Question

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and  小题1:  in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,  小题2:  she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional   小题3:  before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel  小题4:  a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  小题5:  from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  小题6: easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   小题7:  her stories. They were  小题8:  interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  小题9:  that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped  小题10: .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
小题11:A.death             B.die                 C.died
小题12:A.but               B.and                 C.or
小题13:A.singer            B.teacher             C.manager
小题14:A.on                B.at                  C.by
小题15:A.to sail            B.sailing              C.to fly
小题16:A.too               B.much               C.more
小题17:A.talk to            B.talk with            C.talk about
小题18:A.so                B.such                C.very
小题19:A.boring            B.relaxing             C.amazing
小题20:A.work and think     B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

Answer 1

小题1:C小题2:A小题3:B小题4:A小题5:A 小题6:B小题7:C小题8:A小题9:C小题10:B

小题1:and连接两个动作，时态要保持一致。故用died。故选C。
小题2:根据句意“遗憾的是，她没等到过100岁生日。但她的一声也算是比较长的了。”，这里表示转折，故用but。故选A。
小题3:根据下一句“She taught in Africa for many years.”可知，外婆的姐姐是教师。故选B。
小题4:by表示“乘坐”时，不用冠词，故不用by；介词可以与a/an连用，“在飞机上”用on，故选A。
小题5:根据“by ship”可知，用sail；固定句型“it takes sb. +时间 to do sth.”，故选A。
小题6:too修饰形容词和副词的原级，much可修饰比较级。故选B。
小题7:talk to/with sb.“与某人谈话”；talk about sth.“谈论某事”，故选C。
小题8:考查固定句型。so... That ...“如此......以至于......”，故选A。
小题9:boring“令人厌烦的”；relaxing“令人放松的”；amazing“令人惊讶的”。外婆姐姐，年龄很大的时候还能记得很多事情，说明她有惊人的记忆力。且文章第一句提到amazing一词。故选C。
小题10:stop doing“停止做某事”；stop to do“停下来去做另一件事”。这里说的是外婆的姐姐从未停止过工作和思考。故选B。