Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind, and she chooses to live alone far away from people in Blize. Her home is at Gales Point, a small village which can be reached only by sea or air: after a 500-meter walk into the hills one finally reaches a piece of land and two small houses. They are so hidden in the thick over-grown forest that only a few people know Dorothea is there.

    She lives happily growing her vegetables, looking after her trees and dogs, cats and chicken. About once a month or so an old friend passes by with her food and letters from her sisters and some bits of clothing from friends in Canada. Sometimes a worker who lives not far will come and cut wood for her and a group of British soldiers will come across her and be greeted with the offer of a cup of coffee.

At night she lies in her small sleeping room with the dogs on the floor, the cats on the table and one of the hens in a corner of the room and listens for hours to some news over the radio. Sometimes she feels lonely but most of the time the radio is her friend.

But recently the very things she tried to get free from so well have begun to catch up with her. The peace of the forest has been destroyed by the noise of earthmoving machines that are not many miles away. The new north-south road cuts through the forest only four or five miles away. “Now more and more people know I’m here,” she said. “I feel more and more uneasy each day.”

1．We can infer that Dorothea lives a _____ life.

    A．rich and happy                            B. simple and easy   

C. hard but happy                            D. rich but uneasy

2. Dorothea spends a lot of her time ____.

    A. cutting wood                              B. building the road   

C. listening to the radio                    D. talking with the soldiers

3. What makes Dorothea feel more and more uncomfortable?

    A. The peace of the forest has been spoiled.

    B. Her food is getting shorter and shorter.

    C. Something is wrong with her eyes.

    D. She is becoming older and older.

4. The writer wrote this article mainly to tell people _____.

    A. how Dorothea lives alone in a lonely place

    B. why Dorothea lives in such a lonely place

    C. that Dorothea is a strange old woman

    D. what kind of place Dorothea lives in

阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Dorothea Shaw is 71 years old and nearly blind，and she chooses to live alone far away from people in Blize．Her home is in a small village which can be 　1　 only by sea or air．After a 10-mile walk into the hills，one 　2　 reaches a piece of land and two smal1 houses so 　3　 in the thick over-grown forest that only a 　4　 of people know．Dorothea is there．

　　She lives 　5　 and totally 　6　 vegetables． Sometimes a local man will come and cut 　7　 for her and a group of soldiers will come 　8　 her and be greeted with the 　9　 of a cup of coffee．

　　At night，she lies in her little room with the dogs and cats on the floors and 　10　 for hours to any Spanish，English，German or French 　11　 she can find on her 　12　．Sometimes she gets lonely but 　13　 of the time the animals

and the radio are company enough．

　　But recently the very things she had 　14　 to get free from so well have begun to 　15　 her．The peace of the forest has been 　16　 by the noise of earth-moving machines．What she once only heard of 　17　 on the radio is now on her 　18　 ．Things began to change 3 years ago． The new main north-south road in Blize has 　19　 the forest only or five miles away．“Now 　20　 people know I'm here，”she says，“I feel more and more uneasy （troubled or anxious）each day．”

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