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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精选训练（2）WhenPaulwasaboygrowingupinUtah,hehappenedtolivenearacoppersmelter(炼铜厂),andthechemicalsthatpouredouthadmadeawastelandoutofwhatusedtobeabeautifulforest.Onedayayoungvisitorlookedatthiswastelandandcalleditanawfularea.Paulknock
2、edhimdown.Fromthenon,somethinghappenedinsidehim.YearslaterPaulwasbackinthearea,andhewenttothesmelteroffice.Heaskediftheyhadanyplansoriftheywouldlethimtrytobringthetreesback.Theanswerfromthatbigindustrywas“No”.Paulthenwenttocollegetostudythescienceofpl
3、ants.Unfortunately,histeacherssaidthereweren’tanybirdsorsquirrelstospreadtheseeds.Itwouldbeawasteofhislifetotrytodoit.Everyoneknewthat,hewastold.Evenifhewasknowledgeableashehadexpected,hewouldn’tgethisideaaccepted.Paullatergotmarriedbuthisdreamwouldno
4、tdie.Andthenonenighthedidwhathecouldwithwhathehad.AsSamuelJohnsonwrote,“Itismontooverlookwhatisnearbykeepingtheeyefixedonsomethingremote.Attainablegoodisoftenignoredbymindsbusiedinwideranges.”Underthecoverofdarkness,hewentsecretlyintothewastelandandst
5、artedplanting.Andeveryweek,hemadehissecretjourneyintothewastelandandplantedtreesandgrass.Forfifteenyearshedidthisagainst theplainmonsense.Slowlyrabbitsappeared.Later,astherewaslegalpressuretocleanuptheenvironment,thepanyactuallyhiredPaultodowhathewasa
6、lreadydoing.Nowtheplaceisfourteenthousandacresoftreesandgrassandbushes,andPaulhasreceivedalmosteveryenvironmentalawardUtahhas.Ittookhimuntilhishairturnedwhite,buthemanagedtokeepthatimpossiblevow(誓言)hemadetohimselfasachild.21.WhenPaulwasaboy,_______.A.
7、hehaddecidednevertoleavehishometownB.theeconomyofUtahdependedwhollyonthecoppersmelterC.hehitayoungvisitorbecauseofhismentsonthewastelandD.hestoppedthecoppersmelterpollutingthearea22.Paulwenttocollegetostudythescienceofplants,because_______.A.hewantedt
8、ofindoutthebestwaytosavetheareahimselfB.hewasinterestedinplantingtreessincehewasyoungC.hewantedtogetmoreknowledgeablepeopletohelphimD.hethoughthisknowledgewouldmakehisadvicemoreconvincing21.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“theplainmonsense”probably
