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 was 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 for 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. answered
4. A. recognized   B. followed     C. enjoyed          D. demanded
5. A. studied      B. agreed      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. anything         D. nothing
17. A. listening   B. speaking     C. pleasing         D. advising
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

1--20   DABAD   BDAAC   ACBCC   BABDA  

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)不合題意。
2.從空后的that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. 可以看出，她提供的是商業(yè)服務(wù)。
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(huì)面，而不是觀察或安慰他們。
4.通過與他們交談，她認(rèn)識(shí)到兩件事情。接下來的兩句便是她認(rèn)識(shí)到的事情。recognize在這里是“認(rèn)識(shí)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。其他答案不合題意。
6.6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Old people like herself. 是報(bào)紙的一個(gè)話題（subject），因此其它選項(xiàng)不合題意。
9.get old在這里為系表結(jié)構(gòu)，其它選項(xiàng)不正確。
10. B，D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.從空后的see the truth behind a problem我們得知，Anna Douglas用的是 thinking abilities。
12.從下文舉的例子看，她明白的是事情的起因，因此其它選項(xiàng)不合題意。
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前的分句而來，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”，因此不合題意。
20.D有較大干擾性。Naturally意思是“自然而然地”，而Commonly指“通常情況下”。
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Different (76)_____ to it Parents are strongly (77)______ the move.  ◆With such beautiful designs, the new uniforms might
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◆In the new uniforms, students will fail to focus their
(79)_________ on their studies.
◆It is just a way for the school to make money.
Students are
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◆More (82)__________ school uniforms are allowed in
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◆The school spokesman Lin said they hadn’t taken the 
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Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
小題1:The man yelled at his daughter because ____.
A．he was unsatisfied with the present his daughter gave him
B．the box his daughter gave him was empty
C．he had expected what was in the box
D．nobody gave him an empty box before
小題2:The underlined word “crushed” can be replaced by ____.
A．discouragedB．pressedC．defeatedD．shocked
小題3:According to this passage, which of the following statements is true?
A．The little girl wanted to show her father that she had no money.
B．The little didn’t think the box wrapped with gold paper was beautiful.
C．The little girl was misunderstood by her father at first.
D．The little girl wanted to play a joke on her father.
小題4:What does the underlined sentence “Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child” mean?
A．After a short time, the child lost her life in an accident.
B．After a short time, the child was hurt badly in an accident.
C．The accident was caused by the girl.
D．Soon the child killed herself because of her dissatisfaction with her father.

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