C.affection D.satisfaction
解析:选A 她看到Helen 身上巨大的潜能(potential)。status"地位";affection"喜爱;钟爱";satisfaction"满意"。故A项正确。
C.controlled D.raised
解析:选B Anne照顾她,严格地训练(trained)她。commit"承认";control"控制";raise"提升;征集;提起"。故B项正确。
19.A.created B.found
C.developed D.spread
解析:选A Anne在Helen的人生里创造(created)了一个奇迹。find"发现";develop"发展";spread"传播"。故A项正确。
20.A.curiosity B.promise
C.confidence D.relief
解析:选C 但是首先是一位对小安妮充满信心(confidence)的善良的护士把一个沉默寡言的孩子变成了一位善良的老师。curiosity"好奇心";promise"诺言";relief"解脱;宽慰"。故C项正确。
Ⅱ.阅读理解
Oil and gas have made Qatar (卡塔尔) the richest country in the world - rich enough to be ready to spend $200 billion for the 2022 World Cup. But has limitless wealth brought the country happiness?
"We have become urban," says Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim, a professor at Qatar University. "Our social and economic life has changed - families have become separated; consumption culture has taken over."
From desperate poverty less than a century ago, this, after all, has become the richest nation in the world. What's less well understood is the influence of such rapid change on Qatari society itself. You can feel the pressure in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The city is a building site, with whole districts either under construction or being destroyed for redevelopment. The local media report that 40% of Qatari marriages now end in divorce. More than twothirds of Qataris, adults and children, are overweight.
Qataris benefit from free education, free healthcare, job guarantees, even free water and electricity, but abundance has created its own problems. "It's confusing for graduates to be faced with 20 job offers," one academic at an American university campus in Qatar says. "People feel