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广东省深圳实验高中2015届高一上学期期末测试 英 语 Ⅰ. (共两节， 45分) 第一节 完形填空(共15小题；2分，30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 ~ 15题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 I have been a professional caregiver (护理员) for twenty years. Once, I was 1 to care for a lady. I was to prepare meals for her, make sure she took her medicine 2 and do light housekeeping. All of these tasks were important and 3 so that she could live independently. Our focus was just that—helping her remain independent. One cold rainy night, she got into bed and 4 her sheet. I noticed tears running from her eyes. She said, “It’s been such a long time since I’ve had 5 sheets; I love the smell of fresh sheets. I couldn’t change the sheets myself; I didn’t know how to manage to hang on to my walker and 6 the sheets at the same time. Thank you so much for changing my sheets.” Such a 7 pleasure as smelling clean sheets brought such great joy to her. That night, I learned unconditional care. The next day we sat down and talked about what was important to her, what she 8 , and how she had done things all these years. The key point learned here was we were trying to help her remain 9 , assisting (帮助) her with the things she had 10 done for herself, but we forgot to ask how she liked those things done, and what was important to her. 11 time was not just another chore or necessity of life; it was an event to her. She showed me all of the beautiful dishes she had collected. Each one had a special 12 . Her favorite was the long dishes she used for individual corn on the cob (玉米棒子). Her mother gave her the dishes as a wedding present sixty-five years ago. Just one day ago when I 13 corn on the cob and climbed into my bed which had clean sheets, I didn’t see her face, full of 14 from such simple pleasures. I’m so thankful for the lessons I’ve learned because I 15 to slow down to see the beauty just in front of me. 1. A. allowed B. taught C. hired D. adopted 2. A. freely B. brave