四、完形填空。
Shi Guangyin is a farmer and eco-warrior（生态战士）from Dingbian, Shaanxi Province, China. Born in 1952, he in a small town near the Mu Us Desert, where sandstorms often crops, houses, and even took people's lives. The local weather conditions were terrible, and life for the locals was terrible too. Growing up in such a(n) , Shi knows how much pain（痛苦）and harm the sand can lead to. As a child, Shi experienced the pain of losing his home sandstorms. At the age of 8, he lost his best friend in a sandstorm. That made him decide to fight the desert.
Dealing with the desert is not a(n) job. In 1968, Shi started leading local people to plant trees in the desert. After years of hard work, he successfully found to grow trees in the sand. In 1984, he 84 sheep and borrowed money to plant trees on 2 square kilometres of land. He had many difficulties, but Shi stopped fighting. In 1988, he finally greened Langwosha successfully by using new planting technology.
Shi was . His son went on planting trees sadly died in a truck accident while transporting trees. Shi's grandson then took up the responsibility. Together, they have 350,000 mu of desert into green land.
Shi believes fighting against desertification is his lifelong duty. He says, “I shall not planting trees until my last breath.” His story shows one person's action will have a great effect in protecting and living in harmony with the environment.
1. A. set up B. grew up
C. mixed up D. gave up
2. A. watered B. protected
C. stored D. damaged
3. A. environment B. emergency
C. weather D. development
4. A. thanks to B. rather than
C. because of D. up to
5. A. in B. against C. for D. on
6. A. hard B. difficult
C. tiring D. easy
7. A. problems B. reasons
C. ways D. patterns
8. A. sold B. bought
C. fed D. ate
9. A. always B. often
C. sometimes D. never
10. A. young B. old
C. smart D. patient
11. A. since B. so C. but D. or
12. A. turned B. divided
C. put D. translated
13. A. keep B. practise
C. suggest D. stop
14. A. what B. how C. which D. when
15. A. rivers B. oceans
C. nature D. wetlands

1. B 根据 Born in 1952 可知,这里是说他在小镇“长大”。
2. D 根据 sandstorms 和“crops, houses, and even took people's lives”可知,沙尘暴会“破坏”这些事物。
3. A 根据前文描述的沙尘暴频发的状况可知,这是一种“环境”。
4. C 根据 losing his home 和 sandstorms 可知,后者是前者的原因,所以用 because of。
5. B 根据“fight ... desert”可知,fight against 是固定搭配,意为“与……作斗争”。
6. D 根据后文描述的治沙过程(多年努力、借钱种树等)可知,这件事不“容易”。
7. C 根据 to grow trees in the sand 可知,是找到种树的“方法”。
8. A 根据 borrowed money to plant trees 可知,他需要资金,所以是“卖掉”羊。
9. D 根据 but 可知,前后是转折关系,他遇到了困难但“从不”停止。
10. B 根据后文 His son went on planting trees 可知,他年纪大了,儿子便接手种树。
11. C 根据 went on planting trees 和 sadly died 可知,前后是转折关系,所以用 but。
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完形填空之逻辑关系
做完形填空的逻辑关系题,需关注转折关系(but/however,前后意思相反)、因果关系(because/so,前后是原因和结果)、并列递进(and/also,前后一致或加深)、举例解释(for example/in fact,后文解释前文)。本题表转折关系。
12. A 根据 desert into green land 可知,应用“turn ... into ...”结构,意为“把……变成……”。
13. D 根据 until my last breath 可知,应是“不停止”种树。
14. B 根据 one person's action will have a great effect 可知,这里是说“怎样”产生影响。
15. C 根据 living in harmony with the environment 可知,治沙是保护“自然”。