1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does Bill have for lunch?

A．A sausage.

B．A salad.

C．A hamburger.

2. Why does Bill pay attention to sodium-rich foods?

A．To delay the aging process.

B．To prevent high blood pressure.

C．To lower the risk of heart attack.

3. What will Mary do tonight?

A．Eat out.

B．Watch TV.

C．Join a health club.

2 . While Sam Bloom was on a vacation in Thailand, a balcony railing collapsed (倒塌), sending her falling 20 feet to the ground. The _________ left her with numerous injuries, including a broken spine. Her life was _________ changed.

In the many months that followed, she fell into a deep _________. Before her accident, she spent her time _______her family, surfing, exploring the outdoors, and traveling the world. Her _________ sense of self disappeared overnight—as she _________ it in her piece in a Time article, “I was no longer a(n)_________ woman, and I no longer _________ myself as a wife and mother.”

A few months after returning home, her son Noah _________ an injured baby magpie that had fallen from high in a tall pine tree. After no veterinarian (兽医) would rather __________ her in, the family decided to try and __________ her back to health themselves.

Due to its wobbly (摇晃的) walk and black and white __________, Bloom’s three boys decided to __________ the baby bird Penguin. And so, this __________ new creature became a member of the Bloom family. This new addition required constant __________, needing to be fed every two hours and kept warm constantly. This new __________ fell on Sam, and soon, Penguin became a form of __________ in soul to Sam.

“I didn’t feel as __________ anymore;my instincts as a nurse and mother came to life when I was __________ to this tiny, feathered soul. I didn’t __________ it at that time but, in a way, we were keeping each other alive.”

1.

A．fall

B．travel

C．railing

D．country

2.

A．gradually

B．recently

C．completely

D．hardly

3.

A．sleep

B．depression

C．hole

D．passion

4.

A．figuring out

B．talking about

C．calling at

D．caring for

5.

A．former

B．strange

C．weak

D．false

6.

A．made

B．had

C．got

D．put

7.

A．beautiful

B．excellent

C．independent

D．professional

8.

A．watched over

B．thought of

C．gave up

D．turned to

9.

A．discovered

B．hunted

C．dropped

D．trapped

10.

A．hand

B．trick

C．engage

D．take

11.

A．hope

B．nurse

C．send

D．show

12.

A．eyes

B．photos

C．feathers

D．dots

13.

A．keep

B．consider

C．name

D．accept

14.

A．greedy

B．needy

C．proud

D．energetic

15.

A．change

B．motivation

C．practice

D．attention

16.

A．responsibility

B．challenge

C．stress

D．chance

17.

A．escape

B．treatment

C．exercise

D．excuse

18.

A．useless

B．careless

C．quiet

D．lazy

19.

A．objecting

B．adjusting

C．sticking

D．tending

20.

A．answer

B．care

C．realize

D．believe