A woman from the United Arab Emirates has regained consciousness after spending 27 years in a vegetative state (植物人状态). Munira Abdulla was aged 32 when she suffered a brain injury after the car she was riding in was hit by a bus in 1991. Her son Omar revealed her fantastic recovery in an interview with The National.
He described how the accident occurred when he was four years old and needed to be brought home from kindergarten. Ms Abdulla's brother-in-law drove her to school to collect Omar and the family were driving home, with mother and child in the back seat, when they were hit by the bus. As the bus hit, Ms Abdulla threw herself around her son to protect him from the impact. While she suffered a severe head injury, he escaped with just a bruise. Omar described how his mother was left untreated for hours because the family were unable to call for help and there was little traffic, before she was transferred to a clinic in London.
There, doctors diagnosed a vegetative state, meaning she was completely unresponsive but able to feel pain. She was transferred back to the UAE and put on a breathing machine and a feeding tube to keep her alive, spending the next few decades hooked up to machines. But in April 2017, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, heard of her case and gave her family a fund for treatment. Ms Abdula was flown to Germany where she underwent surgeries to repair her muscles while being given medication to improve her sleep patterns.
Around a year later she began making strange sounds, and within three days she called out to Omar using his name, "It was her! She was calling my name, I was flying with joy；for years I have dreamed of this moment, and my name was the first word she said," he said.
1.How old was Ms Abdulla when she came to life?
A.27. B.28
C.32. D.59.
2.What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A.People there lacked skills of first aid.
B.Omar’s uncle suffered a slight injury.
C.The traffic accident happened at a quiet place.
D.Ms Abdulla forgot the emergency phone number.
3.Why was Ms Abdulla sent to Germany?
A.To receive free treatment.
B.To recognize her son's voice.
C.To meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
D.To have operations and improve her condition.
4.What's the text mainly about？
A.Every mother's child is an angel.
B.Children are what the mothers are.
C.A mother wakes up from unconsciousness.
D.An accident makes a mother in a vegetative state speak.
Here’ s a roundup of several theme parks for you to explore.
Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey
Admission $ 81. 99 for general admission (54 inches or taller)；less than 54 inches tall, $ 50. 99； 2 and younger free (at the gate)
Info 732-928-2000, six flags.com/ greatadventure
Billed as the second largest theme park in the world, Six Flags' 510 acres bursts with bucket-list roller coasters, including the 45-story tall Kingda Ka and El Toro voted the world's best coaster by Amusement Today,
Hersheypark, Pennsylvania
Admission $ 68. 95 ages 9 to 54；$ 46. 95 ages 3 to 8 and 55 to 69 ；$ 31. 95 ages 70 plus；2 and younger free
Info 717-534-3900, hersheypark.com
More than 70 rides in Hershey's 121-acre park include the Laff Trakk, an indoor spinning glow coaster with fun house, the wooden Comet Coaster and the Skyrush roller coaster.
Playland Park, New York
Admission $ 30；$ 20 for children under 48 inches tall；free for 2 and under
Info 914-813-7000, playlandpark, org
The Westchester County-owned and -operated Playland, located off 1-95 Exit 19, features more than 50 rides, Kiddyland and an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Rye Playland is a trip with seven original attractions still going strong since the park's first day in 1928, including the 3,400-foot wooden Dragon Coaster. Fireworks shows are held on Fridays in July and August.
Dutch Wonderland, Pennsylvania
Admission $ 45. 99 for general admission ages 3 to 59；$ 39. 99 ages 60 to 69；$ 30. 99 ages 70 and up；under 2 free
Info 866-386-2839, dutchwonderland. com
The wonders in this amusement park include more than 30 rides, live entertainment and the Duke's Lagoon water play area. All attractions are suitable for families with kids.
1.Which will be the best choice for a visitor interested in swimming and fireworks?
A.Six Flags Great Adventure . B.Hersheypark .
C.Playland Park . D.Dutch Wonderland.
2.How much will a couple aged 60 pay to visit Hersheypark?
A.$ 137. 9. B.$ 93. 9.
C.$ 63. 9. D.$ 61. 98.
3.What do the four theme parks have in common?
A.They're all closed on Monday.
B.They all have water play areas
C.They're all located in the same state .
D.They're all suitable for the whole family .
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
A Special Appointment
Years ago I moved to Woodland Hills to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. No one wanted to work on Christmas Eve, so the shift（轮班）went to me. I kissed my family goodbye and went off to spend the night in the hospital. It was a thankless job.
At 9 pm, the ambulance brought in a man in his 60s who was having a heart attack. His face was pale, and he was frightened. The whole night I did my best to save his life. Before I left in the morning to spend Christmas with my family, I stopped by to see how he was doing. It was still tough, but he had survived the night and was sleeping.
The following year I got Christmas Eve duty again. At 9 pm sharp, the ward clerk told me there was a couple who wanted to speak with me. When I approached them, the man introduced himself as Mr. Lee and said, “You probably don’t remember me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my life. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left.
The following year a new doctor had joined the group, but I wanted to see if Mr. And Mrs. Lee would return. This time, I volunteered for the shift. I kept an eye on the door. Once again, at exactly 9 pm, the Lees appeared, carrying a warmly wrapped bundle. It was their new grandchild.
Mr. Lee, his family and I spent 13 Christmas Eves together. In the later years the staff all knew about the story and would work to give me time with him in the break room, where we spent a half-hour each Christmas Eve.
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Last year I saw Mrs. Lee alone in the hospital with a gift for me.
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Paragraph 2:
I carefully opened the package and found a crystal（水晶）bell inside with the word “Friendship” engraved（雕刻）on it.
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假如你是李华，你有一个外籍朋友Tom在湖北进行为期一年的交换生项目，因为湖北爆发新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)，Tom非常害怕，请你写一封信告诉他不要害怕。内容包括：
1. 不要慌张
2. 如何预防病毒 (勤洗手、多通风、出门戴口罩等)
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help?
In the early days of January, as cases of a strange, pneumonia-like illness 1. (report) in China, researchers at the National Institutes of Health readied themselves to hunt 2. a vaccine to prevent the new disease.
Scientists in Australia are also working on vaccine candidates 3. (stop) the spread of the disease. Historically, vaccines have been one of the greatest public health 4.(tool) to prevent disease. But even as new technology, advancements in genomics(基因组学) and improved global coordination have allowed researchers to move at unprecedented speed, vaccine 5.(develop) remains an expensive and risky process. That’s 6. the vaccines must undergo extensive testing in animals and humans. In the best case, it takes at least a year — and most likely 7.(long) — for any vaccine to become available to the public.
With each new outbreak, scientists 8. (typical) have to start from scratch. After the SARS outbreak in 2003, 9. took researchers about 20 months from the release of the viral genome(基因组) to get a vaccine ready for human trials. By the time an epidemic 10. (cause) by the Zika virus occurred in 2015, researchers brought the timeline down to six months. Now, they hope the joint efforts will cut that time in half.
When my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, went to live in the nurses station 5 years ago, I tried many things to keep her occupied. But it was only her word search book that kept her ______. Gradually, she began to think of it as her job and it kept her from ______.
Last night, when I came to her and said hello, she just looked at me ______. I introduced myself and told her I was her granddaughter. She seemed ______ about who I was. Obviously, she tried to find this word in her ______. So I helped her find it with fingers and ______ it for her with a pencil.
Later, I suggested we go outside, and she agreed. Then she was just staring at me as if trying to figure me out. I told her ______ I was her granddaughter. “Oh, okay” she said ______ but still didn’t really know. She just wanted to be kind.
And after we went ______ and I got her ready for and into bed, she told me to come ______ and we kissed and hugged real tight ______ we did for the first time. It wasn’t the first time though and sooner or later there would be a ______ time.
For now, I feel the blessing of the ______ although I have a sinking feeling that our days are numbered. It doesn’t ______ if the word “granddaughter” holds no ______ anymore — we are bound by love not labels.
1.A.time B.interest C.talent D.knowledge
2.A.trembling B.moving C.whispering D.wandering
3.A.curiously B.angrily C.naturally D.proudly
4.A.shocked B.amazed C.puzzled D.worried
5.A.dictionary B.mind C.room D.book
6.A.decorated B.marked C.associated D.tracked
7.A.patiently B.bravely C.regularly D.casually
8.A.joking B.laughing C.smiling D.crying
9.A.along B.ahead C.outside D.inside
10.A.slower B.closer C.straighter D.later
11.A.as if B.so that C.even if D.in case
12.A.perfect B.free C.final D.normal
13.A.event B.break C.gift D.moment
14.A.help B.matter C.work D.exist
15.A.meaning B.change C.design D.advantage
