Jasmine Harman，a famous TV presenter, was sunny and active. Nothing seemed to her down. But nearly a decade on, Jasmine spent the first years of her TV life a secret about her background—one she couldn’t to be made public. “When I started out in TV, I lived in fear of someone discovering about my ,” she admitted. Because her mother had a illness called hoarding Disorder(囤积症). “Mum would keep batteries, old speakers, broken dolls and baskets she in the street. Nothing would be thrown away. And she’d be if you ever tried to clear them up,” Jasmine recalled. Eventually, the entire family couldn’t have a life. Two years ago, Jasmine did something . She made a documentary called My Hoarder Mum and Me about her family’s battle to fight against her mum’s disease. “I do our program will shine more light on the issue,” said Jasmine. Then a second program, Britain’s Biggest Hoarders Luckily, there are diagnostic criteria(诊断标准)now and experts that can help. Jasmine has become a(an) herself in a way. She runs a website to help sufferers and their . “It’s incredible. I spent most of my childhood being ashamed, but now I’d like to make it . People like my mum need help, but not to be made to feel .” “We hadn’t been able to have Christmas dinner at Mum’s for , because you couldn’t get people into the house . But we had one last year, and it was amazing,” Jasmine said. “The still isn’t perfect, and Mum isn’t perfect either. She’s still with it. But I’m so proud that she’s come this far, and I want to tell other people it’s possible.”
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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:A
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:C
小题15:D
小题16:D
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：文章介绍Jasmine Harman是著名的电视节目主持人，但是她有个秘密是不想让公众知道的，那就是她妈妈得了囤积症，她对此感到羞愧，但是后来，她举办了电视节目，呼吁公众对这些病人多些关注和帮助，让他们能生活的更好。
小题1:考查动词：A. settle解决，定居，B. take拿，C. beat击败，D. calm冷静，从前面的句子：Jasmine Harman，a famous TV presenter, was sunny and active.可知Jasmine Harman是著名的电视节目主持人，没有什么能把她击败，.选C
小题2:考查动词：A. making使得，制作，B. discovering发现，C. hiding躲藏，隐藏，D. mixing混合，从one she couldn’t to be made public.可知她隐藏了一个不能被公众知道的秘密，选C
小题3:考查动词：A. wait等待，B. plan计划，C. cover覆盖，D. bear忍受，cant bear to do sth不能忍受做什么，选D
小题4:考查名词：A. work工作，B. mum 妈妈，C. illness疾病，D. memory记忆，从后面的句子：Because her mother had a illness called hoarding Disorder(囤积症).可知她害怕别人知道她妈妈的事情，选B
小题5:考查形容词：A. mental精神的，B. physical 身体的，C. final最后的，D. social社会的，从后面的描述：“Mum would keep batteries, old speakers, broken dolls and baskets she in the street.可知这是一种精神病，选A
小题6:考查形容词：A. new新的，B. used用过的，C. round园的，D. expensive昂贵的，和old speakers, broken dolls同类的是用过的电池，选B
小题7:考查词组：A. put away收好，储存，B. made out辨认出，理解，C. picked up捡起，收听，接送，好转，D. dug out挖掘出，妈妈会保留她在街上捡的用过的电池，旧扬声器和篮子，选C
小题8:考查形容词： A. terrible可怕的，B. grateful感激的，C.OK好的，D. crazy疯狂的，如果你想把它们清除掉，她就会发疯，选D
小题9:考查形容词：A. rich富有的，B. normal正常的，C. simple 简单的，D. hard困难的，可以想象，因为妈妈的病，全家不能过正常的生活，选B
小题10:考查形容词：A. special特殊的，B. dangerous 危险的，C. hopeless无望的，D. impossible不可能的，从后面的句子：She made a documentary called My Hoarder Mum and Me about her family’s battle to fight against her mum’s disease.可知她在两年前做了一些特殊的事情，选A
小题11:考查动词： A. hope希望，B. wonder想知道，C. fear害怕，D. doubt怀疑，我确实希望我们的节目可以反应更多这样的问题，选A
小题12:考查动词短语：A. ended up最终，B. broke down 崩溃，破裂，分解，C. kept away远离， D. came out出版，发行，然后第二个节目Britain’s Biggest Hoarders播出了，选D
小题13:考查名词：A. patient病人，B. expert专家， C. example 例子，D. role作用，从前面的句子:Luckily, there are diagnostic criteria(诊断标准)now and experts that can help.可知她现在自己成了专家，选B
小题14:考查名词：A. friends朋友，B. bosses 老板，C. families家庭，D. mistakes错误，她经营了一家网站帮助患病者和他们的家人，选C
小题15:考查形容词：A. fair 公平的，B. safe 安全的，C. false错误的，D. public公共的，从第一段的句子：one she couldn’t to be made public.可知以前她想隐瞒，现在希望能够公开，选D
小题16:考查形容词：A. better更好，B. younger更年轻，C. prouder更自豪，D. worse更糟糕，象我妈妈这样的人需要帮助，而不是使他们觉得更糟，选D
小题17:考查名词：A. years年，B. months 月的，C. centuries世纪，D. weeks星期，从后面的But we had one last year,可知他们很多年没有在妈妈家吃圣诞晚宴了，选A
小题18:考查副词：A. hardly几乎不，B. actually实际上， C. luckily 幸运地，D. regularly有规律地，实际上，我们不能把人们请到家里，选B
小题19:考查名词：A. dream梦想，B. way道路，方法，C. house房子，D. study学习，从前面的because you couldn’t get people into the house .可知房子还不是很完美，选C
小题20:考查动词：A. struggling努力，斗争，挣扎，B. filling填满，C. turning转身，D. begging乞求，从前面的Mum isn’t perfect either.可知妈妈还在和疾病做斗争，选A