One afternoon, she received a 31_______ from Cynthia Phillips, who was having technicaldifficulties with her granddaughter's tools for online learning. Koch at once knew something waswrong with Phillips. The two women had spoken on the phone many times before, but Koch hadnever heard the grandmother 32_______ quite like this. Koch could hardly understand her, thoughshe was able to make out that Phillips had fallen four times that day. Koch thought thegrandmother might be having a stroke — she 33_______ the signs because her own father hadsuffered one. Koch 34_______ called for an ambulance to the grandmother's home.
The quick response from Koch 35_______ Phillips's life. The grandmother arrived at thehospital in time to get treatment before other 36_______ occurred.
"If it weren't for the teacher, I wouldn't be here," said Phillips from her hospital bed.
37_______ learning has been a challenge across the country, but it's fair to say that it hashelped people grow 38_______ . Many teachers gave their personal phone numbers to students andfamilies 39_______ they needed extra help. In this case, the exchange between the school andparents was really life-changing. Just as one neighbor says,"We're proud of Koch. She 40_______ so quickly and it did make a difference for Mrs. Phillips. We should care about each other, andwe don't just say the words. We follow through."
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考查名词及语境理解。letter意为“信”;prize意为"奖品";gift意为“礼物";call意为“打电话"。根据下文The two women had spokenon the phone many times before(这两位女士以前已经打过很多次电话了)可知，Koch接到了来自Cynthia Phillips的电话。故选D。
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考查动词及语境理解。sound意为“听起来";sing意为"唱";argue意为“论";laugh意为"笑"。根据heard(听见)可知奶奶(的声音)从来没有听起来像这个样子。故选A。
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考查动词及语境理解。recognize意为“认出";gather意为"聚集";record意为"记录";mark意为“做记号”。根据because her ownfather had suffered one(因为她自己的父亲得过中风)可知她辨认出了这些迹象，即她看出了中风的征兆。故选A。
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考查副词及语境理解。gradually意为“逐渐地";immediately意为"立即";recently意为“最近";eventually意为“最后，终于"。根据上文奶奶疑似得了中风，可知Koch是立即叫救护车到奶奶家。故选B。
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考查动词及语境理解。risk意为“冒风险”;save意为“救”;ruin意为“毁坏”;improve意为"提高"。根据下文The grandmother arrived atthe hospital in time to get treatment(奶奶及时到达医院得到了救治)可知，Koch救了Phillips的命。故选B。
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考查名词及语境理解。pain意为“痛苦”;mistake意为"错误";damage意为"伤害；损坏";failure意为"失败"。根据The grandmotherarrived at the hospital in time to get treatment和occurred(发生)可知，奶奶及时得到了治疗，从而避免了其他损伤的发生。故选C。
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考查形容词及语境理解。effective意为“有效的";individual意为“个的”;virtual意为“虚拟的";diverse意为"不同的"。根据文章首句Julia Koch began her second year as a first gradeteacher in a virtual classroom last September(去年9月，Koch开始了她在虚拟教室作为一名一年级教师的第二个年头)可知，虚拟学习在全国各地都是挑战。故选C。
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考查形容词及语境理解。happier意为“更高兴的”;closer意为“更近的”;richer意为“更富有的";smarter意为“更聪明的”。根据下文Manyteachers gave their personal phone numbers tostudents and families可知，虚拟学习帮助人们变得更亲密了。故选B。
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考查连词及语境理解。even though意为“即使";so that意为"因此";except that意为“除了……之外";in case意为"以防万一"。句意：许多老师把个人电话号码给了学生和家庭，以防他们需要额外的帮助。故选D。
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C考查动词及语境理解。identify意为“识别；认出”;reject意为“拒绝";respond意为“作出反应";hesitate意为“犹豫”。根据上文可知是因为Koch的迅速反应才及时救了Phillips。故选C。