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At 2:48 on a Sunday morning, after a flight of more than ten hours, Ronald Sakolsky stepped into the arrivals hall of Beijing Capital International Airport. The thrill of his homecoming had (1)______ over him most vividly during the final moments of the flight. "When I saw the lights of Beijing as we were landing, I (2)______ I was back in my second home," he said. It was a place he had not visited for almost three decades.
Sakolsky, a retired teacher from Pennsylvania in the United States, is in China for a journey that will take him to Beijing, Inner Mongolia and Henan Province. It is a reunion nearly three decades in the (3)______, and it began with a single act of generosity(慷慨) that would eventually change a landscape.
In 1999, Sakolsky arrived in China through a teacher exchange programme. It was there that he first heard of Yin Yuzhen, a farmer's wife who had spent years battling the (4)______ desert around her home. She kept planting trees in soil that most people believed could (5)______ nothing, and she did so season after season without ever giving up. Moved by her (6)______, Sakolsky raised $5,000 to support her work in the Mu Us Desert.
The (7)______ bought with that donation have since matured into more than 50,000 full-grown trees. Yin and her family had worked (8)______ to keep them alive through countless droughts and sandstorms. What had once been a (9)______, sandy wasteland slowly turned green. Today the land is covered by a (10)______ forest that stretches as far as the eye can see.
For decades the two friends lost touch, and it seemed their story had ended there. (11)______, in May, Yin — by then a national model worker celebrated for her desert-restoration achievements — launched an online search. She was looking for her American (12)______, the man who had helped start her lifelong mission. Within less than 48 hours, a nationwide search had (13)______ Sakolsky down, and a video call brought the pair face to face for the first time in 27 years.
Asked what he most looks forward to, Sakolsky said he wants to see Yin, see the forests, and meet the students and colleagues he has not seen for almost thirty years. "Hopefully the message gets out to the world that Chinese and Americans can work together and make a (14)______ world," he said. To Sakolsky, the forest stands as living proof that a single act of (15)______ can travel across oceans and outlast decades.
(1) A.washed B.swept C.rolled D.broke
(2) A.doubted B.realised C.pretended D.wondered
(3) A.being B.promising C.making D.backing
(4) A.flooding B.creeping C.shrinking D.freezing
(5) A.attract B.frighten C.support D.satisfy
(6) A.devotion B.curiosity C.humour D.ambition
(7) A.trunks B.seedlings C.grasses D.bushes
(8) A.patiently B.silently C.confidently D.tirelessly
(9) A.lifeless B.priceless C.careless D.harmless
(10) A.drowning B.burning C.thriving D.fading
(11) A.Therefore B.However C.Moreover D.Otherwise
(12) A.successor B.competitor C.investigator D.sponsor
(13) A.driven B.tracked C.turned D.warned
(14) A.peaceful B.powerful C.meaningful D.careful
(15) A.wisdom B.courage C.kindness D.patience
词汇短语精讲
1. washed over （情感）涌上心头，强烈感受到
例句：The thrill of his homecoming had washed over him most vividly during the final moments of the flight.
提示：原形 wash over，熟词生义：wash 本义“洗”，wash over 引申为“情感涌上心头”
2. in the making 酝酿中，形成中（通常指经历很长时间）
例句：It is a reunion nearly three decades in the making, and it began with a single act of generosity.
提示：sth. + 时间 + in the making，表“酝酿已久、来之不易”
3. desert-restoration 荒漠治理，治沙
例句：Yin — by then a national model worker celebrated for her desert-restoration achievements — launched an online search.
提示：复合名词：desert（沙漠）+ restoration（恢复，restore 的名词形式），指荒漠治理/生态恢复，环保话题高频表达。
4. launched an online search 发起网上搜索
例句：Yin — by then a national model worker celebrated for her desert-restoration achievements — launched an online search.
提示：launch 熟词生义：本义“发射（火箭/船）”，引申为“发起（活动/搜索/调查/运动）”。launch a search / an investigation / a campaign 为高频搭配。
5. track ... down 追踪到，找到（某人）
例句：Within less than 48 hours, a nationwide search had tracked Sakolsky down, and a video call brought the pair face to face for the first time in 27 years.
提示：track 熟词生义：本义“轨道、足迹”，作动词 track down 引申为“追踪到、搜寻到”，中间接宾语（track sb. down）。
句子精讲
1. It was there that he first heard of Yin Yuzhen, a farmer's wife who had spent years battling the creeping desert around her home.
翻译：正是在那里，他第一次听说了殷玉珍——一位花了多年时间与家周围不断蔓延的沙漠作斗争的农妇。
结构：It was there that... 为强调句，强调地点状语 there；主句为 he first heard of Yin Yuzhen；a farmer's wife 为 Yin Yuzhen 的同位语；who had spent years battling... 为定语从句修饰 a farmer's wife，其中 battling the creeping desert 为现在分词短语作伴随状语。
语法：强调句（It was ... that ...）+ who 引导定语从句
仿写：可用句式：It was ___ that ___, a ___ who ___.（例：It was in the library that I met Li Hua, a senior who had been preparing for the exam for months.）
2. To Sakolsky, the forest stands as living proof that a single act of kindness can travel across oceans and outlast decades.
翻译：对 Sakolsky 而言，这片森林就是活生生的证明——一次善举能跨越重洋、经久不衰。
结构：To Sakolsky 为介词短语（对…而言）；主干 the forest stands as living proof；that 引导同位语从句，说明 proof 的具体内容；从句中 a single act of kindness 为主语，can travel across oceans and outlast decades 为并列谓语（travel 与 outlast 并列）。
语法：同位语从句（that）+ 并列谓语
仿写：可用句式：To sb., sth. stands as living proof that ___.（例：To me, the photo stands as living proof that a small kindness can change someone's life.）
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