__35__ for the following day.
The park was __36__， so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks(臭鼬) walking towards our table. We __37__ climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to __38__ our camp.
Having survived that night, we were __39__ that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our __40__ and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, __41__， we learned about the canyon __42__. They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay __43__ in the dark until the winds died away.
__44__ the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and __45__ the little money my wife __46__ by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful __47__. For a time after our business __48__ I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny __49__ with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jewelled sky, I found myself __50__ for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
31. A. back B. edge
C. centre D. entrance
32. A. sponsored B. published C. noticed D. answered 33. A. safe B. free
C. convenient D. beautiful 34. A. in return B. in time C. in short D. in turn
35. A. attempt B. agreement C. appeal D. appointment
36. A. crowded B. dangerous C. ideal D. quiet
37. A. repeatedly B. immediately C. eventually D. calmly 38. A. attack B. leave C. pass D. search
39. A. satisfied B. determined C. confident D. aware
40. A. responsibilities B. requirements C. circumstances D. conditions 41. A. moreover B. therefore C. meanwhile D. however 42. A. winds B. snows
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C. woods D. trails
43. A. shaking B. quarrelling C. mourning D. aching 44. A. After B. Between C. During D. Beyond
45. A. give away B. hand out C. live on D. put aside
46. A. borrowed B. earned C. posted D. raised 47. A. business B. career C. family D. image 48. A. started B. failed
C. expanded D. declined 49. A. truck B. park C. house D. camp
50. A. desperate B. ready C. suitable D. thankful
【要点概述】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者经营餐厅失败以后，他和妻子坐着一辆货车去德克萨斯州重新开始生活。在一个野生公园里，他得到了一份工作，这份工作让他得到一个免费的宿营地。在经历了这一系列的苦难之后，作者认为正是苦难让他们成为一家人，使他们重新拥有了一个家。
31. D 根据下文第二段中的最后一句 “We entered the park?”可知，作者是在公园的入口处看到的广告。
32. C 根据空格后的a job advertisement可知，作者是在公园的入口处注意到了一则广告。sponsor 赞助；publish 发表；notice 注意，看到；answer回答。
33. B 根据下句中的a rent-free place to reorganize our lives 可知公园的这份工作提供免
费的宿营的地方。safe 安全的；free 免费的；convenient方便的；beautiful美丽的。
34. A 根据上文可知公园给作者一家提供了免费的营地，下文讲述了作者要充当游客和护林人之间联系的纽带，这两者之间是一个交换关系，故选A。in return 回报，报答；in time 终于，及时；in short 简而言之；in turn依次，轮流，反过来。
35. D 根据下文的“The next day we met with the people who ran the park.” 可知，他们跟公园经营者约好第二天见面。make an appointment约会。attempt 尝试；agreement 协议；appeal吸引，呼吁。
36. A 根据空格后的“?it took us some time to find an available site.”可知，公园里人很拥挤。
37. B 根据上文的“?two large skunks(臭鼬) walking towards our table.”可知作者一家很害怕，立刻都爬到桌子上去了。
38. B 根据上文的“?walking towards our table.”可知，臭鼬跟作者一家待在一起，因此他们一直等着臭鼬离开他们宿营的地方。
39. C 根据空格后的“?everything else would be all right.” 可知作者和妻子很有信心。
40. A 因为上文提到该工作要作者充当游客和护林员之间的纽带，因此作者是有一定的职责的，故用responsibility。responsibility责任；requirement 要求；circumstance 环境；
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condition情况。
41. D 上段中的a beautiful campsite与其后的strong and cold构成逻辑上的转折关系，故用however。
42. A 根据下句中的“?the winds died away.”可知，晚上起了大风。
43. A 根据空格前的“?strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently.”可知，作者与妻子很害怕，因此他们在黑暗中瑟瑟发抖。
44. C 根据空格后的the weeks that followed可知是好几个星期的时间，故用during表示一段时间。
45. C 根据空格后的the little money 可知是靠妻子挣些钱生活。give away 免费赠送，泄露；hand out 交出；live on靠??谋生；put aside 储存，把??放到一边。
46. B 根据空格后的by substitute teaching 可知妻子当代课老师挣钱，故用earn。 47. C 根据下文中几次提到family一词可知，作者此时意识到了当时自己由于忙于做生意，而忽视了自己的家庭。
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