Head held high, hands firmly gripping her walker, Mary Arnott, 99, walks slowly with dignity through the women’s changing room at the Etobicoke Olympium pool, past the teenage girls who have been blow-drying their hair for half an hour, into the mist of the showers, then out the door and first one into the heated pool. She jumps over to the shallow end, stopping to talk to friends—everyone knows Arnott here; she swims twice a week and treats it as a job—about their children, the viciousness(谬误) of bridge and their health.

In fact, Arnott is an exception to the exception. Not only has she lived 20 years past the average lifespan for Canadians, she’s healthy, her mind is sharp and she lives independently.

Born in Brooklyn on May 28, 1909, Arnott was raised on Staten Island. She survived scarlet fever(猩红热), helped bring up four siblings after her mother died in 1923 and worked as a secretary in New York City for 12 years, earning$35 a week and a$150 bonus at Christmas.

Now she’s happy living in a one-room apartment with a kitchen and a bathroom in her daughter’s house. She wears a hearing aid, does the cryptic(有隐义的) crossword with a magnifying glass, and can’t really explain why she has live so well so long.

Until recently, she has still liked to drink red wine—she used to drink two glasses before supper each day. It’s more likely genes, she admits. Her interest in other people and life in general may have had something to do with it. Asked if a star photographer can take her picture at the pool, Arnott seems cheerful.

“I look good in a swimsuit,” she says, nodding her head firmly. “I look better in a swimsuit than I do in pants. ”

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Mary Arnott can’t swim but she likes water.

B. Mary Arnott is afraid to swim at the swimming pool.

C. Mary Arnott likes to swim and is known to the local people.

D. Mary Arnott just likes to talk to her friends at the bank of the swimming pool.

2.Which of the following is TRUE as for Mary Arnott as an exception to the exception?

A. She lives with her daughter.

B. She’s healthy and her mind is sharp.

C. She likes to live with her children and has a happy life.

D. She has lived 30 years past the average lifespan for Canadians.

3.If someone asks about swimming, Mary Arnott may ________.

A. like swimsuit better B. like pants

C. like to sit at the bank D. like to swim with girls

Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.

Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu, The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous than he really was.

1.According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______.

A. poor old people

B. rich young people

C.parents with their children

D. men with their girl friends

2.The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in _______.

A. the color B.the price

C. the shape D. the food

3.According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _______.

A. always by the ladies only

B.sometimes by the ladies

C. always by the men only

D.either by the men or by the ladies

4.According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking,_____.

A. men are more generous than women

B. women are more generous than men

C.women like their men friends to be generous

D.men like their lady friends to be generous

One Friday we were packing to leave for a weekend away when my daughter heard cries for help. When I went to investigate, I discovered an elderly neighbour we knew had taken a bad fall on her front steps. She was clearly in so I helped her inside her house and settled her on the couch.

I noticed how and dark her place was and it was obvious she hadn't cleaned in a while. She she didn't need an ambulance or help and that someone would be around soon, so I her with a bottle of water at her side.

As I left, I felt saddened to that apart from a few smiles in the past 18 months we had been neighbours, we hadn't She didn't know my name and I didn't know hers, and I hadn't even noticed she hadn't been for weeks due to backache.

That weekend I my grandmother for her 80th birthday and noticed how clean and spacious her flat seemed in comparison to my neighbour's. Then my thoughts turned to all the — daughters, grandkids, nieces and nephews — my grandmother had, and how the atmosphere was.

My neighbour, as far as I knew, had no family dropping by to visit.

When I I went to check on her but she didn't answer my Trying the back door and it open, I walked inside. More grateful than scared to see me, she explained she was . Yet, unable to bend down due to her bad back, she could not unpack groceries a delivery boy had left at floor level. Her kitchen was filled with garbage she was unable to by herself.

We've since become good friends and chat every few days. She keeps thanking me for my kindness but I helping her. Every time I return from putting out her garbage, collecting her mail or just chatting, I feel a deep sense of and peace.

1.A. well B. barely C. widely D. never

2.A. pain B. relief C. sorrow D. surprise

3.A. vast B. quiet C. messy D. chilly

4.A. insisted B. promised C. advised D. agreed

5.A. technical B. legal C. financial D. medical

6.A. accompanied B. left C. annoyed D. warned

7.A. doubt B. notice C. regret D. realize

8.A. separated B. complained C. connected D. explained

9.A. outside B. inside C. away D. abroad

10.A. missed B. supported C. ignored D. met

11.A. assistants B. neighbours C. visitors D. fellows

12.A. lively B. tense C. romantic D. heavy

13.A. hurriedly B. officially C. normally D. regularly

14.A. moved B. returned C. departed D. wandered

15.A. phones B. questions C. knocks D. messages

16.A. blowing B. keeping C. finding D. tearing

17.A. fill B. poor C. ill D.OK

18. A. take out B. leave out C. pick out D. hand out

19.A. enjoy B. dislike C. consider D. risk

20.A. safety B. direction C. satisfaction D. Honesty

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