Task 3

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Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.They bring with them lots of waste. The ______1_might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰川) are disappearing, changing the ____

2_of Kilimanjaro.

Hearing these stories, I'm ______3_about the place—other destinations are described as “purer”natural experiences.

However, I soon discover that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of _______4 among tons of rubbish. I find a ____

5_mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are ____

6_but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be ____

7_.

The best of a Kilimanjaro experience, in my opinion, isn't reaching the top. Mountains are _______8 as spiritual places by many cultures. This ______9_is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as__10__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, __1__1_lands of low growing plants.Further up,the weather__12__—low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered with thick grass. I count twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4,000 meters is the highland __1__3_: gravel(砾石), stones and rocks.______14_you climb into an arctic-like zone with permanent snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

Does Kilimanjaro __1__5_its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.

1. A. stories B. buildings C. crowds D. reporters

2. A. position B. age C. face D. name

3. A. silent B. skeptical C. serious D. crazy

4. A. equipment B. grass C. camps D. stones

5. A. remote B. quiet C. tall D. clean

6. A. new B. special C. significant D. necessary

7. A. paying off B. spreading out C. blowing up D. fading away

8. A. studied B. observed C. explored D. regarded

9. A. view B. quality C. reason D. purpose

10. A. scientists B. climbers C. locals D. officials

11. A. holding on to B. going back to C. living up to D. giving way to

12. A. changes B. clears C. improves D. permits

13. A. village B. desert C. road D. lake

14. A. Obviously B. Easily C. Consequently D. Finally

15. A. enjoy B. deserve C. save D. acquire