题目内容
8. we will win the next game, (likely)
我们有可能赢得下一场比赛。
8.It is likely that
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__prob?lems begin. For example, one of her 13said that his grandchildren" the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas 15 some ways to him to un?derstand 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. enj oyed D. demanded
5.A. studied B. agreed C. given 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
"If you're talking to me in a noisy restaurant and my nervous system is good at locking onto the sound of your voice,I can understand 1.______ you say better. ”
The research at Northwestern University shows that playing a musical instrument is good 2______. your brain. And the brain remembers how to lock onto the important sounds,3.______ our ears may not work as well as we age,and that helps us to hear better.
A scientist,living inFrancetwenty years ago,4.______ (write) about what he called the "Mozart Effect". He said that it could be helpful to the brain when 5.______ (listen) to the classical music of Mozart. Some researchers said that Mozart's music would make you much 6.______ (smart) ， or even help your brain cure some health 7. ______( order) . Others said that there was nothing special about Mozart's music. Any kind of high energy music would work. So if the cost of a musical instrument or music lessons is too costly,can we get 8______. same brain experience just by listening?
Usually people have teachers,or they can teach 9.______ music. But the point is that they're actively playing a musical instrument and engaging 10.______ making music instead of listening to music passively.
Why should you learn sign language? Do you want to improve your communication with a family member or friend who is deaf? Do you want to be able to communicate with deaf people in general? Would you like to advance in your career by being able to communicate in ASL? Do you want to be a sign language interpreter?
Sign language is not just a random(随意的) collection of gestures but a full-blown(完全成熟的) language in its own right,complete with its own grammatical rules. Each country or region has its own sign language, as different from each other as English is from Spanish. Each version of sign language is somewhat linked to the spoken language in its region. For example, Ameri?can sign language does share similarities with English, even though it is its own language.
The advantages of knowing sign language in addition to a spoken language are many. Com?munication becomes possible on many levels with the deaf community，with other people either hearing or not in any of the above situations, as well as many more.
While other languages take years to learn，American sign language can be taught in a much shorter time period. It is one of the easiest languages to learn because most of the signs were de?veloped to mimic the actual word or phrase it is representing. Even the alphabet signs look like the letters of the English alphabet.
American sign language, or ASL,is the third most used language in the United States, used by the deaf community, interpreters, and friends or family of the deaf. There are a lot of sites on the internet that not only show you the signs with video，but also help you practice read?ing signs as well.
Teaching babies sign language seems to be the fashion in recent years and for good reasons. Communicating in sign language is fun and natural as babies naturally use body gestures in early communication. Teaching baby sign language actually appears to enhance the learning of verbal skills and brain development of the children involved. ( ) 5. Which two regions share similarities in their sign language?
A. SpainandBritain. B.MexicoandUSA.
C. AustraliaandCanada. D.JapanandKorea.
( ) 6. Sign language .
A. is a collection of gestures
B.is easier to learn than English
C.is not very popular inUSA
D.has no link to the spoken language
( ) 7. One of the reasons for learning sign language is that it .
A.increases self-confidence
B.provides more choices of communication
C.trains your skills of using language
D.can improve your spoken language
( ) 8. Babies' learning sign language cannot .
A.help them talk sooner
B.help them walk sooner
C.increase communication at a very early age
D.help their brains develop
4. 我丈夫总是忘东西。
My husband things.
10. She came with her three friends,none of__________ I had ever met before.
3.As a scientist, she of these species. (curious)
作为一个科学家，她对这些物种的起源很好奇。
3.He one of the greatest scientists in the 20th century, (recognize)
他被认为是20世纪最伟大的科学家之一。
