【正文】 ild did not accept the nurse39。s presence, but she still __5__ to kind woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and believed Anne could __6__， if only she were shown love. Finally, doctors noticed a __7__ in the they once witnessed anger and hostility (敵意 ), they now noticed the __8__ and moved her upstairs where she would surely continue to Sullivan __9__ into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helped by the __10__ was Anne who __11__ the great potential (潛力 ) in Helen loved her, disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the twinkling candle which was her life became a beacon of light to the Sullivan worked __12__ in Helen39。s was a loving nurse who first __13__ in Anne and then lovingly changed an unmunicative child into a good kind __14__. People always say, “If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the __15__ of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.” But if it had not been for a kind and devoted nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown. 1． B． politely C． sadly D． luckily 2． B． friend C． manager D． nurse 3． B． love C． respect D． pity 4． B． visited C． called D． described 5． B． promised C． agreed D． decided 6． B． recover C． wake D． remember 7． B． design C． struggle D． change 8． B． greatness C． gentleness D． weakness 9． B． brought C． stepped D． grew 10． B． pretty C． kind D． young 11． B． ended C． reached D． saw 12． B． wonders C． ways D． failures 13． B． looked C． wrote D． came 14． B． worker C． teacher D． doctor 15． B． place C． time D． hospital 三、閱讀理解 題材 體裁 難易度 總詞數(shù) 建議用時 答對題數(shù) 人物傳記 記敘文 中 321 8 mins Saturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the Department of Foreign Affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskaya39。s mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the had just been diagnosed (診斷 ) with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husband39。s funeral.“ Your father will five me, because he knows that I have always loved him， ” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief. Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the days at the hospital, but her twenty six year old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskaya39。s apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby.“ Anna had so much on her mind， ” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas.“And she was trying to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that could be seen all over the southern republic of time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime。 many had been collected in her book A Small Corner of Hell: Reports from Chechnya. Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend time in a hospital than on a battlefield (戰(zhàn)場 ), and her writing bored frequent witness to robbery, and the uncontrolled cruelty of life in a place that few other Russians and almost no other reporters cared to think about. 1． Politkovskaya39。s father died of ________. A． tiredness B． a heart disease C． an attack D． an accident 2． From the text we know that Raisa Mazepa ________. A． didn39。t love her husband B． didn39。t attend her husband39。s funeral C． was having an operation the day her husband was buried D． was too sad to attend her husband39。s funeral 3． The underlined word “emerged” most likely means ________. A． came out B． went into C． disappeared D． left for 4． How many family members of Anna are mentioned in the passage? A． Three. B． Four. C． Five. D． Six. 5． Which of the following words can best describe Politkovskaya39。s character? A． Curious. B． Easy going. C． Tiresome. D． Responsible. Unit 17 Laughter 單元自測 一、單詞拼寫 1． How can you make sure you will ________ (完成 ) it? 2． It is easy to ________ (忽視 ) our own faults. 3． He would rather ________ (挨餓 ) to death than shamelessly beg for his life. 4． Salt ________ (延誤 ) food from going bad. 5． Throwing objects from high altitudes is definitely ________ (禁止 ) here, but you39。d better wear safety helmet to enter the work site. 6． Professor Hawking is widely ________ (承認(rèn) ) as one of the world39。s greatest living physicists. 7． You don39。t have to ________ (喊叫 ) at me。 I can hear you. 8． She ________ (責(zé)備 ) her son for being out too late. 9． Football is a ________ (普遍的 ) game. 10． She was ________ (不顧一切的 ) to get everything she wanted, even when she wasn39。t exactly sure of what it was. 11． You can also ________ (獲得 ) knowledge from practice. 12． In general, I prefer ________ (喜劇 ) to thrillers. 13． The bad fish had a ________ (令人厭惡的 ) smell. 14． In this picture there is ________ (協(xié)調(diào) ) between the different colors. 15． Both countries ________ (撤出 ) their forces from the region. 16． It ________ (使驚訝 ) me that he was able to survive. 17． The anizers think of various ways to________ (娛樂 ) the athletes. 18． That is the most