第一部分 必修1 Unit 3 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2017湖北) When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”. At the __1__ of Palo Duro Canyon(峡谷)State Park, I __2__ a job advertisement hiring park hosts.The position offered a __3__, permanent campsite in the park, and __4__, the hosts served as a link between the park's guests and the rangers (护林人).It was the perfect solution: a rentfree place to reorganize our lives.We entered the park and I made an __5__ for the following day. The park was __6__, 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 toward our table.We __7__ climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to __8__ our camp. Having survived that night, we were __9__ that everything else would be all right.The next day we met with the people who ran the park.They explained our __10__ and gave us a beautiful campsite. That evening, __11__, we learned about the canyon __12__.They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay __13__ in the dark until the winds died away. __14__ the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and __15__ the little money my wife __16__ by substitute teaching.Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful __17__.For a time after our business __18__ I thought I might lose my family as well. |