文章大意:这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者去年通过网上查询信息得到去科罗拉多国家森林当志愿者的机会,虽然期间作者经历了暴雨中帐篷漏水,为狮子上下山而搭建台阶的繁重工作等磨难,仍然感谢这个经历让自己变得更坚强。
8 . Last year I decided to do some volunteer work. I began to________on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA. Three months later I________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________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________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________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________for having taken part in the project.
1. A.calculate | B.negotiate | C.advertise | D.research |
2. A.imagined | B.introduced | C.enjoyed | D.found |
3. A.annoyed | B.surprised | C.scared | D.excited |
4. A.arriving | B.sleeping | C.thinking | D.walking |
5. A.confident | B.friendly | C.energetic | D.curious |
6. A.funny | B.good | C.lucky | D.easy |
7. A.tour | B.project | C.campaign | D.course |
8. 9. A.nice | B.safe | C.long | D.quick |
10. A.build | B.test | C.clean | D.guard |
11. A.helped | B.ended | C.allowed | D.meant |
12. A.hunted | B.trained | C.seen | D.fed |
13. A.satisfaction | B.ambition | C.expectation | D.intention |
14. A.work | B.memory | C.record | D.story |
15. A.left | B.caught | C.attacked | D.separated |
16. A.boiling | B.average | C.normal | D.freezing |
17. 18. A.By the way | B.Regardless of that | C.Needless to say | D.In either case |
19. A.survived | B.resisted | C.escaped | D.recovered |
20. A.smarter | B.stronger | C.happier | D.busier |