2024年3月24日发(作者：牵醉芙)
【2019·全国卷I】完形填空详解及全文翻译
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They
___41___ with them lots of waste. The ___42___ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰
川)are disappearing, changing the ___43___ of Kilimanjaro.
Hearing these stories, I’m ___44___ about the place — other destinations are described as
“purer” natural experiences.
However, I soon ___45___ that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of ___46___
among tons of rubbish. I find a ___47___ mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The
environmental challenges are ___48___ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority
seem to be ___49___.
The best of a Kilimanjaro ___50___, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are ___51___
as spiritual places by many cultures. This ___52___ is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as ___53___ 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, ___54___ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather ___55___ —
low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I ___56___ twelve shades
of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland ___57___: gravel(砾石), stones and
rocks. ___58___ you climb into an arctic-like zone with ___59___ snow and the glaciers that may soon
disappear.
Does Kilimanjaro ___60___ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the
atmosphere of peace？I found the opposite to be true.
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41. A. keep B. mix
42. A. stories B. buildings
43. A. position B. age
44. A. silent B. skeptical
45. A. discover B. argue
46. A. equipment
47. A. remote B. quiet
48. A. new B. special
49. A. paying off
50. A. atmosphere
51. A. studied B. observed
52. A. view B. quality
53. A. scientists
54. A. holding on to
C. connect
C. crowds
C. face
C. serious
C. decide
B. grass
C. all
C. significant
B. spreading out
B. experience
C. explored
C. reason
B. climbers
B. going back to
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D. bring
D. reporters
D. name
D. crazy
D. advocate
C. camps D. stones
D. clean
D. necessary
C. blowing up D. fading away
C. experiment D. sight
D. regarded
D. purpose
C. locals D. officials
C. living up to D. giving way to
2024年3月24日发(作者：牵醉芙)
【2019·全国卷I】完形填空详解及全文翻译
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They
___41___ with them lots of waste. The ___42___ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰
川)are disappearing, changing the ___43___ of Kilimanjaro.
Hearing these stories, I’m ___44___ about the place — other destinations are described as
“purer” natural experiences.
However, I soon ___45___ that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of ___46___
among tons of rubbish. I find a ___47___ mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The
environmental challenges are ___48___ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority
seem to be ___49___.
The best of a Kilimanjaro ___50___, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are ___51___
as spiritual places by many cultures. This ___52___ is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as ___53___ 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, ___54___ lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather ___55___ —
low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I ___56___ twelve shades
of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland ___57___: gravel(砾石), stones and
rocks. ___58___ you climb into an arctic-like zone with ___59___ snow and the glaciers that may soon
disappear.
Does Kilimanjaro ___60___ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the
atmosphere of peace？I found the opposite to be true.
1
41. A. keep B. mix
42. A. stories B. buildings
43. A. position B. age
44. A. silent B. skeptical
45. A. discover B. argue
46. A. equipment
47. A. remote B. quiet
48. A. new B. special
49. A. paying off
50. A. atmosphere
51. A. studied B. observed
52. A. view B. quality
53. A. scientists
54. A. holding on to
C. connect
C. crowds
C. face
C. serious
C. decide
B. grass
C. all
C. significant
B. spreading out
B. experience
C. explored
C. reason
B. climbers
B. going back to
2
D. bring
D. reporters
D. name
D. crazy
D. advocate
C. camps D. stones
D. clean
D. necessary
C. blowing up D. fading away
C. experiment D. sight
D. regarded
D. purpose
C. locals D. officials
C. living up to D. giving way to