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Life is not always smooth． There was a man who had 36 numerous failures in his life． But he said, "One success is 37 for me!"
When he was five years old, his father died of illness without leaving him any 38 ． Since then, his mother worked outside 39 he had to stay at home and take care of his siblings, He learnt cooking since then．
When he was fourteen, he dropped 40 and began his life of roving．
When he was eighteen, he married a girl, who, 41 , sold out all his properties and went back to her home several months after their marriage．
When he was twenty, he 42 his job from electrician to ferry staff to railway worker． All his jobs were 43 for him．
When he was thirty-five, misfortune again 44 on him． When he was driving across a huge bridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with his car． He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his 45 ．
When he was 46 , he opened a gas station in a town． However, he 47 dispute（争端）because he beat his competitors 48 the billboard hanging problems．
When he was forty-seven, he 49 his second wife, which had 50 stricken his three children．
When he was sixty-six, he made a living by 51 his chicken-frying techniques to various restaurants in different places．
When he was seventy-five, he felt 52 to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others． The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price． But he 53 the suggestion． Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire．
When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the whole world．
He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde Sandoz． He often said, "People always complain about the bad 54 ． Actually it is not bad at all． As long as you are 55 and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day．"
36．A． achieved B． undergone C． tried D． undertook
37．A． great B． important C． valuable D． enough
38．A． words B． money C． property D． families
39．A． while B． but C． when D． so
40．A． in B． out C． down D． up
41．A． meanwhile B． moreover C． however D． therefore
42．A． started B． took C． lost D． changed
43．A． fit B． tough C． unusual D． adequate
44．A． fell B． hit C． put D． rested
45．A． life B． major C． job D． education
46．A． forty B． thirty-five C． fifty-three D． seventy
47．A． went through B． came into C． came about D． went against
48．A． contributing to B． judging from C． owing to D． leading to
49．A． changed B． married C． missed D． divorced
50, A． deeply B． highly C． generally D． thickly
51, A． learning B． promoting C． developing D． teaching
52．A． powerless B． depressed C． disappointed D． hopeless
53．A． turned up B． turned to C． turned down D． turned in
54．A． difficulties B． misfortune C． life D． weather
55．A． hard-working B． brave C． cautious D． optimistic
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阅读理解
“Let’s go down one more, push your enter key… ”says a volunteer helping senior (老年的) 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 email… ”
Pauline Alien 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, “Here they are in California, the family are back in New York, the opportunity to connect, to cross the time and space, is precious to them. ”
“I hear you are so beautiful. ”Lillian Shyer writes an email to a newborn great-granddaughter. Working with one another, the seniors 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 years 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. This is a 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 seniors call their weekly meeting 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 health of the mind of the seniors
B．popularize the use of computers among the old
C．organize the seniors as a group to work
D．help the seniors connect with their families
2．The underlined words“the maladies of the institutionalized”used in the passage 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 seniors enjoy the Internet?
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4．It can be inferred that Ruth Hyman’s younger generations hang her mails up ________ .
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A．in order not to lose the letters
B．in order not to forget something important
C．to make the offices more beautiful
D．to take pride in their grandmother’s work
Directions：Complete the following passage by using the words in the box
．Each word can only be used once．Note that there is one word more than you need．
Forests in the northern half of the globe could be growing faster now than they were 200 years ago as a result of climate change, according to a study of trees in eastern America．The trees appear to have faster growth rates due to longer growing seasons and higher concentrations(浓度)of carbon dioxide in the 1 ．
Geoffrey Parker, a scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre in Edgewater．Maryland, said that the increase ha the rate of growth was unexpected and might be 2 to the higher temperatures and longer growing seasons documented in the region．The growth may also be influenced by the significant 3 in atmospheric CO2,he said．
"We made a list of reasons these forests could be growing faster and then excluded half of them," Dr Parker said．Their study suggests that northern forests may become increasingly important in 4 the influence of man-made CO2 on the climate．
Dr Parker and his colleagues have 5 out a detailed record of the trees on a(n) 6 basis since 1987．They calculated that due to the global warming the forest is producing 7 tons of wood each year．
The scientists 8 the land with trees at different stages of growth and found that both young and old trees were showing increased growth rate．More than 90 per cent of the tree groups had grown by between two and four times faster than the scientists had 9 from estimates of the long-term rates of growth．
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