1 . Standing on the shore of a lake, I can’t help but feel surprised at the thousands of small rocks that surround my boots. They were all created from _________ surfaces, their edges softening over time. I wonder, “Can we learn from a pile of rocks?”

Even the tallest mountains have _________; none are as tall as they were 1,000 years ago. And much like a rock, I’ve found my _________ has softened and my desire to better understand others has expanded with each trip around the sun.

_________, I was also a sharp rock covered in pointy edges. Today, after decades of the waters of life coursing over me, my edges are softer and I’m more _________. I’m less likely to judge and more interested in learning how we can _________ together.

But I’m not a _________. I’m a human filled with all the drama built into my DNA.

Two years ago, while traveling in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a restaurant owner ask several young men to _________ for not wearing masks. Not _________ and not rude. On the door read a sign, “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s all do what we can to __________ this together.”

The group of young men wanted to __________ about the note. I sat at the restaurant watching, understanding both sides. I’ve been one of them before, using my youthful edges to chip away at (削弱) the world. What I lost, __________, was the ability to grow from __________ by looking through the eyes of others. In learning to be more __________, I’ve also found more happiness and success.

You can fit more rounded rocks in a jar than those with sharp edges. The former look for ways to __________ and make room for others, while the latter never give an __________ to accommodate others.

__________, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, changes us by washing away our resistance to __________ the world from someone else’s point of view.

I placed a __________ stone into my jacket pocket. Mother Nature is holding a __________ again.

1.

A．fragile

B．shiny

C．smooth

D．hard

2.

A．piled up

B．worn down

C．risen up

D．broken down

3.

A．will

B．voice

C．attitude

D．heart

4.

A．Still

B．Often

C．Here

D．Once

5.

A．understanding

B．confident

C．patient

D．competitive

6.

A．contribute

B．exist

C．work

D．develop

7.

A．fool

B．soul

C．rock

D．judge

8.

A．explain

B．leave

C．apologize

D．pay

9.

A．contradictory

B．confusing

C．forceful

D．discouraging

10.

A．get through

B．stick to

C．deal with

D．fight against

11.

A．think

B．care

C．talk

D．argue

12.

A．even

B．however

C．anyway

D．also

13.

A．hardships

B．struggle

C．experiences

D．failure

14.

A．open

B．cautious

C．ambitious

D．independent

15.

A．ignore

B．accept

C．adjust

D．change

16.

A．excuse

B．agreement

C．entrance

D．inch

17.

A．Nature

B．Tolerance

C．Tide

D．Time

18.

A．reforming

B．seeing

C．exploring

D．travelling

19.

A．sharp

B．rounded

C．valuable

D．rolling

20.

A．class

B．belief

C．meeting

D．discussion

3 . Rocky Mountain National Park Tour from Denver

Overview

See for yourself why Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the most popular parks in the United States on a day trip from Denver. Let a guide handle the winding mountain roads while you enjoy views of mountain tops surrounded by alpine forests, lakes, and meadows. Cross the Great Divide on steep Trail Ridge Road, watch the plentiful Colorado wildlife, and get a sight of the legendary Stanley Hotel—the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining.

●Visit Rocky Mountain National Park without renting a car

●Drive through the tourist town of Estes Park and the famous Stanley Hotel

● Go above tree line on Trail Ridge Road, one of the highest in North America

What’s Included

●Professional driver/guide

●Transportation

●Lunch

Meeting And Pickup

Denver Union Station 1701 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202, USA

Start time: 09:30 AM; End point: This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

●Not wheelchair accessible

● Lunch sandwich included

This tour comes with choice of a turkey or vegetarian sandwich. Please include your preference as well as any dietary restrictions in the Special Requirements field during checkout.

●This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

●A water refill will be available in the van, bring a reusable bottle.

1. What can you do if you join in the one-day trip?

A．You can visit the Stephen King’s hotel.

B．You can rent a car to visit the whole park.

C．You can get a good view of Colorado wildlife.

D．You can climb the highest mountain in North America.

2. Which of the following does the tour provide?

A．Water refill.

B．Wheelchair.

C．Beef sandwich.

D．Professional cook.

3. Where is the text probably from?

A．A travel journal.

B．A travel brochure.

C．A travel blog.

D．A travel review.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Summer Palace is China’s largest garden ever built. Covering    1     area of 2, 9 square kilometer, three quarters of which are covered of water, the palace     2     (make) up of over 3000 ancient structures. All the Summer Palace spreads across the low hills and lakes among which the Kunming Lake is among the most important     3     (part). Travelers visiting the site today have the opportunity     4     (wander) in the wonderful buildings and courtyards beside the lake     5     along the waterways.

When visiting the Summer Palace, visitors should plan between one hour and a half to half a day. Indeed, there are so many things to see in the palace     6     you will feel time spending quickly, realizing how life was spent     7     (smooth) for emperors during their summer retreat (静修). The Summer Palace is the place where travelers experience different activities.

Riding a little boat for seeing the lake areas, watching a     8     (tradition) Chinese dance performance at the Palace’s Theatre or doing some     9     (shop) in the many traditional shops by the river. The Summer Palace is among the     10     (lovely) scenic spots in Beijing city.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Located in the north-cast of Italy, Venice is     1    (know) as “The Floating City”. Venice is not a single island. It is made up of over 100 small islands,     2    are connected by waterways and bridges. Even today, boats remain the most common way to travel around. Look anywhere in Venice,     3    you will see     4    (tradition) boats called “gondola”.

    5    (fortunate), water is also putting Venice in great danger. The Floating City is, in fact, sinking. But these floods could now be a thing of the past, thanks     6    a new flood prevention project. Dozens of gates have been built to hold back the sea. Each of these gates     7    (be) 20 meters wide, with the longest about 30 meters long, which will be raised to separate the city from the sea.

But only time will tell if this project is the right solution. The important thing is that action is being taken     8    (protect) the city’s future     9    (generation). And if it works, it means     10    longer, drier future for Venice.

7 . Lac Rose in Senegal about 30 kilometers northeast of Dakar, is the highest salinity(盐度) lake in the world. Much higher salinity is what gives the lake its famous pink color that changes from a slightly rose pink in the rainy season into a super bright pink during the dry season when salinity at its highest.

The high salt content draws the salt harvesters(收获者)to its banks . First, to protect their skin from the salt, they put a kind of natural vegetable fat on their bodies before entering the water. Using a wooden tool, they drag the salt into the basket made from reeds(a kind of plant). There are three different kinds of salt. There's a type of very powdery salt that is only gathered during the Harmattan when the western winds blow from the Sahara over West Africa every year. As the finest or highest grade of salt, the powdery salt is used mainly for cooking. The second type of salt is rougher and always present at the bottom of the lake. This type of salt is generally used for general cooking. Sometimes it is even used for building roads. The third type of salt is the roughest kind that people prefer for their beauty treatments. To harvest this type of salt, salt harvesters put some wood to the bottom of the lake and over time, big salt crystals(晶体)begin to form on them.

Lac Rose is considered as a world heritage site and the local people are willing to share their beauty. The healthy, natural regulation(制度)of the use of the natural resources of this lake is one of the most impressive aspects of the community surrounding this lake. There are no laws needed to protect it. Everyone takes a little bit of what they need and nothing more. There is enough for everyone in the local community. It is a good example of the power of respect and trust in local community.

1. What causes the change of the lake’s pink color?

A．The temperature of the water.	B．The salinity of the lake.
C．The height above sea level.	D．The height of the sun.

2. What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Powdery salt can be get at any time.

B．Rougher salt contributes to making women beautiful.

C．Harvesters suffer a skin problem because of their work.

D．Harvesters try to do no harm to the lake while working.

3. Which word can best describe the local people?

A．Poor.

B．Brave.

C．Responsible.

D．Humorous.

4. In which section of a newspaper can we find the text?

A．Health

B．Technology

C．Nature

D．Business

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin    1    an irrigation and flood control system, Dujiangyan is a remarkable example of ancient engineering skill and is still in use today.

During the Warring States Period, people who lived along the banks of the Minjiang River    2    (trouble) by flooding. Irrigation engineer Li Bing investigated the problem    3    (thorough). He led a team to construct a levee (防洪堤) to redirect a part of the river’s flow. Then they cut    4    channel through Mount Yulei to let the water flow through it. After the system was finished, no more floods    5    (occur). What’s more, it made Sichuan one of the most productive agricultural    6    (region) in China because the redirected water from the Minjiang River could be used for irrigation. If you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an unusual construction    7    looks like a fish’s mouth. This famous    8    (attract), Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely Feishayan and Baopingkou, was scientifically designed    9    (control) the water flow throughout the year.

    10    (recognize) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farmland while preventing floods for over 2,000 years.

10 . In the 1960s, while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone National Park, Bob Christian-sen became puzzled about something that, strangely, had not troubled anyone before he couldn’t find the park’s volcano. It had been known for a long time that Yellowstone was volcanic in nature—that is what accounted for all its hot springs and other steamy features. But Christian-sen couldn’t find the Yellowstone volcano anywhere.

Most of us, when we talk about volcanoes, think of the classic cone(圆锥体)shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro, which were created when erupting magma(岩浆)piled up. These can form remarkably quickly. One day in 1943, a Mexican farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land. In one week he was the confused owner of a cone five hundred feet high. Within two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than half a mile-across. Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volcanoes on Earth, all but a few hundred of them extinct. There is, however, a second less known type of volcano that doesn’t involve mountain building. These are volcanoes so explosive that they burst open in a single big crack, leaving behind a vast hole, the caldera(火山口).Yellowstone obviously was of this second type, but Christian-sen couldn’t find the caldera anywhere.

Just at this time NASA decided to test some new high-altitude cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone. A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up(放大的照片)for one of the visitors’ centers. As soon as Christian-sen saw the photos, he realized why he had failed to spot the caldera: almost the whole park—2.2 million acres -was a caldera. The explosion had left a hole more than forty miles across-much too huge to be seen from anywhere at ground level. At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans.

1. What does the underlined word “its” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．The ground.	B．The nature.
C．The volcano.	D．The park.

2. Why was there smoke rising from the Mexican farmer’s land2

A．A single big crack was forming there.	B．Someone was burning stalks there.
C．A volcano was erupting underneath.	D．There were some hot springs there.

3. How did Bob Christian-sen discover the park’s volcano?

A．By looking at the photographs.	B．By analyzing its steamy features.
C．By researching historical documents.	D．By using some advanced equipment.

4. What can we infer about Yellowstone?

A．Its level is much higher than the surrounding areas.

B．The volcano in it involved mountain building.

C．It is a large hole left by the explosion.

D．Its shape is much like a cone.