Question

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 　　The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone．Enter the Red Hat Soeiety— a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun． 　　“My grandmothers didn't do anything but keep house and serve everybody．They were programmed to do that,”said Emily Cornette,head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society． 　　While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf,women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age．But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers（生育高峰出生的人）,and the same people who refused their parents' way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old． 　　If you take into consideration feminism（女权主义）,a bitof spare money,and better health for most elderly,the RedHat Society looks almost inevitable（必然的）．In this society,women over 50 wear red hats and purple（紫色的）clothes,while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing． 　　“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins:“When I am an old woman,I shall wear purple/with a red hat which doesn't go,”said Ellen Cooper,who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998．When the ladies started to wear the red hats,they attracted lots of attention． 　　“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,”Cooper said．“Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves．”This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful．“We're a ladies' play group．It couldn't be more simple,”added Cooper's assistant Joe Heywood． (1) The underlined word “chapter”in paragraph 2 means ________ [　　] A． one Branch of an organization B． a written agreement of a club C． one part of a collection of poems D． a period in a society's history (2) From the text,we know that the “baby boomers”are a group of people who ________ [　　] A． have gradually become more noticeable B． are worried about getting old too quickly C． are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend D． tried living a different life from their parents when they were young (3) It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Socidty are ________ [　　] A． interested in raising money for social work B． programmers who can plan well for their future C． believers in equality between men and women D． good at cooking big meals and taking care of others (4) Who set up the Red Hat Society? [　　] A． Emily Cornette． B． Ellen Cooper． C． Jenny Joseph． D． Joe Heywood． (5) Women join the Red Hat Society because ________ [　　] A． they want to stay young B． they wonld like to appear more attractive C． they would like to have fun and live for themselves D． they want to be more like their parents

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;4．B;5．C;
解析：

(1)	解析：考点：根据上下文推断生词的词义；解析：文中head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society的the 7-year-old Red Hat Society是一个组织，可见chapter是它的一个分支（branch），而不是常见的“章节”之意。
(2)	解析：考点：理解文中具体信息；解析：下文（文章第3段末）…and the same people who refused their parents' way of being young are now trymg a new way of growing old．做了提示。
(3)	解析：考点：作出简单判断和推理；解析：文章第3段开始两句提示：While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf,women have sondetimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age．
(4)	解析：考点：理解文中具体信息；解析：文章第5段…said Ellen Cooper,who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998．提示。
(5)	解析：考点：作出简单判断和推理；解析：文章最后：“We're a ladies' play group．It couldn't be more simple”作了提示。