valley，并结合全文内容可推知，选D项。

　　答案：D

　　4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　 A．The author's friends all encouraged him to give up geography to poetry.

　　 B．The author became devoted to poetry because of his teacher's strictness.

　　 C．The author loved to find sources of poetry from nature and from the past.

　　 D．Spanish and Latin American poems influenced the author as much as Chinese ones.

　　解析：推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后一句话中的using them to reconstruct the past ...a source of poetry for me 并结合文章最后三段可推知，作者擅长在过去和自然中寻找写诗的素材。故选C项。

　　答案：C

　　Ⅵ.七选五阅读

　　Seventy－three－year－old Gary selected his food in Value Mart more carefully than NASA chose its candidates for the space shuttle. Skim milk was $2. 99 on sale from $3. 49; white bread 89 cents with a discounts table salt 99 cents 20 cents off the regular price. __1__ He was pleased that he had got good value for his money again.

　　 At the exit the cold wind reminded him of his gloves. "Now where are they？" Not in the coat pockets. Not in the grocery bag either. The worried man made a thorough search of all his pockets，again including the grocery bag. __2__

　　 Old Gary had bought the black gloves at a 25% discount ten years ago. His quick decision to buy the expensive gloves turned out to be a good one which even promoted his social status on the bus，as poorer passengers stared at him enviously. Losing this favorite possession was almost like losing a child to him.

　　 Gary reentered the store with long steps. __3__ There were all open passages and it did not take long to be convinced that the gloves were not in sight.

　　 "Society has changed people have changed"， he murmured to himself. "Years ago if somebody picked up something lost they would give it back. Not any more！"

　　__4__ She asked him what colour they were，and when he said "black"， there came a disappointing answer. He took his time now finally walking out of the store.

　　__5__ In deep winter he could not do without a pair of gloves. He was very upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.

　　 After a month Gary decided to buy another leather pair. Before boarding the subway he stepped into Value Mart again to see if by any chance his gloves had been returned to the lost and found office. "What colour are they？" the woman in the office asked again. "Black，" he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves. "Are they？"

"Yes! Those are mine！" Gary exclaimed his eyes glowing with joy.