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   When Chad Pregracke was a teenager in East Moline,Illinois,he and his father lived and worked on the Mississippi River — or rather,in it. Every day they dove into the river to 41 freshwater mussels (贻贝) ，which they sold to Japanese customers. The river was their 42 ,but Chad came to realize that it was also dirty. While searching for mussels on the river bottom,Chad could not 43 much because the water was too muddy. When Chad Pregracke was in college,he decided that he had to 44 the river. And that's what he has done.

   In the summer of 1997,Chad 45 the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project. Using a 20-foot motorboat and working 46 by himself,Chad cleaned up 100 miles of shoreline in Illinois and Iowa. By summer's end,he had 47 and recycled 45,000 pounds of trash!As people learned about Chad's 48,they began to offer help. Towns and companies along the river 49 equipment,and communities （社区）50 cleanup days.

   In 1998,the project 51 . Chad fixed up two boats,and he 52 a crew. During the summer months,Chad and his crew cleaned up 900 miles of Mississippi 53 from St. Louis,Missouri,to Guttenberg,Iowa. They collected 400,000 pounds of trash — 54 from old refrigerators to plastic legs!

   In the next year,Chad’s group 55 the cleanup of more than 1,000 miles of the Mississippi River. They also 56 an “Adopt a Mississippi River Mile” program. In this program,companies and groups took 57 for keeping parts of the river clean. After that,Chad 58 the Illinois River.

   Today,Chad Pregracke’s project has many sponsors and an annual budget of $200,000. Chad also has 59 plans. He will move eastward 60 he has done what he can for the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. He wants to clean up the Ohio River next,and then perhaps the Hudson.

41. A. break   B. collect   C. recycle   D. study

42. A. luck   B. playground   C. livelihood   D. protector

43. A. have   B. take   C. earn   D. see

44. A. give up   B. close up   C. set up   D. tidy up

45. A. encouraged   B. reviewed   C. formed   D. supported

46. A. smoothly   B. casually  C. mainly   D. slowly

47. A. thrown   B. hidden   C. produced   D. removed

48. A. efforts   B. problems   C. difficulties   D. anxieties

49. A. donated   B. sold   C. used   D. needed

50. A. continued   B. held   C. passed   D. remembered

51. A. changed   B. grew   C. remained   D. succeeded

52. A. hired   B. recommended   C. paid   D. invited

53. A. shoreline   B. land   C. border   D. path

54. A. something   B. everything   C. less   D. more

55. A. chose   B. repeated   C. completed   D. tried

56. A. extended   B. attended   C. celebrated   D. established

57. A. measures   B. notes   C. advantage   D. responsibility

58. A. put aside   B. started on   C. found out    D. delighted in

59. A. different   B. personal   C. ambitious   D. secret

60. A. when   B. though   C. because   D. until

Answer 1

41. B 42. C 43. D 44. D 45. C 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. A 50. B 51. B 52. A 53. A 54. B 55. C 56. D 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. A

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本文是记叙文。靠采集贻贝为生的Chad在发现密西西比河河道枝严重污染后采取行动清理河道，并将这一环保行动延伸到美国的其他河流.

41. B.由下文的 which they sold to Japanese customers可知.，他们潜到水底是为了 “采集 (collect) ”贻贝。

42. C.由上文的通过采集贻贝然后将其卖掉賺钱 可知，密西西比河是他们的“生计(livelihood) ” 来源地。

43. D.由 the water was too muddy 可知，这里是说 “看(see) ”不到多少东西。

44. D.由下文的 Beautification & Restoration Project可知，Chad决定“清理(tidy up) ”河道。

45. C.由下文的 Using a 20-foot motorboat and working ... by himself 可知，Chad “ 创立了 (formed) ”密西西比河美化与重建工程。

46. C.由下文的描述可知，最初Chad “主要 (mainly) ”靠自己一个人干活。

47. D.Chad是在清理河道，所以这里应该是“清除 (removed ) ”垃圾。

48. A.第二段前半部分全部讲的是Chad所付出的 “努力(efforts）”。

49. A. 

50. B.由上文的offer help可知，这里是说 沿河的乡镇和公司“捐赠(donated) ”设备，社区 “举办(held) ”清扫日。

51. B 。 由下文的 Chad fixed up two boats,and he … a crew可知，Chad的工程开始“发展壮大 (grew) ”。

52. A.工程发展壮大以后，Chad开始“雇用 (hired) ”工作人员。

53. A.由上文的 Chad cleaned up 100 miles of shoreline可以得到提示。

54. B.由下文的 from old refrigerators to pastic legs 可知，打携上来的东西“无所不有(everything) ”。

55. C.上文提到 cleaned up 900 miles of Mississippi , 此处应该是说“完成(completed) ”1000多英里的

清洁工作。

56. D.由下文的 In this program,companies and groups took …可知，Chad 又“创立(established ) ”一个项目。

57. D.由项目主题 Adopt a Mississippi River Mile 可以推断，参与者要为部分河段的清洁“负贵任 (take responsibility ) ”。

58. B.密西西比河的清理工作完成后，Chad决定 “开始(started on) ”清理伊利诺伊河。

59. C.由文末的 He wants to clean up the Ohio River next,and then perhaps the Hudson 可知， Chad有“宏伟的(ambitious) ”计划。

60. A.由上文的plans可知，清理俄亥俄河和哈德 逊河应该是在密西西比河和伊利诺伊河的清理 工作完成之后，所以用when表示“在……之 后”。