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【题目】An 85-year-old granny in the 【1】 (east) Chinese city of Xiamen in Fujian Province has caused a wide online attention for her unusual, positive attitude 【2】life despite experiencing many difficulties, local media reported.

Zheng lost her father at age 9 and received no education. From an early age, and to support her family, she tried her hand at all kinds of labor-intensive work usually reserved for men, ranging from raising pigs to farming and fishing.

At 40 years old and with her husband having passed 【3】, she had to raise seven children by herself.

【4】 her children competed to invite her to live with them, Zheng prefers 【5】(live) by herself and says she is still young enough to try new things. She had her eyebrows trimmed(修剪) and bought facial masks after seeing 【6】are part of life for young women.

At 80 years old, she travelled alone to Hong Kong. Two years later, she visited Taiwan by herself, taking a ship and various flights. To make her family members feel at ease, she even 【7】 (lie) that she was traveling with a group.

She now keeps a good routine every day, 【8】 (start) her morning with exercise and drinking tea. Sometimes she takes【9】 bus for four hours to buy her favorite wine.

Her 【10】 (curious) about life and passion for exploring new possibilities has inspired many online.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】eastern

【2】towards/to

【3】away

【4】Though/Although /While

【5】to live

【6】they

【7】lied

【8】starting

【9】a

【10】curiosity

【解析】本文主要介绍了在中国东部城市厦门，一位85岁的老奶奶，尽管经历了许多困难，但却对她不同寻常的积极的生活态度引起了广泛的关注。她独自抚养七个孩子，孩子长大后她却拒绝和孩子住在一起，她独住并且不断的尝试新事物，她关于生命和激情的探索激励了不少网友。

【1】考查方位名词。在东部，应为in the eastern ,故填eastern。

【2】考查固定搭配。Attitude to意为对...的态度，为固定搭配。句意为对生活有积极的态度尽管经历了许多困难。故填to。

【3】考查固定搭配。Pass out意为去世，为固定搭配。句意为40岁时，随着丈夫的昏迷，她不得不独自抚养七个孩子故填out。

【4】考查连词。由后面的“ Zheng prefers to live by herself and says she is still young enough to try new things.”可知虽然孩子想接她过去一起住，但老奶奶更喜欢自己住并认为她还很年轻可以去尝试新事物。所以应该填虽然，尽管，故填 Though/Although /While 。

【5】考查固定搭配。Pefer to do sth 意为喜欢做某事，为固定搭配。句意为更喜欢自己住。故填to live。

【6】 考查代词。句意为“她修眉，买面膜，然后意识到它们是年轻女性生活的一部分”它们代指修眉，买面膜。故填they。

【7】考查动词的过去式。整篇文章的时态为一般过去时态，故应该用lie的过去式lied.句意为她甚至撒谎说跟旅游团去旅游了。故填lied。

【8】考查动词时态。由And连接的两个动词，时态应保持一致，drinking为现在进行时，则start也应用现在进行时starting。故填starting。

【9】考查冠词。文中只是指乘坐公交，而不知道乘坐哪一班次，所以用take a bus。故填a。

【10】考查名词。句意为“她对生活的好奇心”，所以应该用curious的名词形式curiosity。故填curiosity。