1 . As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. A（n）_________lady occupied the front seat of mine. She must be in her eighties, I guessed. She smiled at me. Out of curiosity, I gave her_________. But both of us were_________.

It was 4:50 pm. So, bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t_________myself any longer and asked, “Aunty！Where are you going?”

She_________me for a while and replied, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my_________doubled to know the reason. I politely said, “Aunty, you are_________someone?”

She smiled and I continued to say: “Aunty, you must be feeling so_________to see your child and your grandchildren.”

Perhaps, this question_________her a little but she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so sweet!__________, I had only one son who joined the__________and was killed in a battle just a few days before. I had__________so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not__________my son’s clothes to some other soldiers, so that I would control my__________and would be happy thinking that my own son has worn it. He was__________, so I don’t have any grand child.”

I was astonished at her heart breaking story! But I admired the old lady from the core of my heart.

1.

A．elderly

B．famous

C．stubborn

D．smart

2.

A．response

B．exploration

C．research

D．amazement

3.

A．dynamic

B．calm

C．silent

D．positive

4.

A．resist

B．forgive

C．deserve

D．demand

5.

A．cared about

B．stared at

C．attended to

D．watched over

6.

A．anxiety

B．embarrassment

C．appreciation

D．curiosity

7.

A．visiting

B．charging

C．sentencing

D．reminding

8.

A．puzzled

B．frightened

C．astonished

D．excited

9.

A．entertained

B．attracted

C．hurt

D．impressed

10.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Still

D．Anyway

11.

A．club

B．league

C．party

D．army

12.

A．shared

B．counted

C．bought

D．buried

13.

A．sold

B．donate

C．connect

D．expand

14.

A．sorrow

B．shock

C．sickness

D．energy

15.

A．unbelievable

B．unbearable

C．unemployed

D．unmarried

2 . Annie was a great teacher who opened the door to Helen Keller’s life. However, she was sometimes ignored as people only ______ her student. In fact, her learning was just as difficult, if not more ______ than Helen’s learning as a learner. Without Annie, Helen’s life would have never truly ______.

Annie had trouble with her ______ when young. She went to Perkins School for the blind in Boston where she ______ many operations. As a result, her sight gradually improved and she became an outstanding ______ in her school.

After graduation Annie went to Alabama and met Helen, who was blind and deaf. She ______ her to read, write, speak, and most importantly, to ______ the world around her. Annie would let Helen ______ a thing and then she would ______ what the thing was onto Helen’s hand. Touching was almost Helen’s only way of knowing things. To help Helen learn to write, Annie got her student a specially-designed board so that Helen could write ______ on the paper placed over it.

Learning to speak was ______ . Annie would place Helen’s hand on her throat to feel the vibrations (震动) while speaking. Years later Helen finally ______ to speak clearly. If Annie hadn’t been that ______ and helpful, Keller wouldn’t have gone to Radcliffe College and graduated with good results.

Annie and Helen once traveled to Hollywood to film a movie based on their own lives. The movie, called Deliverance, was a(an) ______. But this didn’t discourage them from trying to earn their ______ in the entertainment field. They found that they were natural ______ and performed in many shows! Through their work, they ______ two million dollars for the blind.

Annie stayed with Helen until she died in New York in 1936. Another woman was asked to ______ Helen. For Helen, however, no one could ever take the ______ of Annie.

1.

A．greeted

B．permitted

C．remembered

D．impressed

2.

A．difficult

B．interesting

C．important

D．famous

3.

A．suffered

B．struggled

C．died

D．started

4.

A．arms

B．legs

C．eyes

D．ears

5.

A．received

B．refused

C．designed

D．missed

6.

A．listener

B．student

C．translator

D．author

7.

A．asked

B．allowed

C．ordered

D．taught

8.

A．observe

B．know

C．content

D．draw

9.

A．touch

B．find

C．hear

D．eat

10.

A．imagine

B．put

C．tell

D．write

11.

A．lines

B．letters

C．designs

D．colors

12.

A．hard

B．natural

C．believable

D．impressive

13.

A．agreed

B．had

C．managed

D．hoped

14.

A．beautiful

B．tall

C．curious

D．patient

15.

A．surprise

B．experiment

C．failure

D．comedy

16.

A．cost

B．living

C．rights

D．degrees

17.

A．actresses

B．doctors

C．waitresses

D．teachers

18.

A．sought

B．borrowed

C．raised

D．found

19.

A．argue for

B．stare at

C．apologize to

D．look after

20.

A．photo

B．place

C．award

D．chance

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On March 31, the Eiffel Tower, one of the world’s most visited and recognizable places of interest, celebrated the 130- year anniversary (周年纪念日) of its opening.

It was only supposed to exist for 20     1     (year). Maybe Parisians decided it was     2       (easy) to just leave it in place than pull it down. It looks like they made the right choice. More than 250 million people     3     (pay) a visit to the tower so far, according to     4     (it) official website.

Designed by French Gustav Eiffel, the tower was meant     5     (serve) as the entrance to the 1889 World Fair in the     6     (begin). It took just over two years to build it. Although it is popular now, not all French people liked     7     tower when it opened. However, the visitors to the 1889 World Fair found it     8     (entertain) to visit the Eiffel Tower. Two million people visited it during the fair. It then became useful as a radio antenna (天线) during the First World War.

Tourists have a choice when they climb the tower. They can either walk 1, 665 steps to the top     9     use one of the elevator cars from 1899. Once tourists reach the top,     10     the Eiffel’s office is, they can have a drink in the tower’s top-floor champagne bar. Today, the tower stands as a symbol of France.

4 . Hong Kong and Paris are now the world’s most expensive cities to live together with Singapore. It’s the first time that three cities have been for the first place in the 30-year history of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.

Hong Kong moved up three places to join Singapore, which has been the world’s most expensive place to live for the last five years. Paris, which has been one of the top 10 since 2003, moved up this year from the second most expensive last year. Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are all 7 percent more expensive to live than New York.

The survey released on Tuesday compares the cost of 160 items, such as food, drink, transport, utility bills, and rent, in 133 cities. The top 10 most expensive cities are largely from Asian and European cities.

● Japan’s Osaka moved up six positions, and now shares the fifth place with Switzerland’s Geneva.

● New York and Los Angeles are the only North American cities in the top 10, to seventh place, a position it shares with Denmark’s Copenhagen.

● Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel’s Tel Aviv. San Francisco has also become a more expensive place to live in.

● Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva, coming in at fourth and fifth (with Osaka), had the highest costs when it came to household, personal care and entertainment.

1. Which city ranks tenth in the world’s most expensive cities to live in?

A．Hong Kong.

B．Tel Aviv.

C．Geneva.

D．San Francisco.

2. Where do the top 10 most expensive cities to live in mainly come from?

A．Asia and Europe.	B．Asia and America.
C．America and Africa	D．America and Europe.

3. Which section of the newspaper does the text mostly appear in?

A．Education.

B．Amusement.

C．Finance.

D．Sports.

5 . Taking at least twenty minutes out of your day to walk or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with nature will significantly lower your stress hormone levels. That's the finding of a study that has established for the first time the most effective amount of an urban nature experience. Healthcare professionals can use this discovery to prescribe (开药) “nature-pills" in the knowledge that they have a real measurable effect

"We know that spending time in nature reduces stress, but until now it was unclear how much is enough, how often to do it, or even what kind of nature experience will benefit us,” says Dr. Hunter, a lead author of this research. “Our study shows that for the greatest payoff, in terms of efficiently lowering levels of the stress hormone, you should spend 20 to 30 minutes sitting or walking in a place that provides you with a sense of nature.

To assist healthcare professionals looking for evidence-based guidelines on what exactly to distribute, Hunter and her colleagues designed an experiment that would give a realistic estimate of an effective amount.

Over an 8-week period, participants were asked to take a nature pill with a duration of 10 minutes or more, at least 3 times a week. Levels of stress hormone, were measured from saliva (唾液)samples taken before and after a nature pill, once every two weeks. The data revealed that just a twenty-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce stress levels.

Healthcare professionals can use our results as an evidence-based rule of thumb on what to put in a nature-pill prescription," said Hunter. "It provides the first estimates of how na- ture experiences impact stress levels in the context of normal daily life. It breaks new ground by addressing some of the complexities of measuring an effective nature amount."

1. What's the great significance of the study?

A．It finds out a new way to release stress.

B．It can help doctors prescribe various pills

C．It makes it clear that exercise can help release stress.

D．It finds out the accurate amount of nature experience.

2. How did Hunter get the finding?

A．By working with some doctors.	B．By asking participants questions.
C．By carrying out an experiment.	D．By comparing the previous data.

3. What did Hunter think of the result of the study?

A．It has drawbacks.	B．It's meaningful.
C．It's worth researching further.	D．It needs more discussions.

4. What's the main idea of the text?

A．Nature has close relationship with stress.

B．We should stay in nature to keep healthy.

C．We cannot get close to nature frequently.

D．Staying in nature for proper time will lower stress level.