D: A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity.

3. What an unusual job does Timoteo have?

A: He is a human traffic signal.

B: He is miner.

C: He is a truck driver.

D: He is a traffic policeman.

4. What does the word "mission" mean in the sentence It was his mission in life to help others ?

A: A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization.

B: A series of special Christian services for purposes of proselytizing.

C: A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district.

D: An inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service; a vocation.

二、 二轮阅读

学习建议：在文中勾画出重点单词、短语、句型和交际用语，并结合语境猜测其含义。

I.短语:

1 ____________ high altitude 在高纬度

2 ____________ good/bad condition 状况好/差

3 ____________ particular 尤其；特别

4 ____________ average 平均

5 come ____________ 调离；脱离

6 ____________ theory 理论上；从理论上来说

7 ____________ practice 实际上；实践中

8 have an effect ____________ 对......产生影响

9 take _____________ 从事；占据（时间空间）；站好位置以备

10 pass ______________ 路过；经过；忽略

11 take... _______ granted 以为......理所当然

12.from dawn _______dusk 从黎明到晚上

Ⅱ.句型：

1.One road in particular, which goes north from La Paz, ________________________________

(被认为是世上最危险的路。)

2. On one side the mountains rise steeply; on the other side there is a sheer drop, which in places is hundreds of meters deep. (Paraphrase the sentence)

______________________________________________________________________________.

3. But often they just pass by, __________________________________(把人体交通标志看作理所当然的事情).

4. And so every morning, week in , week out, from dawn to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic. (Paraphrase the sentence)

______________________________________________________________________________.

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