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1、阅读理解训练（2）AWhenPaulwasaboygrowingupinUtah,hehappenedtolivenearacoppersmelter(炼铜厂),andthechemicalsthatpouredouthadmadeawastelandoutofwhatusedtobeabeautifulforest.Onedayayoungvisitorlookedatthiswastelandandcalleditanawfularea.Paulknockedhimdown.Fromthenon,something
2、happenedinsidehim.YearslaterPaulwasbackinthearea,andhewenttothesmelteroffice.Heaskediftheyhadanyplansoriftheywouldlethimtrytobringthetreesback.Theanswerfromthatbigindustrywas“No”.Paulthenwenttocollegetostudythescienceofplants.Unfortunately,histeacherssaidtherewe
3、ren’tanybirdsorsquirrelstospreadtheseeds.Itwouldbeawasteofhislifetotrytodoit.Everyoneknewthat,hewastold.Evenifhewasknowledgeableashehadexpected,hewouldn’tgethisideaaccepted.Paullatergotmarriedbuthisdreamwouldnotdie.Andthenonenighthedidwhathecouldwithwhathehad.As
4、SamuelJohnsonwrote,“Itiscommontooverlookwhatisnearbykeepingtheeyefixedonsomethingremote.Attainablegoodisoftenignoredbymindsbusiedinwideranges.”Underthecoverofdarkness,hewentsecretlyintothewastelandandstartedplanting.Andeveryweek,hemadehissecretjourneyintothewast
5、elandandplantedtreesandgrass.Forfifteenyearshedidthisagainst theplaincommonsense.Slowlyrabbitsappeared.Later,astherewaslegalpressuretocleanuptheenvironment,thecompanyactuallyhiredPaultodowhathewasalreadydoing.Nowtheplaceisfourteenthousandacresoftreesandgrassandb
6、ushes,andPaulhasreceivedalmosteveryenvironmentalawardUtahhas.Ittookhimuntilhishairturnedwhite,buthemanagedtokeepthatimpossiblevow(誓言)hemadetohimselfasachild.21.WhenPaulwasaboy,_______.A.hehaddecidednevertoleavehishometownB.theeconomyofUtahdependedwhollyonthecopp
7、ersmelterC.hehitayoungvisitorbecauseofhiscommentsonthewastelandD.hestoppedthecoppersmelterpollutingthearea22.Paulwenttocollegetostudythescienceofplants,because_______.A.hewantedtofindoutthebestwaytosavetheareahimself精品Word可修改欢迎下载B.hewasinterestedinplantingtreess
8、incehewasyoungC.hewantedtogetmoreknowledgeablepeopletohelphimD.hethoughthisknowledgewouldmakehisadvicemoreconvincing21.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“theplaincommonsense
