When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the
of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷）State Park，I
a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a
，permanent campsite in the park, and
, the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an
for the following day.
The park was
, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We
climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to
our camp.
Having survived that night, we were
that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our
and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening,
, we learned about the canyon
. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay
in the dark until the winds died away.
the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and
the little money my wife
by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful
For a time after our business
I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny
with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself
for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．edge | C．centre | D．entrance |
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| 小题2: | | A．sponsored | B．published | C．noticed | D．answered |
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| 小题3: | | A．safe | B．free | C．convenient | D．beautiful |
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| 小题4: | | A．in return | B．in time | C．in short | D．in turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．attempt | B．agreement | C．appeal | D．appointmei |
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| 小题6: | | A．crowded | B．dangerous | C．ideal | D．quiet |
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| 小题7: | | A．repeatedly | B．immediately | C．eventually | D．calmly |
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| 小题8: | | A．attack | B．leave | C．pass | D．search |
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| 小题9: | | A．satisfied | B．determined | C．confident | D．aware |
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| 小题10: | | A．responsibilities | B．requirements | C．circumstances | D．conditions |
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| 小题11: | | A．moreover | B．therefore | C．meanwhile | D．however |
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| 小题12: | | A．winds | B．snows | C．woods | D．trails |
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| 小题13: | | A．shaking | B．quarrelling | C．mourning | D．aching |
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| 小题14: | | A．After | B．Between | C．During | D．Beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．give away | B．hand out | C．live on | D．put aside |
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| 小题16: | | A．borrowed | B．earned | C．posted | D．raised |
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| 小题17: | | A．business | B．career | C．family | D．image |
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| 小题18: | | A．started | B．failed | C．expanded | D．declined |
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| 小题19: | | A．truck | B．park | C．house | D．camp |
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| 小题20: | | A．desperate | B．ready | C．suitable | D．thankful |
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