When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”.

At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峽谷）State Park，I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a ，permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (護林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day.

The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp.

Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite.

That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay in the dark until the winds died away.

the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well.

Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!

1.A. backB.edgeC. centreD. entrance

2.A. sponsoredB. publishedC. noticedD. answered

3.A. safeB. freeC. convenientD. beautiful

4.A. in returnB. in timeC. in shortD. in turn

5.A. attemptB. agreementC. appealD. appointmei

6.A. crowdedB. dangerousC. idealD. quiet

7.A. repeatedlyB. immediatelyC. eventuallyD. calmly

8.A. attackB.leaveC. passD. search

9.A. satisfiedB. determinedC. confidentD. aware

10.A. responsibilitiesB. requirementsC. circumstancesD. conditions

11.A. moreoverB. thereforeC. meanwhileD. however

12.A. windsB. snowsC. woodsD. trails

13.A. shakingB. quarrellingC. mourningD. aching

14.A. AfterB. BetweenC. DuringD. Beyond

15.A. give awayB. hand outC. live onD. put aside

16.A. borrowedB. earnedC. postedD. raised

17.A. businessB. careerC. familyD. image

18.A. startedB. failedC.expandedD. declined

19.A. truckB. parkC. houseD. camp

20.A. desperateB. readyC. suitableD. thankful

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.C

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。作者在生意失敗后和妻子一起前往Texas希望能有一個新的開始。在帕羅杜洛峽谷州立公園找到一份作為護林人的工作，通過在此期間生活經(jīng)歷的種種深悟家庭的重要，也順利地從生意失敗的陰影中走出，勇敢地面對生活。

1.及語境理解。此段的最后有“We entered the park and…”可知我們走進公園，所以一開始是在入口處。A 后面；B 邊緣；C 中央；D 入口。

2. 動詞辨析及語境理解�？崭窈竺媸且还ぷ鲝V告，所以是作者看見，注意到。A是“贊助”；B“出版”；D“回答”

3.及語境理解。后面有“a rent-free place…”,所以這兒直接用 “free”表“免費的”。

4. 介詞短語辨析及語境理解。句意上這兒需要的是“公園提供免費的永久的露營地但需要做相應(yīng)的工作”。A項“作為回報”適合；B “及時”；C簡短；D “ 輪流，反過來”。

5. 名詞辨析與搭配及語境理解。根據(jù)下文作者是應(yīng)征了這份工作并對于接下來的生活有了自己的計劃安排。這兒考的是形近詞的辨析，A表示“嘗試”；B “同意”；C “吸引”；D是“安排，計劃”在這類似于“plan”與前面的“make”搭配使用。

6. 形容詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)后面的內(nèi)容“so it took us some time to find an available site ”表示“我們花了一段時間找到合適的地方”所以A “擁擠的”適合。B表示“危險的”；C是“理想的”；D是“安靜的”。

7. 副詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)前面的內(nèi)容，有臭鼬過來人是嚇的立即爬上了桌子，所以B“立刻地”適合。A表示“重復地”；C表示“最終地”；D是“鎮(zhèn)定地”。

8. 動詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)上文是嚇得爬上桌子幾個小時所以是等臭鼬離開。A表示“攻擊”；C是“經(jīng)過”；D是“搜尋”之意。

9.形容詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)句意，經(jīng)過了一晚上除了臭鼬的事情沒有別的事，所以是感覺其它的都好，只有C符合。A表示“滿意的”；B是“意志堅定的”；D是“意識到”。

10. 名詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)上文人們向我們闡述我們所要承擔的什么樣的責任或任務(wù)。B是“要求”；C是“狀況”；D是“條件”。

11.上下文串聯(lián)及語境理解。前面剛提到“a beautiful campsite”，后面出現(xiàn)了冰冷的寒風，所以這兒是轉(zhuǎn)折的概念。A表示遞進；B表示因果；C表示并列。

12.名詞辨析及語境理解。下文有“until the winds died away.”，屬于上下文原詞一欄。D是“小徑，小道”的意思。

13. 動詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)上下文冰冷的暴風刮了一夜，所以我們躺的地方一直是搖搖晃晃的感覺。B表示“爭吵”；C是“哀悼”之意；D是“疼痛”。

14. 介詞搭配及語境理解。句意上在接下來的幾個星期內(nèi)，所以應(yīng)該是C項的During；D表示“超越”之意。

15. 短語辨析及語境理解。上下文來看是關(guān)于用錢的問題，指得是靠不多的錢生活。A表示“捐贈，泄露”；B是“交出”之意；C是“以…為生”；D表示“放在一旁”。

16. 動詞辨析及語境理解。與money的搭配是make或earn，這兒指的是妻子掙到的錢。A表示“借”；C是“張貼”而D是“撫養(yǎng)，籌集，舉起”之意。下文有“by substitute teaching”，所以應(yīng)該是掙錢。

17. 名詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)文章最后作者表達的最終建立家庭的情況來看，這兒只能用family,上下對應(yīng)。A是”生意“；B是 “事業(yè)”；D表示的是“形象”。

18. 動詞辨析及語境理解。根據(jù)文章一開始作者介紹的背景知道是生意上的失敗。A表示“開始”；C是“擴大”之意；D是“下降，拒絕”。

19. 名詞辨析及語境理解。上文一直在提到是在我們的卡車里，所以這兒是作者對于這樣生活的感受。

20. 形容詞辨析及語境理解。作者最后對于這樣行的生活有感而發(fā)，雖然生意失敗了，但是卻給了作者一個溫暖的家，所以這兒的情感更是對困難的一種感激與敬意。A表示“絕望”；B是“準備好了”C表示“適合的”。

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