题文
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
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答案
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
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解析
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。
考点
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人物传记类阅读
人物传记类阅读：
本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
