出自:河南科技大学大学英语3(专升本)
(阅读理解)31.The United States is well-known for its network of major highways 31 to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. 32 these wide modern roads are generally 33 and well maintained with few sharp curves and many straight 34 , a direct route is not always the most 35 one. Large highways often pass by scenic areas and interesting small towns. 36 , these highways generally 37 large urban centers which means that they become crowded 38 heavy traffic during rush hours, 39 the fast direct way becomes a very slow route.
However, there is 40 always another route to take 41 you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 42 new “super-highways”, there are often older, 43 heavily traveled roads which go through the countryside. 44 of these are good two-lane roads; others are uneven roads 45 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes, along high 46 , or down frightening hillsides to towns 47 in deep valleys. Through these less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 48 the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver way may have a 49 to get a fresh, clean 50 of the world.
(完形填空)Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They 36 with them lots of waste. The 37 might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰川)are disappearing, changing the 38 of Kilimanjaro.
Hearing these stories, I’m 39 about the place — other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.
However, I soon 40 that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of 41 among tons of rubbish. I find a 42 mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are 43 but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be 44 .
The best of a Kilimanjaro 45 , in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are 46 as spiritual places by many cultures. This 47 is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as 48 go through five ecosystems(生态系统)in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, 49 lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather 50 — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I 51 twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland 52 : gravel(砾石), stones and rocks. 53 you climb into an arctic-like zone with 54 snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.
Does Kilimanjaro 55 its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace?I found the opposite to be true.