I’m afraid to grow old—we’re all afraid. In fact, the fear of growing old is so great that every aged person is an insult and a threat to the society. They remind us of our own death, that our body won’t always remain smooth and responsive, but will someday betray(背叛) us by aging. The ideal way to age would be to grow slowly invisible, gradually disappearing, without causing worry or discomfort to the young. In some ways that does happen. Sitting in a small park across from a nursing home one day, I noticed that the young mothers and their children gathered on one side, and the old people from the home on the other.
Whenever a youngster would run over to the “wrong” side, chasing a ball or just trying to cover all the available space, the old people would lean forward and smile. But before any communication could be established, the mother would come over, murmuring embarrassed apologies, and take her child back to the “young” side.
Now, it seemed to me that the children didn’t feel any particular fear and the old people didn’t seem to be threatened by the children. The division of space was drawn by the mothers. And the mothers never looked at the old people who lined the other side of the park. These well-dressed young women had a way of sliding their eyes over, around, through the old people; they never looked at them directly. The old people may as well have been invisible; they offended the aesthetic eye of the mothers.
My early experiences were somewhat different; since I grew up in a small town, my children had more of a nineteenth-century flavor. I knew a lot of old people, and considered some of them friends.
1.People are afraid of growing old because it is usually associated with ______.
A. insult B. threat C. death D. betrayal
2.In the author’s opinion, it is a perfect way to ______.
A. grow old slowly and then die unnoticed
B. grow old suddenly and then die
C. shut oneself up from others when growing old
D. remain young all one’s life and then die suddenly
3.It can be inferred that young mothers would try to keep their children away from the old because ______.
A. they feared their children might hurt the old
B. they didn’t like their children to take up the space belonging to the old
C. they felt it was wrong to play balls near where the old stayed
D. they didn’t want their children to have anything to do with the old
4.The author believes the division between the old and the young is _____.
A. made by people B. understandable
C. formed naturally D. traditional
5.From the passage, we learn that the author ______.
A. used to have the same experience as the young have today
B. has never been afraid of getting old
C. was quite free to know and befriend old people in his childhood
D. both B and C
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I’m afraid to grow old—we’re all afraid. In fact, the fear of growing old is so great that every aged person is an insult and a threat to the society. They remind us of our own death, that our body won’t always remain smooth and responsive, but will someday betray(背叛) us by aging. The ideal way to age would be to grow slowly invisible, gradually disappearing, without causing worry or discomfort to the young. In some ways that does happen. Sitting in a small park across from a nursing home one day, I noticed that the young mothers and their children gathered on one side, and the old people from the home on the other.
Whenever a youngster would run over to the “wrong” side, chasing a ball or just trying to cover all the available space, the old people would lean forward and smile. But before any communication could be established, the mother would come over, murmuring embarrassed apologies, and take her child back to the “young” side.
Now, it seemed to me that the children didn’t feel any particular fear and the old people didn’t seem to be threatened by the children. The division of space was drawn by the mothers. And the mothers never looked at the old people who lined the other side of the park. These well-dressed young women had a way of sliding their eyes over, around, through the old people; they never looked at them directly. The old people may as well have been invisible; they offended the aesthetic eye of the mothers.
My early experiences were somewhat different; since I grew up in a small town, my children had more of a nineteenth-century flavor. I knew a lot of old people, and considered some of them friends.
1.People are afraid of growing old because it is usually associated with ______.
A. insult B. threat C. death D. betrayal
2.In the author’s opinion, it is a perfect way to ______.
A. grow old slowly and then die unnoticed
B. grow old suddenly and then die
C. shut oneself up from others when growing old
D. remain young all one’s life and then die suddenly
3.It can be inferred that young mothers would try to keep their children away from the old because ______.
A. they feared their children might hurt the old
B. they didn’t like their children to take up the space belonging to the old
C. they felt it was wrong to play balls near where the old stayed
D. they didn’t want their children to have anything to do with the old
4.The author believes the division between the old and the young is _____.
A. made by people B. understandable
C. formed naturally D. traditional
5.From the passage, we learn that the author ______.
A. used to have the same experience as the young have today
B. has never been afraid of getting old
C. was quite free to know and befriend old people in his childhood
D. both B and C
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Fear is a fact of life everyone faces from time to time. In most cases fear is a healthy reaction to a dangerous situation. But sometimes fear can be so extreme that it interferes with normal living. That is what happened to me driving cross-country last summer.
I’d agreed to help my brother, Mac, move from the East Coast to California. He would drive a rental truck loaded with his belongings and I would follow him in his car, then fly back. We figured it would be a simple trip, with four or five motel (motorists’ hotel) stops along the way.
Living and working in coastal Georgia for most of my life, I did not have a great deal of long-distance driving experience. Looking back on it today, I can see that I’d always felt a sudden, sharp pain of fear when driving over small bridges and along hilly highways. And as I was getting ready for the trip I had an unclear concern about the steep mountain roads that lay ahead. But I thought I would get used to them.
As we crossed some high bridges near the Blue Ridge Mountains on the first leg of our trip, a kind of breathlessness gripped me, a sinking, rolling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I tended to move slightly away from the edge of the roadway and the drop-off beyond. My knuckles (指关节) whitened from my tense grip on the steering wheel. At the end of each bridge, a great rush of relief would come over me, only to be replaced in short order by fear of the next obstacle.
When we stopped in Nashville the first night, I mentioned my feelings to Mac, who is the practical sort. “Oh, that’s nothing.” he said cheerfully. “Lots of people hale driving on mountain roads and high bridges. Just turn up the music on your radio and focus on that. Keep your mind occupied.”
1.Which is NOT the author’s attitude towards fear?
A. Fear can sometimes disturb your life.
B. It is natural to feel fear in everyday life.
C. In dangerous situations, fear may do good to your body.
D. Whenever you feel fear, you are likely to make a wrong decision.
2.How did the author and his brother go to California?
A. They rented a truck and drove it in turn.
B. The author and his brother drove different vehicles.
C. The author drove while his brother flew to California.
D. The author drove a rented car while his brother drove the truck.
3.To the author the trip is .
A. frightening B. pleasant
C. exciting D. exhausting
4.Mac asked his brother to turn on the radio and focus on that in order to let him .
A. keep using his brains
B. kill time during the long trip
C. think of other things instead of fear
D. enjoy the beautiful music along the way
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In old times, man considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries(神秘事物)of nature. In fact a single flash of lightning 1. 6 kilometers long has enough electricity to light one million lamps.
The American scientist, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to suggest that lightning is in fact electricity formed between the earth and clouds high above. It happened in 1752. In the same year, he also built the first lightning rod(避雷针)to protect buildings from being struck by lightnings.
Modern science has discovered that lightning is very strong and powerful. A lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travels at a speed of 30 million meters per second. Scientists have the opinion that there are about 2, 000 million flashes of lightning per year. In the United States alone, it kills almost one person per day. The safest place to be in during an electrical storm is a closed car. Outside, one should go close to low ground for cover and not stop under a tree. Also one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house people should keep away from open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.
1.From this passage we know lightning is_______ .
A. one of the great mysteries of nature
B. electricity high above the earth
C. a kind of light
D. the sound from the clouds
2.In the US _______.
A. every person can see lightning every day
B. at least one person is killed by lightning every day
C. there are about 6 million flashes of lightning per year
D. about one person per day dies from lightning
3.During a lightning storm, it would be best if you _______.
A. stand under a tree B. go outside C. stay in a closed car D. stop near windows
4.A lightning rod can _______.
A. prevent accidents caused by lightning
B. stop lightning
C. protect buildings from being washed away
D. delay the coming of lightning
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In fact, he ___ in bed all the morning without doing anything, but he _____ to me about that.
A.lied, lied | B.lay, lay | C.lied, lay | D.lay, lied |
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Some of the best things in life don’t happen until you grow old enough to recognize them. I can say that about tea.
I didn’t start to drink tea until I was 35. What happened before that? The first time I felt a genuine urge to drink tea was in 2003, when I stayed briefly in the United Kingdom. After a time of consuming local food, I started to really like strong black tea. Although it was too strong to my tongue, I felt it was a necessity because it was comforting to my body.
I took packs of green teas with me as gifts but was disappointed to find my British friends preferred much stronger black teas from Sri Lanka. Later I learned that although people know China for its teas, it ranks only third among the world’s black tea exporters, after Sri Lanka and Kenya.
After I came back to China and started to cover food stories, I met friends in the tea-drinking circle and learned more. Although the majority of the rest of the world drinks black tea, which the Chinese call“red tea”, China produces and drinks mostly green teas.
I feel lucky to be Chinese because of the great variety of teas available in the country. It is estimated that there are more than 2,000 teas in China if you divide them geographically, including more than 600 locally famous brews. A more simple way to categorize (分类) is by color and extent of fermentation (发酵). That comes down to six main categories—green, white, yellow, dark-greenish (oolong), red and black teas.
Tasting teas can be compared to our lives. They can be plain and predictable but sometimes they are full of pleasant surprises. Occasionally they can even seem too good to be true. The best thing is, you know there’s always more to explore.
1.Which country ranks first among the world’s black tea exporters?
A. Sri Lanka B. China
C. Kenya D. United States
2.The writer of this passage works as a ________.
A. manager B. journalist
C. scientist D. tea grower
3.All of the following statements about tea in China are true EXCEPT ________.
A. varieties of tea is planted and produced each year in China
B. all tea in China can be divided into six categories with no exceptions
C. tea in China can be categorized by color and extend of fermentation
D. tea in China can be divided into more than 2000 categories geographically
4.What column does this passage belong to in a newspaper?
A. World B. Business
C. Travel D. Lifestyle
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—Would you mind if I ______ the window?
—Not at all. In fact, I was going to suggest you ______ it.
A.open; did B.opened; to do C.open; doing D.opened; do
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The study showed a deep fear among the old people of _____ to the care of strangers.
A.abandoned B.to be abandoned C.being abandoned D.abandoning
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____ is known to us all that the old scientist , for ____ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.
A. It, whom B. As, whom C. As, whose D. What, whom
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_____ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for _____ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.
A. As; whom B. What; whom C. It; whose D. As; whose
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_____ is known to us all is that the old scientist, for _____ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.
A. As; whom B. What; whom C. It; whose D. As; whose
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