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黑龙江牡丹江五县2018-2019学年高二下学期英语期末考试联考试卷
SACABA, Bolivia ——Julia Flores Colque still sings with joy in her local Quechua tongue and strums(弹奏)the five strings of a tiny Andean guitar known as the charango, despite a recorded age of almost 118 years.
In her long life, she has witnessed two world wars, revolutions in her native Bolivia and the transformation of her rural town of Sacaba from 3, 000 people to a city of more than 175 , 000 in five decades.
Her national identity card says Flores Colque was born on Oct 26, 1900, in a mining camp in the Bolivian mountains. At 117 and just over 10 months, she would be the oldest woman in the Andean nation and perhaps the oldest living person in the world.
But a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records says she's not aware of receiving any application for her and Flores Colque doesn't seem to care that her record hasn!t been confirmed. She hasn!t even heard of the reference book.
These days, she enjoys the company of her dogs, cats and rooster. She is lucid and full of life, and she loves a good cake and singing folkloric songs in Quechua to anyone who comes to visit the dirt-floor home she shares with her 65-year-old grandniece. "She's always been active, easygoing and fun, " said the grandniece, Agustina Berna.
Growing up, Flores Colque herded sheep and llamas in the Bolivian highlands until she moved in her teenage years to a valley, where she began selling fruits and vegetables. The produce became her main source of sustenance(生计),and she still maintains a healthy diet though she is addicted to the occasional cake and glass of soda. She never married and has no children.
The Sacaba mayor's office has named Flores Colque a living heritage. The office and a private foundation have improved her home, building a brick path where she walks, and a shower and toilet with a railing (扶手)so the old woman can safely make her way to the bathroom at night.
Flores Colque is hard of hearing , but she remains sharp and scolds her smallest dog whenever it tries to rush out into the street. Just a few years ago, she still walked quickly. But then she fell and hurt her back. The doctor said she would never walk again. She proved the doctor wrong.
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