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Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a teacher before she retired, 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 3 jobs for old people. Every day she 4 other old folks like her. By talking with them, she recognized two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . Old people also had some problems. She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the years, she 6 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new subject: old people like herself. She began to write a 7 column called “Sixty Plus", which was about 8 old. She writes about the problems of old people, 9 their problems with being 10 .
Anna Douglas used her 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems begin. For example, one of her 13 said that his grand-children left the house as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 14 some ways for him to understand his grand-children.
“It's impossible to know 15 about your grand-children's world”, says Mrs. Douglas, “That means questioning and listening, and 16 is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and 17 them,” She continues, “Never try to 18 your grand-children or other young people. Never 19 your opinion. Don't tell what they should do. 20 , they have been taught they should have respected for old people. The old should respect them as well.”
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:054
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A mathematician, Ann Eckels Bailie, used computers to gather information to 10 in planning space flights. During 11 work of tracking the second US satellite, Vanguard I, she discovered some facts that didn’t 12 to make sense. It appeared that the perigee(or point nearest to the earth) satellite orbit(轨道) measured a different 13 from the northern hemisphere(半球) of our earth than from the 14 hemisphere. At first, she thought these strange 15 were because of some mathematical mistakes. But Bailie wouldn’t 16 the idea that important new information had been 17 .She and other scientists discussed the 18 of the earth again and again. 19 research finally proved that Bailie’s 20 finding was correct.
1.A.bottom B.edge C.top D.water
2.A.end B.future C.beginning D.past
3.A.others B.gods C.anybody D.their
4.A.advice B.help C.information D.announcement
5.A.earth B.star C.moon D.universe
6.A.news B.sounds C.gifts D.pictures
7.A.refuse B.prove C.accept D.find
8.A.But B.And C.So D.Therefore
9.A.smooth B.natural C.round D.still
10.A.sell B.use C.enjoy D.store
11.A.her B.his C.its D.our
12.A.want B.like C.seem D.help
13.A.distance B.size C.weight D.length
14.A.any B.another C.eastern D.southern
15.A.material B.figures C.problems D.answers
16.A.go over B.get in C.give up D.put up
17.A.discovered B.invented C.formed D.received
18.A.history B.position C.route D.shape
19.A.No more B.Further C.Happy D.Difficult
20.A.useless B.frightening C.accidental D.usual
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Sailors long ago were often afraid that if they sailed too far from home they would fall off the 1 of the flat ocean. In the 2 ,many people had to trust the words of 3 ,for they have no way to gather 4 for themselves. Today, we can fly in airplanes high over the 5 and see the curve(曲线) that proves its roundness. Astronauts flying miles high can send us 6 that support our beliefs. Most people now 7 the fact that the earth is certainly not flat. 8 many of them don’t realize that it’s not exactly 9 either.
A mathematician, Ann Eckels Bailie, used computers to gather information to 10 in planning space flights. During 11 work of tracking the second US satellite, Vanguard I, she discovered some facts that didn’t 12 to make sense. It appeared that the perigee(or point nearest to the earth) satellite orbit(轨道) measured a different 13 from the northern hemisphere(半球) of our earth than from the 14 hemisphere. At first, she thought these strange 15 were because of some mathematical mistakes. But Bailie wouldn’t 16 the idea that important new information had been 17 .She and other scientists discussed the 18 of the earth again and again. 19 research finally proved that Bailie’s 20 finding was correct.
1.A.bottom B.edge C.top D.water
2.A.end B.future C.beginning D.past
3.A.others B.gods C.anybody D.their
4.A.advice B.help C.information D.announcement
5.A.earth B.star C.moon D.universe
6.A.news B.sounds C.gifts D.pictures
7.A.refuse B.prove C.accept D.find
8.A.But B.And C.So D.Therefore
9.A.smooth B.natural C.round D.still
10.A.sell B.use C.enjoy D.store
11.A.her B.his C.its D.our
12.A.want B.like C.seem D.help
13.A.distance B.size C.weight D.length
14.A.any B.another C.eastern D.southern
15.A.material B.figures C.problems D.answers
16.A.go over B.get in C.give up D.put up
17.A.discovered B.invented C.formed D.received
18.A.history B.position C.route D.shape
19.A.No more B.Further C.Happy D.Difficult
20.A.useless B.frightening C.accidental D.usual
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