2 . Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to ______ on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I found myself on a plane to Phoenix, Arizona. I was _______ at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months. However, within fifteen minutes of _____ , my worries had gone. Everyone was so   ______ and like-minded that it was very easy to feel at home.

I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day ______. We had to ______ everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked. It may not seem like a ______ way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack, my legs were on fire.

My job was to ______ a stairway out of rock. This meant climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited(栖息) by mountain lions, although I should say they were only heard, never   ______.

Three days later, a beautiful stairway came into being. The ______ of knowing that my ______ will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.

But on the last night we were   ______ in a thunderstorm. I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent. The temperature was close to   ______. I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only dry part of my tent.

______, I suffered a lot. But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I _____. I think I am much stronger for having taken part in the project.1.

A．calculate

B．negotiate

C．advertise

D．research

2.

A．annoyed

B．surprised

C．scared

D．excited

3.

A．arriving

B．sleeping

C．thinking

D．walking

4.

A．confident

B．friendly

C．energetic

D．curious

5.

A．tour

B．project

C．campaign

D．course

6.

A．drop

B．make

C．buy

D．carry

7.

A．nice

B．safe

C．long

D．quick

8.

A．build

B．test

C．clean

D．guard

9.

A．hunted

B．trained

C．seen

D．fed

10.

A．satisfaction

B．ambition

C．expectation

D．intention

11.

A．story

B．memory

C．record

D．work

12.

A．left

B．caught

C．attacked

D．separated

13.

A．boiling

B．average

C．normal

D．freezing

14.

A．By the way

B．Regardless of that

C．Needless to say

D．In either case

15.

A．survived

B．resisted

C．escaped

D．recovered

3 . “Leave a place better than you found it.” It’s a _________ philosophy, but one that William Lindesay holds dear. On April 22, which was also Earth Day, he led twenty _________ to help clean up the Badaling section of the Great Wall.

He who _________ is the owner, William said in the _________ remarks of the cleanup event in 2000. “The Great Wall _________ China, and is also one of the greatest structures in the world. Everyone has a _________ to protect it. Every day should be Earth Day,” he said.

During the past three decades, he has spent most of his time _________ and exploring the Great Wall and has developed his own efforts to protect the cultural relic.

“It's a _________ thing that people are going out to enjoy themselves and to _________ the great history and heritage, __________ it's also quite dangerous if they don't __________ how fragile the historical sites are and how fragile the __________ is,” William said.

In 1989, his first __________ Alone on the Great Wall was published, and he has published another five books about the Great Wall since then. In 2001, he __________ International Friends of the Great Wall, an association whose efforts are aimed at protecting this __________ to the past.

His next step is to organize exhibitions about the Great Wall as a monument over the last 400 years. The exhibitions are expected to be held in Beijing, London, Paris and Washington D. C

1.

A．simple

B．traditional

C．historical

D．political

2.

A．philosophers

B．writers

C．owners

D．volunteers

3.

A．climbs

B．knows

C．cares

D．admits

4.

A．funny

B．careless

C．closing

D．opening

5.

A．adds to

B．points to

C．belongs to

D．refers to

6.

A．duty

B．choice

C．place

D．view

7.

A．walking

B．building

C．designing

D．updating

8.

A．bad

B．small

C．good

D．curious

9.

A．declare

B．analyse

C．affect

D．discover

10.

A．so

B．and

C．or

D．but

11.

A．ask

B．include

C．realize

D．check

12.

A．condition

B．environment

C．situation

D．equipment

13.

A．magazine

B．paper

C．article

D．book

14.

A．founded

B．became

C．introduced

D．owned

15.

A．contribution

B．reference

C．link

D．devotion

4 . This happened when I was ten. On a normal Sunday, I went to the barber shop where I always went. That day, along with the barber there was an assistant, who had recently________the shop.

So I sat for the haircut. The uncle asked me how________I wanted it. I answered, “Just do as my dad had________you the last time.”

He smiled. Before starting the________, he added, “What if I keep it long?”

I________he was joking. So I joked too. I said, “I can't________what would happen to your shop then!”

The moment I said it, the assistant________from behind. “How dare do you say that! Who are you to take us down, eh?”

I admit I was too________at that moment and the uncle standing beside me was giving me an________look.

From that day on, I________stopped joking about anyone's profession and works. It is one of the most________incidents in my life, which taught me to________the profession and works of a person, no matter how________they are.

I'm________that the assistant responded in a way that made me rethink the power of my words. Words do make a________.

1.

A．left

B．opened

C．joined

D．visited

2.

A．much

B．long

C．often

D．soon

3.

A．instructed

B．invited

C．promised

D．convinced

4.

A．discussion

B．journey

C．training

D．haircut

5.

A．agreed

B．heard

C．hoped

D．knew

6.

A．forget

B．tolerate

C．guarantee

D．understand

7.

A．urged

B．shouted

C．laughed

D．helped

8.

A．angry

B．proud

C．scared

D．curious

9.

A．anxious

B．appealing

C．encouraging

D．awkward

10.

A．suddenly

B．completely

C．temporarily

D．regularly

11.

A．important

B．exciting

C．strange

D．interesting

12.

A．learn

B．enter

C．change

D．respect

13.

A．hard

B．small

C．good

D．complex

14.

A．sorry

B．confident

C．grateful

D．embarrassed

15.

A．difference

B．mistake

C．choice

D．joke