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 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

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。

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，她認識到兩件事情。接下來的兩句便是她認識到的事情。recognize在這里是“認識到”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。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. 是報紙的一個話題（subject），因此其它選項不合題意。

9.get old在這里為系表結(jié)構(gòu)，其它選項不正確。

10. B，D項有較大干擾性。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，因此其它選項不合題意。

13.A項有較大干擾性。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系并不融洽，因此當他進來時，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，因此答案應在questioning和listening間選擇，選項中沒有questioning。

18.聯(lián)系上文Say good things to them and about them. 得此答案。A項有一定干擾性，空前的Never決定了此選項不正確。

19.stick to在這里是“固執(zhí)地堅持”。A，B均有一定干擾性。聯(lián)系前文Mrs Douglas認為老人應該多聽聽孫子女的見解，不要太固執(zhí)地堅持自己的看法。 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”。