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__ 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 to 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.　她从教师工作上退了下来，然而她一直很忙。B项有一定干扰性。keep rich意思是“富有”，从后文“She was even willing to work without pay.”可以看出B项不符合题意。

2．从空后的“that helped other businesses find jobs for old people”可知她从事的是服务性工作。

3．从空后的“By talking with them”可以看出，Anna Douglas每天都与很多老年人会面，而不是观察或安慰他们。

4．通过与他们交谈，她认识到两件事情。接下来的两句便是她认识到的事情。recognize在这里是“认识到”的意思。

5．老年人有未被利用的能力。这是她积极为老年人找工作发挥他们余热的原因。

6． 然而老年人也有老年人的问题。A项有较大干扰性。从后文我们知道，有一位老年人不受其孙子女的欢迎，这是他面临的问题，而不是错误。

7． 从后文“She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus’”我们知道，她为国家杂志写人物故事是以前的事。

8． 联系上下文可知Old people like herself是报纸的一个话题(subject)，因此其他选项不符合题意。

9． get old在这里为系表结构，其他选项不正确。

10．B、D两项有较大干扰性。作者举的例子说明很多老年人被其孙子女误解，而不是(他们的要求)被拒绝等。

11．从空后“see the truth behind a problem”我们得知，Anna Douglas用的是thinking ability。

12．从下文举的例子看，她明白的是事情的起因，因此其他选项不符合题意。

13．A项有较大干扰性。从前文我们知道Anna Douglas是靠写文章与老年人交流，而不是建立了咨询中心，因此A项不符合题意。

14．联系上下文我们可以推知，这位老年人与其孙子女关系并不融洽，因此当他进来时，孩子们就离开。

15．她给这位老人建议了几种方法。

16．A、C两项有较大干扰性。从空后的 your grandchildren's world我们得知，想了解孙子女世界的一切是不可能的。

17．本空承接and前的分句，因此答案应在questioning和listening间选择，选项中没有questioning。

18．联系上文“Say good things to them and about them”得此答案。A项有一定干扰性，空格前的never决定了此选项不正确。

19．stick to在这里是“固执地坚持”。A，B两项均有一定干扰性。联系前文Mrs.Douglas认为老人应该多听听孙子女的见解，不要太固执地坚持自己的看法。speak out意思是“说出”，give up是“放弃”，因此不符合题意。

20．D项有较大干扰性。naturally意为“自然而然地”，而commonly指“通常情况下”。