山西临汾第一中学校2025-2026学年第二学期高二期末测试英语试题含答案

这是一份山西临汾第一中学校2025-2026学年第二学期高二期末测试英语试题含答案试卷主要包含了考试结束后，将答题卡交回， Wh is Brenda?等内容，欢迎下载使用。
（考试时间:120分钟 试卷满分:150分）
注意事项：
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第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分)
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the wman prbably d this evening?
A. G t a ball game.
B. See a film.
C. Have dinner with a friend.
2. Hw will the man help the wman?
A. He will use the GPS.
B. He will lend his phne t her.
C. He will write dwn the directins.
3. What des the wman advise the man t d?
A. Apply fr the jb nline.
B. Fill in a frm first.
C. Have a test.
4. What des the wman prefer?
A. Ht cffee.
B. Iced cffee.
C. Cld sda.
5. What is the wman?
A. An actress.
B. A directr.
C. A phtgrapher.
第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the wman d this mrning?
A. She cleaned the flr.
B. She went t see a dctr.
C. She called the cleaning cmpany.
7. Wh is Brenda?
A. The wman’s private dctr.
B. The man’s sister.
C. The man’s servant.
听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。
8. What des the wman ask the man t d?
A. Attend a party.
B. Buy sme pizza.
C. G t the barber’s.
9. At what time will the man have his hair cut?
A. 6:00.
B. 6:45.
C. 8:30.
10. What des the man say abut his hair?
A. It is t shrt.
B. It needs a new style.
C. It is t dirty.
听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the wman ding?
A. Watching mvies.
B. Cking.
C. Teaching.
12. When will the man take Kate t the cinema?
A. On Friday.
B. On Saturday.
C. On Sunday.
13. What’s the prbable relatinship between the speakers?
A. Sister and brther.
B. Friends.
C. Mther and sn.
听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。
14. Where des the cnversatin take place?
A. On a playgrund.
B. In a gym.
C. In a classrm.
15. Hw des the man find the prject?
A. Imprtant.
B. Cstly.
C. Time-wasting.
16. Hw ften des the man plan t wrk ut fr the next tw mnths?
A. Every day.
B. Twice a week.
C. Three times a week.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。
17. Which city has made it against the law t send messages while walking?
A. Ls Angeles.
B. Hnlulu.
C. Philadelphia.
18. What is the speaker likely t d in a few minutes?
A. G t the plice statin.
B. Make a call.
C. Play a vide.
19. What can we knw abut Kim?
A. He had a car accident.
B. He enjyed talking while driving.
C. He was punished fr using a phne n the rad.
20. Why des the speaker give the talk?
A. T make traffic rules.
B. T d an experiment.
C. T have peple fcus n the rad.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
China adds fur villages t the United Natins Wrld Turism Organizatin’s (UNWTO) “Best Turism Villages” list in 2025, bringing its ttal t 19 since the prgram’s birth. These villages cllectively demnstrate China’s cmmitment t eclgical cnservatin and rural revitalizatin(振兴).
Digang in Zhejiang
It preserves the wrld’s mst cmplete mulberry-dyke (桑基) fish-pnd system. This agricultural netwrk, ften praised as the peak f traditinal Chinese eclgical wisdm, has nt nly experienced centuries f change but als achieved zer pllutin thrugh its artful clsed-lp design.
Jikayi in Sichuan
Lcated near the Wrld Natural Heritage Site Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (保护区), the village has develped a highland three-dimensinal agricultural ecsystem. In this crner f Sichuan, the bundaries between farm and frest are indistinct, prving that sustainability des nt necessarily mean sacrificing prductivity.
Huanggang in Guizhu
It basts an 85 percent frest cverage rate and 2, 300 mu (abut 153 hectares) f terraced (梯田式的) fields, prtecting its riginal natural scenery. Fr travelers seeking a glimpse f rural China as it nce was, Huanggang ffers mre than just beautiful views — it tells a stry f the cexistence f peple and the land fr centuries.
Dnglu in Jiangsu
With its interlaced waterways and picturesque raised fields, the village lks like a painting brught t life. The natural preservatin has earned the village recgnitin as a Jiangsu Prvincial Eclgical Demnstratin Village, drawing visitrs wh cme t phtgraph its “living painting” and learn frm its sustainable practices.
21. What is a feature f Digang in Zhejiang?
A. The pllutin-free fish-pnd system.
B. The clse link between farm and frest.
C. The “living painting” landscape f waterways.
D. The highest frest cverage rate amng the fur.
22. Where are travelers mst likely t learn the stry f harmny between human and nature?
A. Digang in Zhejiang.
B. Jikayi in Sichuan.
C. Huanggang in Guizhu.
D. Dnglu in Jiangsu.
23. What d the fur villages have in cmmn?
A. They are all lcated in eastern castal prvinces.
B. They fcus n preserving traditinal agricultural methds.
C. They balance prtectin in eclgy and develpment in industry.
D. They have been recgnized as natinal eclgical demnstratin sites.
B
At age 15, Zha Yicheng has taken the speed climbing cmmunity by strm fllwing his tw stunning climbs f 4.68 and 4.65 secnds — unfficially faster than US athlete Sam Watsn’s 4.74-secnd wrld recrd set at last year’s Paris Olympics.
Zha’s recrd-breaking mment happened during a trial event fr China’s natinal team n March 26. Since the event was nt apprved by the Internatinal Federatin f Sprt Climbing (IFSC), his achievement was nt fficially recgnized. Nevertheless, evidently Zha has emerged as ne f China’s mst prmising speed climbers.
Brn in 2009 in Suzhu, Zha’s jurney with speed climbing began at age 5, when a friend dragged him t a climbing gym. What started as a weekly hbby sn ccupied his weekends. By 9, he had already wn medals at multiple yuth events. After winning the 2023 IFSC Yuth Wrld Champinships in Seul, Suth Krea, Zha had t chse between schl and sprts. At that time, he was a tp middle schl student, but he chse t dedicate fur t eight years t speed climbing t see hw far he culd g.
In September 2023, Zha jined the Shanghai speed climbing team. During the 2023-24 winter camp, his times imprved frm 5.4 secnds t 4.99, reaching the “sub-five” milestne. He kept that strng mmentum in the 2024 seasn, clcking 4.93 secnds t win the natinal speed climbing champinships in September.
Zha credits his quick prgress t scientific training and active thinking. After his first winter training camp with the natinal team, he emerged transfrmed. “The team’s envirnment pushed me t train smarter. The natin’s best climbers are here, and every sessin demands yur abslute best,” said Zha. Between training sessins, Zha reads histry bks, sci-fi stries, and a bigraphy f basketball legend Kbe Bryant. When he can’t sleep, he watches climbing vides t study thers’ mvements. “Climbing isn’t just physical. It’s a mental game. Withut active thinking, yu can’t reach the tp level in any sprt,” Zha said.
Fr nw, age rules stp Zha frm cmpeting in internatinal events, but he sees the delay as an pprtunity t imprve his perfrmance. “Next year, I’ll cmpete internatinally in peak frm t strive fr hnr fr my cuntry,” he tld Xinhua.
24. Why were Zha Yicheng’s recrd-breaking climbs nt fficially recgnized?
A. Because the event was nt admitted by the IFSC.
B. Because he was t yung t qualify fr wrld recrds.
C. Because his times were slwer than Sam Watsn’s recrd.
D. Because he cmpeted in a natinal champinship instead.
25. What can be inferred abut Zha’s decisin t fcus n speed climbing ver schl?
A. He wanted t break recrds immediately.
B. He priritized his passin despite being a tp student.
C. His family pressured him t pursue sprts prfessinally.
D. He struggled academically and needed an alternative path.
26. What cntribute t Zha’s rapid imprvement in speed climbing?
A. Natural talent and early training.
B. Supprt frm his schl teachers.
C. Internatinal cmpetitin experience.
D. Scientific training and mental discipline.
27. Which f the fllwing can best describe Zha Yicheng?
A. cmmitted and ambitius
B. hardwrking and creative
C. talented and self-disciplined
D. curageus and strng-willed
C
As the planet warms up and ceans rise, extreme weather events are becming the nrm. Getting ntified in time t prepare fr a disastrus hurricane r heat wave culd be the disparity between life and death. Nw AI can help. Tw studies published in the jurnal Nature described the benefit f tw AI mdels that culd imprve weather frecasting.
The first AI-based system, develped by the Huawei Clud team, is knwn as Pangu-Weather. It was capable f predicting glbal weather a week in advance. Befre it came ut, mst cuntries relied n mathematical weather predictin mdels, which use math frmulas t create cmputer mdels f the atmsphere and ceans fr predicting future weather. What makes Pangu-Weather different is that the Pangu-Weather mdel is deeply trained with the help f 39-year glbal weather data, preparing it t frecast temperature, pressure, and wind speed. When cmpared t the mathematical weather predictin methd, Pangu-Weather was 10,000 times faster and n less accurate. Pangu-Weather als cntains a 3D mdel, unlike past AI frecasting systems, that allws it t recrd atmspheric states at different pressure levels t further increase its accuracy.
Pangu-Weather can predict weather patterns 5 — 7 days in advance. Hwever, it can’t frecast precipitatin (降水). As precipitatin predictin is vital fr extreme weather frecasting, a secnd Nature mdel, NwcastNet, fills this gap. It can accurately predict rainfall 6 hurs ahead, helping meterlgists (气象学家) study weather patterns in real-time mre effectively.
NwcastNet fcuses n detailed, realistic descriptins f extreme rainfall patterns. It uses radar bservatins frm the US and China, as well as deep learning methds, t predict precipitatin rates ver a 1.6-millin-square-mile regin f the eastern and central US up t 3 hurs in advance. 62 meterlgists frm China tested NwcastNet and ranked it first, ut f fur ther leading weather frecasting methds, in reliably predicting heavy rain, which it did 71 percent f the time.
While generative AI mdels have gd prspects in weather frecasting, experts pint ut that replacing existing systems has many challenges. Hwever, in 5 — 10 years, these mdels may surprise us.
28. What des the underlined wrd “disparity” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Difference.B. Relatinship.C. Balance.D. Cmparisn.
29. Which f the fllwing best describes Pangu-Weather?
A. Data-driven.B. Multi-functinal.C. Thery-based.D. Human-perated.
30. What is an advantage f NwcastNet?
A. It reduces radar errrs n a large scale.
B. It utperfrms any ther weather mdel.
C. It predicts dwnpurs with high accuracy.
D. It cvers diverse regins arund the glbe.
31. What is the text mainly abut?
A. The impacts f climate change n extreme weather events.
B. The intrductin t high-tech weather-frecasting mdels.
C. The challenges in using generative AI in weather frecasting.
D. The explanatin f new measures t prtect the envirnment.
D
Sme girls tend t feel frustrated if they have a pear-shaped bdy, with hips that are wider than the bust (胸部) and shulders. While pear-shaped peple’s waists are typically smaller, they may have mre fat n their hips and legs. As a result, many pear-shaped girls try t hide their hips and legs under large dresses and pants.
Hwever, a recent study suggested that pear-shaped peple are the nes wh wn the genetic lttery!
A study published in September by the US Natinal Library f Medicine fund that the waist-t-hip rati (WHR) shws the strngest and mst cnsistent assciatin with mrtality. Traditinally, the bdy mass index (BMI) has been cnsidered the best indicatr f health. Hwever, this study challenges this belief. It surveyed nearly 40,000 peple and fund that, regardless f BMI, WHR is psitively crrelated with all-cause mrtality (all f the deaths that ccur in a ppulatin n matter the cause). The larger the WHR, the higher the all-cause mrtality rate will be. Instead f fcusing n hw much fat a persn has, scientists invlved in this study suggest peple shuld fcus mre n hw fat is distributed in a persn’s bdy.
WHR, as its name suggests, cmpares yur waist measurement t yur hip measurement. A larger waistline means mre central fat, which culd indicate mre visceral fat (内脏脂肪), als knwn as txic fat. Harvard Medical Schl states that mre visceral fat increases the risk f illnesses including diabetes, heart diseases and asthma. That’s why peple with a pear-shaped bdy tend t be healthier than thers. Accrding t the Wrld Health Organizatin (WHO), a healthy WHR is less than 0.85 fr wmen and less than 0.9 fr men.
It is impssible t specifically target waist fat when peple try t lse weight. But lsing verall fat will make the waist smaller. Researchers frm Jhns Hpkins University suggested we eat less carbhydrates and mre fd higher in fiber and prtein. Mrever, ding strength training helps build mre muscle, which makes yu burn mre calries even when yu’re resting.
32. Why d pear-shaped girls prefer baggy trusers?
A. T shw ff their lng legs.
B. T hide their brad shulders.
C. T shwcase their slim waists.
D. T cver their wide hips and thick legs.
33. What des the recent study find that ges against the cnventinal belief?
A. Pear-shaped peple are much healthier.
B. WHR cnsistently crrelates with death rate.
C. Pear-shaped peple are lucky t win ltteries.
D. A smaller BMI indicates healthier physical cnditin.
34. What des the authr intend t d in Paragraph 4?
A. T annunce the standard WHR set by Wrld Health Organizatin.
B. T explain why pear-shaped bdy are likely t be healthier than thers.
C. T intrduce what WHR refers t and hw t measure ur waistlines.
D. T reveal the huge risks f varius illnesses visceral fat can bring abut.
35. What’s the text mainly abut?
A. A practical tip fr lsing waist fat.
B. A healthy WHR recmmended by WHO.
C. A surprise bnus wn by pear-shaped bdies.
D. A typical bdy shape bringing gd t health.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are yu lking fr a way t g thrugh life just a little happier? The truth is, the path t happiness lies in finding yur cre values and reflecting thse cre values in everything yu d. ____36____ Nt material pssessins, but the peple, circumstances, and feelings that make yu feel like yur life has meaning. We talked t Life Cach Kamil a Tan and Energy Healer Karuna Jain t learn mre abut hw yu can live a happy life.
Write in a jurnal.
Manage yur stress by writing it ut. Keeping a jurnal allws yu t be yur wn therapist, in a sense. A lt f times, yu’ll find that smething yu thught was a really big deal turns ut t be nthing at all. It’s great if yu write in yur jurnal every day, but jurnaling desn’t have t be a daily practice t be effective! ____37____
Eat nurishing fd.
____38____ Sme fds can ptentially bst yur md while thers have the ppsite effect. Increase yur verall happiness simply by eating mre f the fds that make yu happy.
____39____
Exercise t release feel-gd chemicals in yur brain. The hrmnes yur brain releases when yu exercise autmatically lift yur spirits and put yu in a better md. The mre active yu are thrughut the day, the mre happy hrmnes yur brain will prduce t keep yur md elevated.
Start a gratefulness list.
____40____ If yu’ve never simply sat fr a minute t reflect n the things in yur life that yu’re grateful fr, take a mment t d it nw and pay attentin t hw it makes yu feel. Start a list with 5 things yu feel grateful fr, and then add mre. Over time, yu’ll find yurself verflwing with gratitude fr the wrld arund yu.
A. D things yu enjy.
B. Keep yur bdy active.
C. Jurnal when yu feel the need t.
D. Pay attentin t hw different fds make yu feel.
E. Recgnizing yur gratitude increases yur happiness.
F. Stp fr a minute and think abut what’s mst imprtant t yu.
G. Live fully in the mment and yu’ll find the happiness yu seek.
36.___ 37.___ 38.___ 39.___ 40.___
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I began t study English when I was 10 years ld. I learned what I needed t pass the tests, but writing felt faraway. Only later, during medical schl, did I realize that if I wanted t ____41____ as a researcher, I wuld need t be gd at writing and publish in internatinal jurnals.
When the time came t write up my findings, I spent days ____42____ infrmatin and then ____43____ rganizing my thughts int a reasnable structure. After cuntless hurs f writing and revising, I ____44____ had a draft. Thse wrds were ____45____ t me, like my wn children — I didn’t want anyne t change them. S, I didn’t seek advice frm anyne and ____46____.
When I received the first real feedback (反馈) frm a ____47____, saying, “This paper desn’t seem like academic writing.” I felt ____48____. Even thugh I had put in my best effrt, it was clear my writing still needed ____49____.
It was nt until my prfessr shared his early career ____50____ with publishing that my thughts really ____51____. He tld me that jurnal reviewers had criticized his writing, but that helped him ____52____ his paper and becme a prfessr with a large publicatin recrd. And later, I changed frm seeing feedback as a frm f ____53____ t seeing it as a valuable resurce fr ____54____ grwth.
Since then, I have actively ____55____ feedback — in the field f academic writing, we are all life lng learners.
41. A. succeed B. retire C. explre D. cmpete
42. A. searching fr B. sending ut C. adapting t D. making up
43. A. randmly B. secretly C. cnveniently D. carefully
44. A. suddenly B. ultimately C. ccasinally D. repeatedly
45. A. strange B. persuasive C. precius D. interesting
46. A. waited B. withdrew C. submitted D. hesitated
47. A. reviewer B. writer C. friend D. designer
48. A. nervus B. awkward C. indifferent D. scared
49. A. patience B. purpses C. inspiratins D. imprvement
50. A. experiments B. bservatins C. achievements D. challenges
51. A. changed B. wandered C. darkened D. frze
52. A. cite B. recrd C. illustrate D. plish
53. A. islatin B. criticism C. distractin D. punishment
54. A. mdest B. prfessinal C. intellectual D. ecnmic
55. A. exchanged B. ffered C. sught D. evaluated
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On January 20th, 2025, Chinese tech firm DeepSeek ____56____ (launch) AI-DeepSeek-R1, a smart prgram that can slve math prblems, write cde, and answer ____57____ (variety) f questins. It is superir t tp mdels like OpenAI’s GPT-40 but is develped at a much lwer cst. The team spent nly $5.58 millin and used 2,048 cmputer chips ver tw mnths, prving that ____58____ (innvatin) ideas can utperfrm large budgets.
Unlike ther AIs ____59____ rely n pre-prepared examples, R1 learns thrugh self-imprvement, similar t students practicing math. In a glbal math test, it can achieve a 79.8% accuracy rate, ____60____ (slight) surpassing OpenAI’s mdel. A basic versin f R1 can run n lw-cst cmputers, ____61____ (make) it accessible fr schls and small businesses. R1 is als pen-surce, allwing free use and mdificatin. On its first day nline, ver 19,000 prgrammers glbally started prjects ____62____ (study) it. Experiments with R1 cst just $10, ____63____ (cmpare) t $300 fr ther AIs, as nted by a German scientist. A Meta scientist praised it ____64____ “a wrld-changing free AI”.
US tech cmpanies are cncerned. Meta plans t invest an additinal $65 billin in AI research. Experts believe China is catching up quickly. Nature magazine called R1 “____65____ big step frward”, shwing that smart ideas can beat expensive tls. With R1, China demnstrates that innvatin and hard wrk, nt just mney, lead t great achievements.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，你校学生参加英语角的积极性不高，请给负责人Jenny写一封邮件，内容包括：
(1)分析原因；
(2)提出建议；
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Jenny,
I’m Li Hua, a student frm ur schl.
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Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节 读后续写 （满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I lived in an ld apartment cmplex where the walls were thin. Fr weeks, my new neighbr upstairs was keeping me awake every night between ten and midnight. What I heard was slw, frceful ftsteps mixed with crying, as if smene were pacing with the weight f the wrld n shulders. T cpe with the nise, I wuld sink int the ld rcking chair (摇椅) by the windw. The rhythm smehw quieted my mind.
But tnight, the nise was just unbearable. I psted in the building’s grup chat, “Can the 3C neighbr keep it dwn after 10?” Almst immediately, Lena, a cashier at a lcal market, replied, “Same here. Haven’t slept fr weeks.” And Tm, wh ran the secndhand shp n the crner, added, “Dn’t they realize hw lud it is?” A few thers respnded, but 3C never did.
I’d had enugh. “That’s it,” I thught alud, pulling n my slippers. “I’m ging up there!” I strmed t the third flr, playing my angry speech in my head, “Keep it dwn! Sme f us need t wrk tmrrw!” The mment the dr pened, I blurted ut (脱口而出), “D yu have any idea hw much nise yu’re making?” But the rest f my prepared speech gt stuck in my thrat. A yung wman std there, eyes red, swaying (摇晃) gently back and frth in a desperate attempt t cmfrt a crying baby. The apartment behind her was humble-n dining table, n chairs, nt even a lamp, nly a mattress(床垫) and a few empty baby fd packets n the flr.
“I’m s srry, Madam,” she whispered, managing a weak smile, “I’m just trying t get her t sleep.” That was when my anger disappeared. A familiar rhythm surfaced in my mind as I saw her sway the baby tiredly. “I have a chair dwnstairs that might calm yur baby,” I smiled sftly. She lked up, eyes widening in disbelief.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“Let me fetch it fr yu,” I said and rushed dwnstairs.
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The neighbrs respnded t my pst and agreed t gather at 3C instantly.
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参考答案
听力
阅读理解
21.A 22.C 23.C
24.A 25.B 26.D 27.C
28.A 29.A 30.C 31.B
32.D 33.B 34.B 35.C
七选五
36.F 37.C 38.D 39.B 40.E
完形填空
41.A 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.C 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.D 50.D 51.A 52.D 53.B 54.C 55.C
语法填空
56.launched 57.varius 58.innvative 59.that/which 60.slightly
61.making 62.studying 63.cmpared 64.as 65.a
应用文范文
Dear Jenny,
I’m Li Hua, a student frm ur schl. Few students take part in the English crner. I think many are afraid f making mistakes while speaking, and the activities are t single and bring.
I have tw suggestins. First, rganize interesting games and English film sharing t attract students. Secnd, divide us int small grups s shy students can speak mre easily. I hpe my advice can help.
Yurs,
Li Hua
读后续写范文
“Let me fetch it fr yu,” I said and rushed dwnstairs. Sn I carried my ld rcking chair upstairs. The wman placed the baby in it and rcked gently. The baby gradually stpped crying. She tld me she was a single mther with n relatives nearby and had n mney t buy a cradle. My heart was filled with sympathy. I tld her I wuld talk with ther neighbrs t win their understanding.
The neighbrs respnded t my pst and agreed t gather at 3C instantly. We brught milk, baby clthes and daily necessities fr the yung mther. Everyne aplgized fr cmplaining withut knwing her difficulty. We prmised t tlerate the sft nise at night and ffered t take turns lking after the baby. The wman shed warm tears, and all f us realized that kindness and understanding culd warm the whle apartment building.