___ it was. I’m just so glad I was there ___60___ to help my son.

41. A. also B. often C. even D. last

42. A. delight B. relief C. anger D. worry

43. A. scared B. shocked C. thrilled D. ashamed

44. A. talk B. stay C. meet D. settle

45. A. bathed B. clean C. deep D. formed

46. A. faster B. closer C. heavier D. wiser

47. A. trouble B. advance C. question D. battle

48. A. real B. right C. fair D. fit

49. A. stared B. sank C. dived D. fell

50. A. arguing B. fighting C. shouting D. shaking

51. A. lead B. persuade C. carry D. keep

52. A. happened B. occurred C. applied D. appealed

53. A. sharp B. pleasant C. attractive D. familiar

54. A. agreed B. hesitated C. doubted D. knew

55. A. Fortunately B. Frankly C. Sadly D. Suddenly

56. A. return B. relax C. speak D. leave

57. A. joked B. turned C. listened D. pointed

58. A. created B. honored C. saved D. guided

59. A. coincidence B. change C. pity D. pain

60. A. on board B. in time C. for sure D. on purpose

【答案】41. D 42. A 43. C 44. C 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. B 49. C

50. D 51. C 52. B 53. D 54. D 55. A 56. D 57. B 58. C 59.

A 60. B

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。讲述了作者13年后和儿子见面的情景。在和儿子见面的地点，作者救了一个年轻人，没有想到的是，年轻人竟然是自己13年未见的儿子。

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