To Royale, the park seemed like a damp,-|||-mucky,inhospitable place.-|||-couldn't figure out why anyone-|||-would want to haul a 50-oound-|||-pack into the wilderness and 一-|||-camp there for days,"he said.-|||-"It didn't make sense."-|||-Then he met Bryant Carlin.-|||-Carlin was a vendor for Real Change,the Seattle-|||-weekly sold on the street by vendors who are homeless-|||-or low-wage earners.He was also a skilled outdoorsman-|||-and a nature photographer who would take weeks-long-|||-photographic joumeys to the park. The two men-|||-connected in the fall of 2011 when Royale interviewed-|||-Carlin for a feature story in Real Change about Carlin's-|||-photography.-|||-The first time they met-and for years afterward--|||-Carlin invited Royale to go camping with him. Each-|||-time, said rnanks but no,thanks.." Until one-|||-day,in the spring of 2015,Royale surprised himself -|||-saying yes.-|||-"Little did I know,"said Royale,"that saying-|||-'yes'would change the course of my life."-|||-Royale and Carlin went on-|||-five separate journeys to the-|||-Olympic wilderness. They-|||-camped in spring,summer,-|||-fall and winter.For Royale, the-|||-trips were exhausting and terrifying.But the trips were-|||-also revelatory, and helped Royale to develop a-|||-relationship with the outdoors that he'd never-|||-experienced before.-|||-For Carlin,the trips were an opportunity to throw-|||-off the label of"homeless."In Olympic National Park,-|||-sleeping outside just means you're a camper.But there-|||-was one aspect of Carlin's life in the city that he-|||-couldn't escape;alcohol abuse.While he never brought-|||-beer on their camping journeys, the effects of years of-|||-drinking weren't so easy to leave behind.-|||-Against the backdrop of the park,a friendship-|||-developed that would help each man work through these-|||-challenges-and allowed each,in his own way,to help-|||-the other transform his own life. 独家原创试题-|||-的 /vende(r)/ 卖卖,小贩 rorrelatory-|||-W =exert/Ig's3:t/ vt.施加 ×9mucky/'mAki/a J.脏-|||-/ irevollertari/ adj 启示的backdrop/bxkdrop/n-|||-背景,背景幕布-|||-1.What's the probable meaning of the underlined word-|||-(}^circ repelled{e)^n in Paragraph 1?-|||-A.Amazed. B. .-|||-C.Invited. D.Disgusted-|||-2.Why did Royale meet Carlin at the very beginning?-|||-A.He wrote about Carlin.-|||-B.Carlin enjoyed travelling.-|||-C.He intended to assist Carlin-|||-D.Carlin was a famous photographer-|||-3.What can we learn about Royale?-|||-A.He helped Carlin fall in love with Olympic-|||-National Park-|||-B.He overcame his original feeling about Olympic-|||-National Park.-|||-C.He made people attach importance to Olympic-|||-National Park.-|||-D.He made friends with Carlin and got skilled at-|||-photography.-|||-4.What can we learn from the last three paragraphs?-|||-A.Friendship matters much.-|||-B.True friendship lasts forever.-|||-C.A faithful friend is hard to find.-|||-D.A friend in need is a friend indeed.-|||-语高点津 exert运用(权力);施加(影响力)exert yourself-|||-竭力,努力 Considerable influence within the-|||-school.他们在在校内施加了很大的影响力。