Complete each of the following s

Complete each of the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in bracket.

Helen became very emotional —almost （ ） when pressed to talk about her miserable experience.(tear)

本题考查的是常见名词的形容词。

由become和almost可知，空格处应填形容词，tear的形容词是tearful表示含泪的，令人伤心的。

句意：海伦变得非常情绪化，当她被迫谈论她悲惨的经历时，几乎要哭了。