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Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and  【小題1】  in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（慶祝）her 100th birthday,  【小題2】  she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional   【小題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  【小題4】  a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  【小題5】  from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  【小題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   【小題7】  her stories. They were  【小題8】  interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  【小題9】  that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped  【小題10】 .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.
【小題11】A.death             B.die                 C.died
【小題12】A.but               B.and                 C.or
【小題13】A.singer            B.teacher             C.manager
【小題14】A.on                B.at                  C.by
【小題15】A.to sail            B.sailing              C.to fly
【小題16】A.too               B.much               C.more
【小題17】A.talk to            B.talk with            C.talk about
【小題18】A.so                B.such                C.very
【小題19】A.boring            B.relaxing             C.amazing
【小題20】A.work and think     B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

Answer 1

【小題1】C【小題2】A【小題3】B【小題4】A【小題5】A 【小題6】B【小題7】C【小題8】A【小題9】C【小題10】B

解析【小題1】and連接兩個動作，時態要保持一致。故用died。故選C。
【小題2】根據句意“遺憾的是，她沒等到過100歲生日。但她的一聲也算是比較長的了。”，這里表示轉折，故用but。故選A。
【小題3】根據下一句“She taught in Africa for many years.”可知，外婆的姐姐是教師。故選B。
【小題4】by表示“乘坐”時，不用冠詞，故不用by；介詞可以與a/an連用，“在飛機上”用on，故選A。
【小題5】根據“by ship”可知，用sail；固定句型“it takes sb. +時間 to do sth.”，故選A。
【小題6】too修飾形容詞和副詞的原級，much可修飾比較級。故選B。
【小題7】talk to/with sb.“與某人談話”；talk about sth.“談論某事”，故選C。
【小題8】考查固定句型。so... That ...“如此......以至于......”，故選A。
【小題9】boring“令人厭煩的”；relaxing“令人放松的”；amazing“令人驚訝的”。外婆姐姐，年齡很大的時候還能記得很多事情，說明她有驚人的記憶力。且文章第一句提到amazing一詞。故選C。
【小題10】stop doing“停止做某事”；stop to do“停下來去做另一件事”。這里說的是外婆的姐姐從未停止過工作和思考。故選B。