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My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman.I always felt blessed growing up in her home1. a boy.She worked hard,laughed loud,and was never afraid of 2.life threw at her.

When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties,my Dad 3.(force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home.It was with a heavy heart4.Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.

Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room.It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had 5.her.

Shortly after that birthday,however,life gave her the 6.(tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too.The Dementia(痴呆) grew worse and worse.At times when I visited her she didn’t know 7.I was.During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept.When she awoke,her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize8..She looked down at my hand9.(hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away,she smiled at me.Then she closed her eyes and went10.(peace) back to sleep.I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me,her spirit still remembered love.

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I was going to Paris, which I’d always wanted to see.But now I was frightened to travel alone.I arrived at the train station in Paris.I hadn’t spoken my college French for twenty years.On my first metro ride, I came across an incompetent(不胜任的)thief.I just stared at him, and he stopped his hand from my purse and disappeared into the crowd. Somewhere in this confusing city was my hotel hidden, but the directions suddenly weren’t easy to find. When I finally found the hotel, my heart was beating heavily, and I was sweating like a basketball player.I couldn’t stay.Could I? The wallpaper looked like it had been through a fire.The bathroom was downstairs, and the window looked out onto the brick wall of another building.Welcome to Paris.I sincerely wanted to die.I missed my friends.I was entering my third week away from home and my kids, and I had arrived in the most romantic city in the world, alone, lonely and frightened.

The most important thing I did in Paris happened at that moment.I knew that if I didn’t go out, right then, and find a place to have dinner, I would hide in this small room my entire time in Paris.I might never learn to enjoy the world as a single individual.So I went out.Evening in Paris was light and pleasant.I walked along a path, listening to birds sing, watching children float toy boats in a huge fountain.No one seemed to be in a hurry.Paris was beautiful.And I was here alone and suddenly not lonely.My sense of accomplishment overcoming my fear and weakness had left me feeling free.I wore out two pairs of shoes during my week’s stay in Paris.I did everything there was to do, and it was the greatest week of my European vacation.I returned home, becoming a believer in the power of traveling alone.Now when I meet difficulties I just say to myself, “If I can go to Paris, I can go anywhere.”

1.What happened on my first metro ride?

A. I came across a skillful thief.

B. I bravely caught a thief trying to steal

C. The thief successfully stole my purse

D. I scared away a thief trying to steal

2.The room in the hotel where I lived ______.

A. had just gone through a big fire

B. was in very poor conditions

C. had a good sight through the window

D. was very small and untidy

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. I was not lonely when I got to Paris.

B. I felt frightened travelling alone in Paris at first.

C. I then felt not lonely for the people around me in Paris.

D. I had a lot of walking during my stay in Paris.

4.The lifestyle of French people can be considered as ________.

A. hasty B. relaxed C. anxious D. aggressive

5.As to the writer, the power of traveling alone is _______.

A. the power of being independent

B. the power of feeling free

C. the power of becoming optimistic

D. the power of overcoming difficulties

根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

House Sitting

In many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting.It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.

In Australia, many people travel.After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country.1.

So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy.House sitters might have to care for pets.Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning.2.I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.

3. There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.

There are some requirements to be a house sitter.You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything.You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time.4.You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.

Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owner have a short holiday.Sometimes it is for much longer.We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe.

5.Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there.One of the important things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well.You can show these letters to prospective house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.

A. I have done house sitting many times.

B. Thousands of people do this all the time.

C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.

D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.

E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you.

F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas.

G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.

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