The tendency nowadays to wander in wildernesses is delightful to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaking, over-civilized people a

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问题     The tendency nowadays to wander in wildernesses is delightful to see.
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaking, over-civilized people are beginning to (1)______
find out that going to mountains is going home; that wildness is a neces
sity; and mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains (2)______
of timber and irrigating rivers, and as fountains of life. Awakening from the (3)______
stupefying effects of the vicious of over-industry and the deadly apathy of (4)______
luxury, they are trying as best they can to mix and enrich their own little on
goings with that of Nature, and to get rid of rust and disease. Briskly ventur- (5)______
ing and roaming, some are washing off sins and cares of the devil’s spinning
in storms on mountains; sauntering in pinewoods or in meadows, brushing
through chaparral, bending down and parting sweet, flowery sprays; tracing
rivers back their sources, getting in touch with the nerves of Mother Earth; (6)___
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 (7)______
full of promise. So also was the growing interest in the care and preserva- (8)______
tion of 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 (9)______
scarlet tanagers, frightening the wild game with red umbrellas—even this is
encouraging, and may well be regarded as a hopeful sign of times. (10)______
(7)

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答案breathes — breaths

解析 breathe和breath两个词易混淆,前者是动词,后者是名词,这里应当是名词形式,而且是复数breaths。关于breath的词组有:hold one’s breath(屏住呼吸)、take a breath(吸气)、breath test(呼气测醉试验)等。
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