The National Park Service
America"s national parks are like old friends. You may not see them for years at a time, but just knowing they"re out there makes you feel better 1. Hearing the names of these famous old friends -Yosemite 2, Yellowstone 3,Grand Canyon 4 -revives memories of visits past and promotes dreams of those still to come.
From Acadia toZion, 369 national parks are part of a continually evolving system 5. Ancient fossil beds, Revolutionary War battlefields, magnificent mountain ranges, and monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country 6 are all a part of our National Park System (NPS). The care and preservation for future generations of these special places is entrusted to the National Park Service. Uniformed Rangers, the most visible representatives of the Service, not only offer park visitors a friendly wave, a helpful answer, or a thought-provoking history lesson, but also are skilled rescuers, firefighters, and dedicated resource protection professionals. The National Park Service ranks also include architects, historians, archaeologists, biologists, and a host of other experts 7who preserve and protect everything from George Washington"s teeth to Thomas Edison"s wax recording.
Modern society has brought the National Park Service both massive challenges and enormous opportunities. Satellite and computer technologies are expanding the educational possibilities of a national park beyond its physical boundaries. Cities struggling to revive their urban cores are turning to the Park Service for expert assistance to preserve their cultural heritage create pocket parks 8 and green spaces, and re-energize local economies. Growing communities, thirsty for recreational outlets 9 are also working with the NPS to turn abandoned railroad tracks into bike and hiking trails, as well as giving unused federal property new life as recreation centers.
To help meet these challenges and take advantage of these opportunities, the National Park Service had formed partnerships - some dating back 100 years, some only months old - with other agencies, state and local governments, corporations, American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives, Park Friends groups, cooperating associations, private organizations, community groups and individuals who share the National Park ethic.
National Park Week 1996 is a celebration of these partnerships.
词汇：
revive [rɪ"vaɪv] 重新唤起，重新记起；苏醒，复苏
fossil ["fɒsl]化石的
promote [prə"məʊt] 促成，促进；晋升，提升
evolve [ɪ"vɒlv] 演化；使逐步形成
range [reɪndʒ] 山地；山脉
entrust [ɪn"trʌst]委托管理；委托
ranger ["reɪndʒə(r)] 国家公园管理员，国有森林护林员
core [kɔ:(r)]中心；核心
trail [treɪl] 小道，小径
ethic [ˈeθɪk] 道德规范，伦理标准
注释：
1.Your may not see them for years at a time，but just knowing they"re out there makes you feel better：你可能几年都见不到它们一次，但是只要知道它们在那里，你的心情就会比较畅快。注意：may not中的mot可以否定may，也可以否定后面的动词。如否定may，作“不允许”解；如否定后面的动词，做“可能不”解。not是否定may还是其后面的动词，这取决于上下文。在所讨论 的句子中，not否定see。但mayn"t没有歧义，只作“不允许”解。at a time：每次，一次。又如：I am away two weeks at a time.我每次外出总要两星期不回家。
2.Yosemite：优山美地国家公园（位于加州中东部）
3.Yellowstone：黄石国家公园（位于怀俄明州西北部）
4．Grand Canyon:大峡谷国家公园（位于亚利桑那州西北部）
5.a continually evolving system：一种不断演化的体系
6.…monuments to heroic men and women who molded this country…：……为塑造这个国家而献身的英雄儿女纪念碑……
7.a host of other experts：许多其他的专家
8.pocket park：处于城市建筑群之间的小公园
9.Growing communities thirsty for recreational outlets…：渴望娱乐场所不断发展的社区……
Why are America"s national parks like old friends?
A:Because they are always out there B:Because they are very old C:Because they make people feel better D:Because they are very famous
He disposed of the old materials（）.
A:fell away B:threw away C:went away D:cut away
old man and women
old man and women
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A very strange old man used to live in our town. He didn’t do anything as the rest of people did. He lived alone and didn’t talk to anybody. He liked to walk in the woods where there were no roads, following the narrow paths made by animals. People were afraid of him. They thought he was crazy and might do something terrible, like hurting one of the children.
One day a little boy disappeared. His parents looked for him for hours, anti finally the whole town started a search of the woods. Some people thought the strange old man had taken the child away.
Several hours later, the boy was found, very cold and hungry, and it was the old man, who knew the woods so well, who had found him. After that, he still lived alone and walked in the woods, but no one was afraid of him any more.
Which of the following statements is true
A:The old man had nobody to talk to. B:The old man took the child away and then sent him back. C:The old man wouldn’t change his Way of life. D:What some people thought about was partly right.
Passage Four
Three women who secretly buried an 80-year-old woman were put into prison at Birmingham yester day. Two of then), including the dead woman’s daughter, kept on collecting her pension (退休金) after her death until their secret was made known to others two years later. The court (法庭) heard that one of the women put on "an Oscar (奥斯卡金奖)--winning performance" by pretending to be the old woman asleep in bed when a social worker called five months after Mrs. Townsend’s death.
The three women were put into prison because （）
A:they broke the law B:they buried the old woman C:they shared the old woman's money D:they killed the old woman
The old man walked in the street,_______.
A:followed by his son B:followed his son C:and following his son D:and followed by his son
The old man walked in the street, .
A:followed by his son B:followed his son C:and following his son D:and followed by his son
OLD 指令的功能是 ( )。
A:将两个电路块进行串联连接 B:将多个触点进行串联连接 C:将两个电路块进行并联连接 D:将多个触点进行并联连接
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