Question

完形填空 　　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 tike 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

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．A;5．D;6．B;7．D;8．A;9．A;10．C;11．A;12．C;13．B;14．C;15．C;16．B;17．A;18．B;19．D;20．A;
解析：

(1)	由She was even willing to work without pay可判斷。
(2)	offer one’s service with＝work with在……工作。
(4)	recognize“認(rèn)識(shí)到”。
(5)	老人的余熱沒有被充分利用。
(6)	老人的一些問題、困難。
(7)	used to過去一直干……
(8)	老人為專欄找到了一個(gè)新的話題。
(9)	getting old關(guān)于老年人的話題。
(10)	老年人常常被誤解。
(11)	問題后的實(shí)質(zhì)只能用“思考能力”。
(12)	為什么問題會(huì)開始。
(13)	專欄的讀者。
(15)	suggest some ways建議一些方法。
(16)	know something about…了解一些年輕人的生活，以便更好地與年輕人溝通。
(17)	老年人往往很固執(zhí)，不善于傾聽。
(18)	老年人不要老是以長者的口吻去責(zé)備、教育年輕人。
(19)	固執(zhí)己見stick to one’s opinion。
(20)	Commonly＝Generally一般說來。