C
The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society -a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.
If you take into consideration feminism (女權(quán)主義), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple (紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.
“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention
“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.
64.The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________.
A.one branch of an organization     B.a(chǎn) written agreement of a club
C.one part of a collection of poems   D.a(chǎn) period in a society’s history
65.From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who
A.have gradually become more noticeable
B.a(chǎn)re worried about getting old too quickly
C.a(chǎn)re enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
D.tried living a different life from their parents when they were young
66.It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are____________.
A.interested in raising money for social work
B.programmers who can plan well for their future
C.believers in equality between men and women
D.good at cooking big meals and taking care of others
67.Who set up the Red Hat Society ?
A.Emily Cornette .   B.Ellen Cooper .    C.Jenny Joseph .   D.Joe Heywood .
68.Women join the Red Hat Society because_______________.
A.they want to stay young  
B.they would like to appear more attractive
C.they would like to have fun and live for themselves
D.they want to be more like their parents

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1.From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.

A. the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers

B. the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's

C. the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much

D. the author didn't know how to use a phone at that time

2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. The days of the author playing basketball at a recreation center.

B. The author's excitement of making shots when playing basketball.

C. The days before the author went to senior high school.

D. The author's happy childhood with his teammates.

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A. That it was very near to his home.

B. That there was a basketball court inside the building.

C. That there was a special smell in it.

D. That there was a fast food restaurant in it.

4.The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.

A. it is the basic preparation to play basketball

B. it is more useful than dribbling and shooting

C. it is the only way to make people stronger

D. it helps keep stomach power

5.What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A. To introduce some skills in playing basketball.

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When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in the phone book. I used to look through the phone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When I couldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask, "Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.
A year later I started playing basketball at my local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought in my wildest dreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreation center had a special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it was from the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the court was carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually made a shot. We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.
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  1. 1.

    From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.

    1. A.
      the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers
    2. B.
      the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's
    3. C.
      the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much
    4. D.
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    What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

    1. A.
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    2. B.
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    3. C.
      The days before the author went to senior high school.
    4. D.
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    What surprised the author most at the recreation center?

    1. A.
      That it was very near to his home.
    2. B.
      That there was a basketball court inside the building.
    3. C.
      That there was a special smell in it.
    4. D.
      That there was a fast food restaurant in it.
  4. 4.

    The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.

    1. A.
      it is the basic preparation to play basketball
    2. B.
      it is more useful than dribbling and shooting
    3. C.
      it is the only way to make people stronger
    4. D.
      it helps keep stomach power
  5. 5.

    What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?

    1. A.
      To introduce some skills in playing basketball.
    2. B.
      To tell us about his dream of becoming a basketball star.
    3. C.
      To introduce his own experience of playing basketball.
    4. D.
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     When I was six years old, my mom told me that I could find anyone's number in the phone book. I
used to look through the phone book for hours trying to find Michael Jordan's phone number. When I
couldn't find it, I just dialed seven numbers. When someone answered, I'd ask, "Is that Michael Jordan?" Obviously, I always had the wrong number.
     A year later I started playing basketball at my local recreation center. It was very big. I never thought
in my wildest dreams that a basketball court could be inside a building. The recreation center had a
special smell in it, sort of like hot rubber. I guessed it was from the shoes hitting the floor so fast and hard. The atmosphere on the court was carefree. Our biggest excitement of the day was when we actually
made a shot.   We celebrated wins over ice cream at a fast food restaurant.
      I got good at it, and my confidence grew. I played it all the time until the sixth grade. As soon as
junior high school came, I stopped playing basketball and focused on school. When senior high school
started, I tried out for the school team and made it. We worked hard. Every week we did 300 push-ups
and 300 sit-ups on our own. Our coach encouraged the sit-ups to keep stomach power, because it gave
us so much control when we were playing basketball. If we didn't want to do the sit-ups and push-ups,
we could practice dribbling (運(yùn)球) and shooting more. It's just us, the ball, the court and the net. But
don't take my word for it. See for yourself. After all, I'm just one kid playing the game.
1. From Paragraph 1 we know that ____.
A. the author's mother gave him some wrong phone numbers
B. the phone book contained everyone's phone number except Michael Jordan's
C. the author wanted to contact Michael Jordan very much
D. the author didn't know how to use a phone at that time
2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. The days of the author playing basketball at a recreation center.
B. The author's excitement of making shots when playing basketball.
C. The days before the author went to senior high school.
D. The author's happy childhood with his teammates.
3. What surprised the author most at the recreation center?
A. That it was very near to his home.
B. That there was a basketball court inside the building.
C. That there was a special smell in it.
D. That there was a fast food restaurant in it.
4. The author's coach encouraged them to do sit-ups because ____.
A. it is the basic preparation to play basketball
B. it is more useful than dribbling and shooting
C. it is the only way to make people stronger
D. it helps keep stomach power
5. What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A. To introduce some skills in playing basketball.
B. To tell us about his dream of becoming a basketball star.
C. To introduce his own experience of playing basketball.
D. To tell us how to balance playing basketball and studying.

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     The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society -a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.

    “My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.

     While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.

     If you take into consideration feminism (女權(quán)主義), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple (紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.

    “The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention

   “The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.

64.The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________.

 A.one branch of an organization     B.a(chǎn) written agreement of a club

C.one part of a collection of poems   D.a(chǎn) period in a society’s history

65.From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who

 A.have gradually become more noticeable

 B.a(chǎn)re worried about getting old too quickly

 C.a(chǎn)re enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend

 D.tried living a different life from their parents when they were young

66.It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are____________.

A.interested in raising money for social work

 B.programmers who can plan well for their future

 C.believers in equality between men and women

 D.good at cooking big meals and taking care of others

67.Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

 A.Emily Cornette .    B.Ellen Cooper .    C.Jenny Joseph .    D.Joe Heywood .

68.Women join the Red Hat Society because_______________.

 A.they want to stay young  

B.they would like to appear more attractive

 C.they would like to have fun and live for themselves

 D.they want to be more like their parents

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