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My family and I lived across the street from Southway park since I was four years old.Then just last
year the city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用推土机推平) the trees and
grass to make way for a new apartment complex.When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, "Why don"t they just leave it alone?"
Looking back, I think what sentenced the park to oblivion(被遗忘) was the drought(旱灾)we had
about four years ago.Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool.My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up.The park was almost like my own yard.Then the summer I was fifteen the
drought came and things changed.
There had been almost no rain at all that year.The city stopped watering the park grass.Within a few
weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert.Leaves fell off the park trees, and
pretty soon the trees started dying, too.Next, the park swimming pool was closed.The city cut down on
the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy any more.
As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month.The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass.Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck.
People said drugs were being sold or traded there now.The park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there any more.
The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park.It
had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way.Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to "redevelop" certain wornout areas of the city.It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.
The chainlink fencing and the bulldozers did their work.Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings.Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction.The
neighborhood has changed without the park.The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now.Things will never be the same again.Sometimes I wonder, though, what changes another drought would_make_in_the_way_things_are_today.
1. How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?
A. Scared.
B. Confused.
C. Upset.
D. Curious.
2. Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?
A. It was being rebuilt.
B. It was dangerous.
C. It became crowded.
D. It had turned into a desert.
3. According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?
A. The drought.
B. The crime.
C. The beggars and the rubbish.
D. The decisions of the city.
4. The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came, ________.
A. the situation would be much worse
B. people would have to desert their homes
C. the city would be fully prepared in advance
D. the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood
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试题【阅读理解 My family and I lived across the street from Southway park since I was 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand
and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the
fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I"d bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of storier and visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. And then the other
things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty--we hadn"t seen
another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced
in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the
side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them－brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn"t know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan: "Look!", but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet.
They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic_forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
"Wild horses?" he said. "Why didn"t you wake me up?"
"I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds."
"Are you sure you didn"t dream it?"
"You were the one who was sleeping!"
Typical, he said. "The best photos are the ones we never take."
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
1. During their journey in Africa, the two travellers________.
A. made friends with local residents
B. complained about the poor living conditions
C. enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most
D. recorded their experiences in different ways
2. What does the phrase"heroic forms" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Racing cars.
B. Wild horses.
C. Eye－ca
tching locals. D. Running dogs.
3. What did Daniel think when he woke up and was told
what had happened?A. He always missed out on the best thing.
B. He had already taken beautiful pictures.
C. A sound sleep was more important.
D. The next trip would be better.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to view wildlife in Africa.
B. Running into wildlife in Africa.
C. Tourist attractions in southern Africa.
D. Possible dangers of travelling in the desert
When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg __1__a few coins, do you hurry on, not __2__ what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly __3__ some money? What should our attitude__4__ beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories.
It __5__ be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems __6__ not to give some money to beggars.
__7__, most of the world"s great religions order us to be open-hearted and __8__what we have with
those less lucky than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, __9__ one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best
idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their __10__.
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up __11__ to look pitiable and actually make a good
__12__ from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil. __13__, there is the worry that
the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion__14__there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one"s sense of __15__ and
self-dependence.
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be handled by the g
overnment __16__ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and __17__ help.
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various __18__and we must __19__ them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the__20__.
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| 完形填空 Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list 1 in our past that we felt 2 of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud. This seemed like a very 3 process, but there"s always some 4 soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then 5 that we find ways to 6 people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever 7 my communication. Then t  he man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: "Making my 8 , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew  up in a small town. There was a Sheriff 9 of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a 10 on him.After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall wa  ter tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious 11 . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one 12 found out." "Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown"s name 13 on my list. I didn"t even know if he was still 14 . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few 15 , I heard, "Hello?" I said, "Sheriff Brown?" Paused. "Yes." "Well, this is Jimmy Calkins." "And I want you to know that I did it!" Paused. "I knew it!" he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a 16 discussion. His closing words were: "Jimmy, I always felt bad for you 17 your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it 18 all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake." Jimmy inspired me to 19 all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It"s never too late to 20 the past wrongdoings. | |||||
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him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record