When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”. At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷）State Park，I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a ，permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day. The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp. Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite. That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay in the dark until the winds died away. the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well. Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family! 小题1: A．back B．edge C．centre D．entrance 小题2: A．sponsored B．published C．noticed D．answered 小题3: A．safe B．free C．convenient D．beautiful 小题4: A．in return B．in time C．in short D．in turn 小题5: A．attempt B．agreement C．appeal D．appointmei 小题6: A．crowded B．erous C．ideal D．quiet 小题7: A．repeatedly B．immediately C．ually D．calmly 小题8: A．attack B．leave C．pass D．search 小题9: A．satisfied B．determined C．confident D．aware 小题10: A．responsibilities B．requirements C．circumstances D．conditions 小题11: A．moreover B．therefore C．meanwhile D．however 小题12: A．winds B．snows C．woods D．trails 小题13: A．shaking B．quarrelling C．mourning D．aching 小题14: A．After B．Between C．During D．Beyond 小题15: A．give away B．hand out C．live on D．put aside 小题16: A．borrowed B．earned C．posted D．raised 小题17: A．business B．career C．family D．image 小题18: A．started B．failed C．expanded D．declined 小题19: A．truck B．park C．house D．camp 小题20: A．desperate B．ready C．suitable D．thankful