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__prob?lems begin. For example, one of her 13said that his grandchildren" the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas 15 some ways to him to un?derstand 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. enj oyed   D. demanded

5.A. studied   B. agreed   C. given   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

Answer 1

1.D她從教師崗位上退了下來，然而她一直很忙。B項(xiàng)有一定干擾性。keep rich的意思是"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.A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.B從空后的"By talking with them…"可以看出，八nna Douglas每天都與很多老年人會面，而不是觀察、安慰或回答他們。

4.A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

5.D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.B

7.D從后文"She began to write a newspaper column called 'Sixty Plus'…"可知，她為H家雜志寫人物故事是以前的事。

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

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

10.C 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孫女誤解，而不是(他們的要求) 被拒絕等。

11.A從空后"...see the truth behind a problem.''可知， Anna Douglas用的是思考能力"hinking ability) ₀

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

13.B

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

15.C她給這位老人建議了幾種理解他的孫子孫女的方法。

16.B A、C兩項(xiàng)有較大的干擾性。從空后的your grandchildren's world可知，想了解孫子孫女世界的一切是不可能的。

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

18.B聯(lián)系上文"'Say good things to them and about them, 'she continues.”可知答案。

19.D stick to在這里是"固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持"之意。A、B兩項(xiàng)均有一定干擾性。聯(lián)系前文Douglas女士認(rèn)為老人應(yīng)該多聽聽孫子孫女的見解，可知她建議老人不要太固執(zhí)地堅(jiān)持自己的看法。speak out意思是"說出";give up是"放棄"之意。

20.A D項(xiàng)具有較大的干擾性。naturally意為"自然而然地"，而commonly指"通常情況下"。