Question

    Olympic National Park, with its temperate rainforests and breath-taking views, exerts a natural pull on many Pacific Northwestemers. But Seattle writer Rosette Royale found it repellent. To Royale, the park seemed like a damp, dirty and unpleasant place. “I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to carry a 50-pound pack into the wilderness and camp there for days,” he said. “It didn’t make sense.”

Then he met Bryant Carlin, a vendor (小贩) for Real Change, the Seattle weekly sold on the street by vendors who are homeless or low-wage earners. He was also a skilled outdoorsman and a nature photographer who would take weeks-long photographic journeys to the park. The two men connected in the fall of 2011 when Royale interviewed Carlin for a feature story in Real Change about Carlin’s photography.

That first time they met—and for years afterward—Carlin invited Royale to go camping with him. Each time, Royale said “Thanks, but no thanks.” Until one day, in the spring of 2015, Royale surprised himself by saying yes. “Little did I know,” said Royale, “that saying ‘yes’ would change the course of my life.”

Royale and Carlin went on five separate journeys to the Olympic wilderness. They camped in spring, summer, fall and winter. For Royale, the trips were exhausting and terrifying. But the trips were also inspiring, and helped Royale—a black, strange man—to develop a relationship with the outdoors that he had never experienced before.

For Carlin, the trips were an opportunity to throw off the label of “homeless”. In Olympic National Park, sleeping outside just means you’re a camper. But there was one aspect of Carlin’s life in the city that he couldn’t escape: alcohol abuse. While he never brought beer on their camping journeys, the effects of years of drinking weren’t so easy to leave behind.

1.What does the underlined word “repellent” in paragraph 1 mean?

A.Appealing. B.Puzzling.

C.Rewarding. D.Disgusting.

2.According to Royale, what made his life course changed?

A.His first meeting with Carlin. B.His rejection of Carlin’s invitation.

C.His camping trips with Carlin. D.His reading of Carlin’s feature story.

3.What did the trips with Royale mean to Carlin?

A.They improved his photography skills.

B.They helped him feel a sense of belonging.

C.They deepened his relationship with nature.

D.They enabled him to get rid of alcohol addiction.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。文章主要讲了罗亚尔和卡林的奥林匹克国家公园露营之旅对各自产生的意义。

1.词义猜测题。根据第一段To Royale, the park seemed like a damp, dirty and unpleasant place.（对罗亚尔来说，公园似乎是一个潮湿、肮脏和令人不快的地方。）由此可知，But Seattle writer Rosette Royale found it repellent.的意思是但西雅图作家罗亚尔却发现它是令人厌恶的。A. Appealing. 吸引人的；B. Puzzling. 令人迷惑的；C. Rewarding. 有益的；D. Disgusting. 令人厌恶的。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段“Little did I know,” said Royale, “that saying ‘yes’ would change the course of my life.”（ “我不知道，”罗亚尔说，“说‘是’会改变我的人生轨迹。”）可知，罗亚尔认为，是他和卡林的露营之旅改变了他的人生轨迹。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段For Carlin, the trips were an opportunity to throw off the label of “homeless”.（对卡林来说，这些旅行是一个摆脱“无家可归”标签的机会。）推断出，与罗亚尔的旅行对卡林意味着它们帮助他感到一种归属感。故选B。