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  When he thought of the past, my grandfather would sometimes show us photographs of himself at school.They were brown and faded, and it was hard to believe that the blurred figure of the little boy in the short trousers and socks could ever have been Grandfather.Besides, he wore a cap-all the boys in the photographs wore caps pulled so far forward that half of their faces were obscured.When Grandfather asked us to pick him out from the group, we would surely point to the wrong boy.

  On one such occasion my younger sister, aged six, burst into tears when Grandfather proudly guided her finger to the right boy.“How could that boy be you?”she cried.“He should have a beard.”We were, of course, all convinced that grandfathers should have beards, preferably white and bushy, like our own grandfather's.

  “I was a good scholar,”Grandfather would say, wagging his beard over the photographs.“I should have been top of the class if I hadn't had to get up at six every morning to milk the cows and chop the wood, and again when I came home from school.”

  “But Saturdays? What did you do on Saturdays?”

  “Saturdays, if it was fine, I'd be out all day in the fields with the men,”replied Grandfather.“And if it was wet, I'd be helping my mother with odd jobs round the house.There wasn't much time for studying.”

  We all tried hard to imagine what it would have been like to have seen Grandfather getting up at crack of dawn and never, obviously, having a moment for himself.It seemed we had learnt something from what Grandfather had said about his childhood.

(1)

In the first paragraph of this passage, what the author really tells us is that ________.

[  ]

A.

his grandfather used to wear short trousers, socks and a cap as well

B.

it was difficult to tell which of the boys in the photographs was Grandfather

C.

he didn't believe Grandfather wore a cap pulled forward when he was at school

D.

it was fun to watch boys in the photographs wearing caps pulled forward

(2)

The author's sister burst into tears because ________.

[  ]

A.

she did not get a chance to pick out Grandfather in the photographs

B.

she was told which was the right boy before she herself could pick him out

C.

other children did not agree with her that Grandfather should have had a beard

D.

she found Grandfather in the photographs did not have a beard

(3)

When Grandfather said,“I should have been top of the class…”, he meant ________.

[  ]

A.

if he had had more time for studying, he would have been the best in his class

B.

he should have spent more time studying rather than playing ball games

C.

his school days should not have been so hard and miserable

D.

he could have never been the best student even if he had studied still harder

(4)

In the last paragraph the author said,“We all tried hard to imagine…”because ________.

[  ]

A.

the figures of the boys in the photographs were small and blurred

B.

the children had never experienced life like that of Grandfather

C.

the photographs Grandfather showed them were brown and faded

D.

Grandfather failed to tell them about his childhood in detail

答案:1.B;2.D;3.A;4.B;
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How Long Can People Live?

  She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.

  Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder.She lived to the ripe old age of 122.So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(壽命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?

  Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers.“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

  Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees.“People can live much longer than we think,”he says.“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110.When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120.So why can’t we go higher?”

  The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing.“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan.“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

  Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120.Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most.So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

  So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有彈性的),but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington.“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says.“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.”

  “Of course, if you became a new species(物種),one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds.

  Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(進(jìn)化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile.

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

[  ]

A.

People can live to 122.

B.

Old people are creative.

C.

Women are sporty at 85.

D.

Women live longer than men.

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________.

[  ]

A.

the average human life span could be 110

B.

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C.

few people can expect to live to over 150

D.

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

[  ]

A.

Jerry Shay.

B.

Steve Austad

C.

Rich Miller

D.

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

[  ]

A.

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B.

The average human life span cannot be doubled.

C.

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D.

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species.

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