专业八级改错练习 第61期

The tendency nowadays to wander in wildernesses is delightful
to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaking, over-civilized people are __1__
beginning to find out that going to mountains is going home; that
wildness is a necessity; and mountain parks and reservations are __2__
useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, and as __3__
fountains of life. Awakening from the stupefying effects of the
vicious of over-industry and the deadly apathy of luxury, they are __4__
trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little ongoings
with that of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease. Briskly __5__
venturing and roaming, some are washing off sins and cares of the
devil's spinning in storms on mountains, bending down and parting
sweet, flowery sprays; tracing rivers back their sources, getting in __6__
touch with the nerves of Mother Earth; jumping from rock to rock,
panting in whole-souled exercise, and rejoicing in deep, long-drawn
breathes of pure wildness. This is fine and natural and full of promise. __7__
So also was the growing interest in the care and preservation of __8__
forests and wild places in general, and in the half wild parks and
gardens of towns. Even the scenery exists in its most artificial
forms, mixed with spectacles, silliness, and kodaks; its devotees
arrayed gorgeously than scarlet tanagers, frightening the wild game __9__
with red umbrellas,--even this is encouraging, and may well be
regarded as a hopeful sign of times. __10__