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第二部分 高考专项突破(一)(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. | 
