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1、Itwasshortlybeforemidnight,阅读理解答案 Itwasshortlybeforemidnight,andDrPatriciawasgettingreadyforbed．Thephonerangontheendofthelinewasawomanabouttobreakapromise． Thewomanwashermother’sneighbour．FloraHarrishadmadetheneighbourswearshewouldn’ttellherdaughtershe’daheartattackandw
2、asinthehospital,forfearherdaughterwouldworry．Theneighbourwiselydecidedtodisobeyorders． Harrisdesperatelywantedtogettothehospitalimmediately,butshecouldn’t．ShelivesinWashington,D．C,andhermotherlivesinCalifornia． Forthepastyearahalf,HarrishasgonetoLosAngeleseveryothermont
3、htotakecareofhermother．FloraHarristakescareofherhusband,James,who’s91andhasAlzheimer’sdisease．Theyliveintheirownhome,andacaregivercomestohelpthemafewhoursaday． HarrisisoneofmanyAmericansfacingtheheartacheofhowtotakecareofagingparentsfromafar．She’softenworried,nottomentio
4、nextremelybusywithademandingjob,twoteenagedaughtersandthefrequenttripstoCalifornia． Insomeways,Harrisislucky．ShehastheresourcestomakethetripstoLosAngeles．Plus,Harrisisadoctorwhotreatstheelderly． “Butit’sstilltough,”shesaid．“Icanforeseewhatthenextfewyearsaregoingtolookli
5、ke,andit’snotaprettypicture．Myfather’sgoingtoneeddiapers（尿布）．Therewillcomeatimewhenhewon’trecognizemeandhe’seasilyexcited．Iworryhe’sgoingtobeviolentandhurtmymother．” Sowhatdoyoudowhenyouliveacontinentawayforyouraging,sickparentsTherearenomagicanswers．Youcanhiresomeonetoh
6、elp,butyoucan’toutsourceitcompletely． 28．Whywasthewomanthoughttohavebrokenapromise A．ShefailedtotakecareofFlora． B．ShewasnotsupposedtocallHarrisatmidnight． C．Shecouldn’tgotohospitalontime． D．ShetoldHarrisabouthermother’sillness． 29．WhatcanwelearnaboutPatriciaHarrisf
7、romthepassage A．Shethinksithardertolookafterherparentsthenextfewyears． B．Heparentscannottakethemselvesatall． C．Shecannotdoademandingjob． D．ShecannotaffordtogotoCaliforniaoften． 30．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“outsource”inthelastparagraphmean A．Arrangesomebodyoutsidetod
8、oajob．B．Worksomethingoutbyoneself． C．Speaksomethingoutforhelp．D．Understandsomething． 31．What’s
