Near my home, there is a small lake with a walking path. We would drive there a few times a week and take a ____ around the lake. Being so ____ to nature always filled me with an unspoken sense of ____ and peace.
One autumn day, ____, I noticed that the path wasn't looking so good. It was ____ with trash dropped by other people. The next time my kids and I went, I ____ a large trash bag. As we walked, we noticed pieces of trash every few metres and bent down to ____ them up and put them in the bag. There were candy wrappers, plastic bags, bent cans, and ____, a single tennis shoe. We ____ every piece we saw. It took us more than twice as long to ____ the loop(一圈) around the lake, but we felt deeply ____ and proud.
Before we got back in the car, I ____ the almost full trash bag into a nearby bin. I looked back at the lake shimmering(闪烁) in the sunlight and smiled. We hadn't made the lake more ____, but we had at least ____ some of the things that spoil(破坏) it. It felt like we had done our part, a small way to express our ____ for the glorious world we live in.
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A
) 1. A. walk B. ride C. jog D. visit
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C
) 2. A. open B. kind C. close D. respectful
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D
) 3. A. honour B. duty C. choice D. joy
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B
) 4. A. moreover B. however C. therefore D. instead
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B
) 5. A. left B. littered C. spread D. supplied
(
A
) 6. A. brought B. bought C. ordered D. sent
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C
) 7. A. mix B. pack C. pick D. step
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D
) 8. A. naturally B. finally C. unluckily D. surprisingly
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B
) 9. A. put B. collected C. swept D. picked
(
A
) 10. A. finish B. start C. mark D. run
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C
) 11. A. touched B. encouraged C. satisfied D. relaxed
(
A
) 12. A. threw B. divided C. poured D. turned
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C
) 13. A. valuable B. popular C. beautiful D. important
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D
) 14. A. found out B. worked out C. given away D. taken away
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B
) 15. A. pity B. thankfulness C. excitement D. friendship