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When pilots fly over the grassland of the Pampas region, Argentina, they're often surprised to spot a huge guitar-shaped forest in the ordered fields. The site is more than an amazing example of land art. Behind the site is a(n)  41   love story.

When young Argentine  42   Pedro Martin Ureta, aged 28, met 17-year-old Graciela Yraizoz in his hometown, they fell in love at first  43  .2 years later, they got married and  44   down on the farm where Ureta had been __45__. Graciela had many big plans for the farm in her mind. One day when she was taking a plane on a flight  46   Pampa, Graciela noticed that another farm looked like a milking pail (桶) from the  47  . Graciela thought that her family  could create something even more attractive on their own  farm: A huge forest  48   as her favorite musical instrument—the guitar. Graciela  49   playing the guitar in her spare  time and often played the guitar at the local  50  .

But Ureta didn't take his wife's idea  51  ,saying, “We'll talk about it later.” Later  52   came. In 1977,Graciela died suddenly of brain cancer at the  53   age of  25 while carrying their fifth r her wife's death, Mr Ureta  54   not fulfilling her wish. Still heartbroken a  few years later, Ureta decided that the best way to honor his   55   wife would be to fulfill her wish and  56   the giant work of art in her honor.

After the local government refused to  57   with the project, Ureta and his children took it 58  by one,they planted roughly 7,000 trees into the shape of a guitar. It took a few rough seasons for the trees to take root, but Ureta's dedication  59  .

Watching the forest grow over the years gave Graciela's children  60  .“It was the closest thing possible to have my mother alive,”Maria Julia,Ureta's second daughter,said.                  

41.lling     B.exciting          C.boring       D.touching

42.er      B.worker           C.teacher      D.engineer

43.e       B.time             C.sight        D.way

44.         B.settled           C.laid         D.took

45.ed up    B.given up         C.made up     D.brought up

46.w       B.over            C.across       D.beyond

47.         B.distance          C.beginning    D.top

48.ted      B.regarded         C.considered    D.shaped

49.iked     B.missed          C.enjoyed       D.avoided

50.erts     B.lectures         C.games        D.shops

51.kly      B.personally      C.seriously      D.properly

52.ly       B.never          C.still          D.always

53.g       B.old            C.normal        D.advanced

54.yed      B.admitted       C.appreciated     D.regretted

55.         B.early          C.slim          D.former

56.        B.paint          C.create         D.change

57.        B.begin          C.argue         D.deal

58. this way   B.in their honor   C.on their own    D.in the future

59. off     B.paid off        C.gave off        D.got off

60.stance   B.comfort        C.confidence      D.care

【回答】

41-45:   DACBD   50-55:  BADCA

56-60:    CBADA   61-65:  CACBB

知识点:科普环保类

题型:完型填空

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