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.”
| 小题1: | | A．settle | B．take | C．beat | D．calm |
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| 小题2: | | A．making | B．discovering | C．hiding | D．mixing |
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| 小题3: | | A．wait | B．plan | C．cover | D．bear |
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| 小题4: | | A．work | B．mum | C．illness | D．memory |
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| 小题5: | | A．mental | B．physical | C．final | D．social |
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| 小题6: | | A．new | B．used | C．round | D．expensive |
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| 小题7: | | A．put away | B．made out | C．picked up | D．dug out |
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| 小题8: | | A．terrible | B．grateful | C．OK | D．crazy |
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| 小题9: | | A．rich | B．normal | C．simple | D．hard |
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| 小题10: | | A．special | B．dangerous | C．hopeless | D．impossible |
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| 小题11: | | A．hope | B．wonder | C．fear | D．doubt |
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| 小题12: | | A．ended up | B．broke down | C．kept away | D．came out |
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| 小题13: | | A．patient | B．expert | C．example | D．role |
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| 小题14: | | A．friends | B．bosses | C．families | D．mistakes |
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| 小题15: | | A．fair | B．safe | C．false | D．public |
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| 小题16: | | A．better | B．younger | C．prouder | D．worse |
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| 小题17: | | A．years | B．months | C．centuries | D．weeks |
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| 小题18: | | A．hardly | B．actually | C．luckily | D．regularly |
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| 小题19: | | A．dream | B．way | C．house | D．study |
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| 小题20: | | A．struggling | B．filling | C．turning | D．begging |
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