Jim and Danny first met when they were 6 years old. They became best friends, spending their summers together in a seaside town. In those early years, they went hiking almost the whole summer. They learned to sail before they were 10. The year they turned 11, their parents sent them both to the same boys camp in New Hampshire. There they began to love the overnight trips.
When they were 15, they spent a summer in Quebec camping in an old tent. The year after graduating from college, they drove to Central America and rode a train through jungles.
After that. they went their separate ways. Jim took a job as a teacher at a school. Danny became a journalist and lived in Boston. They sent each other Christmas cards, but found it difficult to stay in touch. Their careers took them in different directions, giving them different experiences.
The years went by. They aged. They both turned 60. And then, miles apart, they both woke up one morning and knew it was time to retire. Both of them realized it was time to leave the jobs that had kept each of them excited for 35 years.
It was time to begin a new chapter of life.
Danny had heard about a research project in Argentina. A team of scientists was searching for
the planets oldest dinosaur fossils(化石). And the team wanted some volunteers.
Danny called his friend of 55 years. He told him about this project. Then, he asked him whether he would consider going on such a trip. The answer was: Yes!
A few months later, just retired, they were setting up a tent at the foot of the Andes. Every day for the next two weeks, they hiked across the desert, searching for the fossils of ancient animals.
Late at night, lying in their sleeping bags, they looked up at the cold black sky. They talked about the time they had camped in the past.
As Jim and Danny had back then, they started to laugh. They couldnt stop.The years between them fell away. Circles reconnected. They were boys again.
1.Did Jim and Danny do many same things when they were young?
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2.When did they begin to love the overnight trips?
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3.How did they keep in touch just after they went their separate ways?
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4.Why was it time for them to begin a new chapter of their life?
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5.What were they doing while they were hiking across the desert?
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6.According to the passage, what does the underlined part They were boys again. mean?
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1.Yes, they did. /Yes.
2.At the age of 11/Eleven /11 /When they were 11/(years old.)
3.By sending each other Christmas cards./ They sent each other Christmas cards.
4.Because it was time for ...
