Question

 Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired(退休)，but she needed to keep __1__.She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her __2__ with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she __3__ other old folks like her. By talking with them，she __4__ two things. Old people had abilities that were not __5__.But old people also had some __6___.She found a new purpose for herself then.

Through the years，she __7__ to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new __8__：Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”，which is about __9__ old. She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being __10__.

Anna Douglas uses her __11__ ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands __12__ problems begin. For example，one of her __13__ said that his grandchildren__14__ the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas __15__ some ways to him to understand his grandchildren.

“It's important to know__16__ about your grandchildren's world，” says Mrs. Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and __17__ is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，” she continues. “Never try to __18__ your grandchildren or other young people. Never __19__ your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do.__20__，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well.”

1．A. free         B．rich         C．powerful         D．busy

2．A. service        B．money         C．students         D．books

3．A. observed         B．met         C．comforted        D．a(chǎn)nswered

4．A. recognized         B．followed         C．enjoyed         D．demanded

5．A. studied         B．a(chǎn)greed         C．gave         D．used

6．A. mistakes         B．problems         C．questions        D．characters

7．A. had         B．ought         C．was         D．used

8．A. subject         B．life         C．way         D．plan

9．A. getting         B．respecting         C．employing  D．supporting

10．A. unknown       B．refused   C．misunderstood        D．discouraged

11．A. thinking         B．working         C．writing         D．leading

12．A. that         B．when         C．why         D．whether

13．A. visitors         B．readers         C．listeners         D．friends

14．A. got         B．entered         C．left         D．passed

15．A. invented         B．chose         C．suggested         D．imagined

16．A. everything      B．something    C．a(chǎn)nything         D．nothing

17．A. listening         B．speaking         C．pleasing         D．a(chǎn)dvising

18．A. praise         B．scold         C．trouble         D．encourage

19．A. speak out        B．give up         C．get back         D．stick to

20．A. Commonly     B．Surprisingly      C．Happily        D．Naturally

Answer 1

1—20 DABAD  BDAAC  ACBCC  BABDA

【解析】1.　她從教師工作上退了下來，然而她一直很忙。B項(xiàng)有一定干擾性。keep rich意思是“富有”，從后文“She was even willing to work without pay.”可以看出B項(xiàng)不符合題意。

2．從空后的“that helped other businesses find jobs for old people”可知她從事的是服務(wù)性工作。

3．從空后的“By talking with them”可以看出，Anna Douglas每天都與很多老年人會面，而不是觀察或安慰他們。

4．通過與他們交談，她認(rèn)識到兩件事情。接下來的兩句便是她認(rèn)識到的事情。recognize在這里是“認(rèn)識到”的意思。

5．老年人有未被利用的能力。這是她積極為老年人找工作發(fā)揮他們余熱的原因。

6． 然而老年人也有老年人的問題。A項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。從后文我們知道，有一位老年人不受其孫子女的歡迎，這是他面臨的問題，而不是錯(cuò)誤。

7． 從后文“She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus’”我們知道，她為國家雜志寫人物故事是以前的事。

8． 聯(lián)系上下文可知Old people like herself是報(bào)紙的一個(gè)話題(subject)，因此其他選項(xiàng)不符合題意。

9． get old在這里為系表結(jié)構(gòu)，其他選項(xiàng)不正確。

10．B、D兩項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。作者舉的例子說明很多老年人被其孫子女誤解，而不是(他們的要求)被拒絕等。

11．從空后“see the truth behind a problem”我們得知，Anna Douglas用的是thinking ability。

12．從下文舉的例子看，她明白的是事情的起因，因此其他選項(xiàng)不符合題意。

13．A項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。從前文我們知道Anna Douglas是靠寫文章與老年人交流，而不是建立了咨詢中心，因此A項(xiàng)不符合題意。

14．聯(lián)系上下文我們可以推知，這位老年人與其孫子女關(guān)系并不融洽，因此當(dāng)他進(jìn)來時(shí)，孩子們就離開。

15．她給這位老人建議了幾種方法。

16．A、C兩項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。從空后的 your grandchildren's world我們得知，想了解孫子女世界的一切是不可能的。

17．本空承接and前的分句，因此答案應(yīng)在questioning和listening間選擇，選項(xiàng)中沒有questioning。

18．聯(lián)系上文“Say good things to them and about them”得此答案。A項(xiàng)有一定干擾性，空格前的never決定了此選項(xiàng)不正確。

19．stick to在這里是“固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持”。A，B兩項(xiàng)均有一定干擾性。聯(lián)系前文Mrs.Douglas認(rèn)為老人應(yīng)該多聽聽孫子女的見解，不要太固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持自己的看法。speak out意思是“說出”，give up是“放棄”，因此不符合題意。

20．D項(xiàng)有較大干擾性。naturally意為“自然而然地”，而commonly指“通常情況下”。