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　　“Let's go down one more, push your enterkey… ” says a volunteer helping senior citizens work a web session on the Internet.

　　David Lansdale has found a way to light up the lives of the elderly. He gets them wired to the Internet, “If you hit your enter key, it will bring up this particular e－mail…”

　　Pauline Allen is one of those who have started using the Internet, “I thought I was through with life, I was ready for a rocking chair, because I was 86 years old. And I haven't found the rocking chair yet.” “You found the keyboard?” asks the reporter. “That's right, I found the keyboard.”

　　The average age of Lansdale's students is around 68. All are in nursing or assisted care homes. He used family relationships to introduce them to the World Wide Web.

　　David Lansdale says, “Herethey are in California, the family was back in New York, the opportunity to connect, to cross the time and space, was incredibly precious (valuable)opportunity to them.”

　　“I hear you are so beautiful.” Lillian Sher writes an e－mail to a newborn great granddaughter. Working with one another, the senior learn as a group. They learn to master the Internet and to overcome what Lansdale calls the maladies of the institutionalized：loneliness, helplessness, boredom, and loss of memory.

　　Mary Harvey says, “Bingo just doesn't interest me. But this does, believe me, this does.” Ninety－four－year－old Ruth Hyman is a star pupil and instructor. She says, “When I send a letter to my grandchildren, and great grandchildren, they hang it up in their offices, just like I used to hang their drawings on my refrigerator. Ha, ha.”

　　David Lansdale says, “There's a collective benefit. There is an element(因素)of treatment. Remember we started as a support group.”

　　Dixon Moorehouse says, “I just wish I was 15 years old and getting to learn all this.” The senior call their weekly meetings Monday Night Live. And many say the meetings have given them new life.

　　Ruth Hyman says, “Three years ago, they told me I wasn't going to live. But I showed them, and got work, and I've worked ever since.”

1．The purpose of David Lansdale's work is to ________.

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A．keep the minds of the senior healthy

B．popularize the use of computers among the old

C．organize the senior as a group to work

D．help the senior connect with their families

2．The words “the maladies of the institutionalized” used in the text refer to ________.

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A．the difficulties in learning

B．the problems caused by getting old

C．some kinds of treatments

D．the worries about the Internet

3．How many examples does the writer give to prove that the senior enjoy the Internet?

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A．Four

B．Five

C．Six

D．Seven

4．It can be inferred that Ruth Hyman's younger generations hang her mails up ________.

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A．in order to lose the letters

B．in order not to forget something important

C．to make the offices more beautiful

D．to show pride in their grandmother's work

5．What's the best title for the passage?

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A．How to keep healthy

B．The problems of the old

C．Senior citizens on the Internet

D．A school for the senior people

Answer 1

答案：A;B;B;D;C
解析：

1．A　　從第二自然段的第一句話“David Lansdale has found a way to light up the lives of the elderly．”可以推知。B項（在老人中普及電腦使用）、C項（組織老人去工作）、D項（幫助老人和家人聯系）均不是其主要目的。本題正確答案為A。 　　2．B　　根據原文第六段中“They learn to master the Internet and to overcome what Lansdale calls the maladies of the institutionalized：loneliness，helplessness，boredom，and loss of memory．”冒號后的內容可推知正確答案。本題正確答案為B。 　　3．B　　本文作者列舉了Pauline Alien，Lillian Sher，Mary Harvey，Dixon Moorehouse，Ruth Hyman五個人的事例來說明老人們非常喜歡上網。本題正確答案為B。 　　4．D　　從原文第七自然段中的“they hang it up in their offices，just like I used to hang their drawings on my refrigerator．（他們把它張貼在辦公室中，正如我過去常把他們的畫貼在冰箱上一樣）”可推知小孩們對祖母的工作成果很自豪。本題正確答案為D。 　　5．C　　從本文的全篇意思來看，主要講述了David Lansdale幫助老年人上網，豐富了老年人的生活，使很多老年人重新找回了生活的樂趣，據此C項最能概括全文的意思。本題正確答案為C。