题目内容
It used to be our custom to take handmade baskets to friends on May Day.We would1baskets on a doorstep, knock on the door, and then run away as fast as our legs could2us.It was delightful to peer (窥视) around a bush and watch our friends open their3and pick up the colorful gift,4who had left it out for them.
I clearly5the May Day of the year when I turned ten.That year I was faced with a(an)6involving one of my dearest friends, Pam.We had studied and7together nearly every day, but things8after a new family had moved into our small town.Pam was spending more and more time at their house and I felt9and left out.
When my mother asked me10I was going to take a May Day basket to Pam’s house, I responded11, “Absolutely not! I hate Pam.” I began to cry.
Mom wiped away my12and told me that things and people change.She explained that one of the greatest things friends can do is to give each other a13to grow, to change and to develop, and that it’s14for one’s friends to spend time with other people.
I15decided to give Pam a basket as a sign of forgiveness, and asked my sister to help me do it.As we watched from our16place, Pam picked up the basket and said loudly enough for us to hear, “Thank you, Susie, I hoped you wouldn’t17me!”
That day, I made a18that changed my life: I decided to hold my friends tightly in my heart, but19in my expectations of them, allowing them20to grow and to change—with or without me.
- 1.
- A.hang
- B.place
- C.throw
- D.give
- A.
- 2.
- A.send
- B.transport
- C.carry
- D.support
- A.
- 3.
- A.baskets
- B.eyes
- C.arms
- D.doors
- A.
- 4.
- A.asking
- B.wondering
- C.mentioning
- D.informing
- A.
- 5.
- A.remember
- B.experience
- C.remind
- D.grasp
- A.
- 6.
- A.plan
- B.task
- C.opportunity
- D.challenge
- A.
- 7.
- A.lived
- B.played
- C.traveled
- D.discussed
- A.
- 8.
- A.failed
- B.finished
- C.changed
- D.proved
- A.
- 9.
- A.started
- B.hurt
- C.paid
- D.injured
- A.
- 10.
- A.why
- B.what
- C.whether
- D.how
- A.
- 11.
- A.anxiously
- B.weakly
- C.angrily
- D.happily
- A.
- 12.
- A.tears
- B.thoughts
- C.unhappiness
- D.freedom
- A.
- 13.
- A.reason
- B.means
- C.chance
- D.direction
- A.
- 14.
- A.able
- B.impossible
- C.acceptable
- D.doubtful
- A.
- 15.
- A.nearly
- B.hardly
- C.finally
- D.generally
- A.
- 16.
- A.covering
- B.hiding
- C.cheering
- D.passing
- A.
- 17.
- A.miss
- B.forget
- C.disturb
- D.control
- A.
- 18.
- A.decision
- B.mistake
- C.suggestion
- D.difference
- A.
- 19.
- A.deeply
- B.shortly
- C.highly
- D.loosely
- A.
- 20.
- A.time
- B.space
- C.sense
- D.care
- A.
America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect (影响) American society in many ways --- education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society - one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior (行为)is suitable (合适) at different ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, ‘I am much younger than my mother - or my father - was at my age.’ No one says ‘Act your age’ anymore. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
【小题1】From the passage, we know in America____.
A.they used to go to school or stop work at a certain age |
B.people won’t tell you their social position |
C.the children no longer go to school. |
D.people hold the old ideas about the age as before |
A.has made people feel younger |
B.has changed people’s social position |
C.has changed people’s understanding of age |
D.has slowed down the country’s social development |
A.a society | B.America | C.a place | D.population |
A.be active when they are old |
B.do the right thing at the right age |
C.show respect for their parents young or old |
D.take more physical exercise suitable to their age |
A.normal | B.wonderful | C.unbelievable | D.unreasonable |