Boris was a teacher. He taught science at a high school. For he needed some books for his lessons, he went to a bookshop to buy some. After he put them in his car in a quiet street, he went to buy some other things at other shops. When he came back to his car, one window was open and the books were gone. Boris drove home sadly.
That night he called a newspaper. The next day people read an advertisement in the newspaper:
Books: Have you got any old books? I buy old and modern books. Open all day on Saturdays. Boris 82 West Road.
And then he went to the police station with the Wednesday newspaper at once.
The first weekend, when Boris was staying at home, his first visitor came at 8:30 in the morning. Boris took him to the kitchen. At about ten o’clock another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
As soon as he saw Boris, he asked, “Are you Boris?”
“Yes, I am,” Boris said. “What can I do for you?”
“Look! I have got some good books here. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes. Bring them in. Let me have a look at them.”
Soon the books were taken in and showed on the dinning-table. “Sir, come out now,” Boris called. “And take the list with you.”
A policeman appeared in the dinning-room. He read the names on the books, and then read the names on the list in his hand. He found that they were the same.
“Come with me, sir,” the policeman said to the man.
【小题1】Boris bought some books. They are        books.
A.science              B.old                  C.cheap
【小题2】Boris probably bought the books on       .
A.Tuesday              B.Friday               C.Saturday
【小题3】Boris’        was open on Saturdays.
A.shop             B.school               C.house
【小题4】Boris looked at the books on the dinning-table and might think, “They’re all       .”
A.mine             B.his                  C.theirs
【小题5】The second visitor was taken away by        at last.
A.Boris                B.the first visitor            C.a policewoman

Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. They also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.

The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.

1.When will people become happier and experience less worry?

A. 18 years old     B. 80 years old     C. 50 years old    D. 25 years old

2.What does the underlined word“emotions”mean in Paragragh Two?

A. 体力           B. 情感          C. 智力         D. 目标

3.Who has the most sadness, stress and worry?

A. a fifty-year-old man             B. a fifty-year-old woman

C. a twenty-five-year-old woman       D. a twenty-five-year-old man

4.According to the last paragraph, why may people be happier at an older age?

A. They are more thankful for what they have

B. They have better control of their emotions

C. They spend less time thinking about their bad experiences

D. All of the above.

 

Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31,2009 at a nursing home(疗养院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.

Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking.

Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking,she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(残骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.

In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.

She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there,she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(纪念品).

Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.

1.Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank.

A.nine weeks old

B.twelve weeks old

C.two years old

D.twenty years old

2.Why did the Deans take the Titanic ?

A.They were going on a holiday

B.They were going to a party in the US

C.We can’t find out the reason from this passage.

D.They were going to visit their grandparents in

3.The underlined words “set off” mean ______ in the passage.

A. leave   B. start     C. improve    D record

4.Millvina Dean didn’t say anything about the Titanic until _______.

A.she was ill.

B.she was dying

C.the wreck of the Titanic was discovered

D.20 years later

5.From the passage above, we can’t infer (猜测) that _________.

A.seven hundred and five people survived in the Titanic sinking

B.Millvina Dean’s father died in the sinking

C.The wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985

D.Ms Dean wanted to see the film Titanic very much

 

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