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　　“Let's go down one more, push your enterkey… ” says a volunteer helping senior citizens work a web session on the Internet.

　　David Lansdale has found a way to light up the lives of the elderly. He gets them wired to the Internet, “If you hit your enter key, it will bring up this particular e－mail…”

　　Pauline Allen is one of those who have started using the Internet, “I thought I was through with life, I was ready for a rocking chair, because I was 86 years old. And I haven't found the rocking chair yet.” “You found the keyboard?” asks the reporter. “That's right, I found the keyboard.”

　　The average age of Lansdale's students is around 68. All are in nursing or assisted care homes. He used family relationships to introduce them to the World Wide Web.

　　David Lansdale says, “Herethey are in California, the family was back in New York, the opportunity to connect, to cross the time and space, was incredibly precious (valuable)opportunity to them.”

　　“I hear you are so beautiful.” Lillian Sher writes an e－mail to a newborn great granddaughter. Working with one another, the senior learn as a group. They learn to master the Internet and to overcome what Lansdale calls the maladies of the institutionalized：loneliness, helplessness, boredom, and loss of memory.

　　Mary Harvey says, “Bingo just doesn't interest me. But this does, believe me, this does.” Ninety－four－year－old Ruth Hyman is a star pupil and instructor. She says, “When I send a letter to my grandchildren, and great grandchildren, they hang it up in their offices, just like I used to hang their drawings on my refrigerator. Ha, ha.”

　　David Lansdale says, “There's a collective benefit. There is an element(因素)of treatment. Remember we started as a support group.”

　　Dixon Moorehouse says, “I just wish I was 15 years old and getting to learn all this.” The senior call their weekly meetings Monday Night Live. And many say the meetings have given them new life.

　　Ruth Hyman says, “Three years ago, they told me I wasn't going to live. But I showed them, and got work, and I've worked ever since.”

1．The purpose of David Lansdale's work is to ________.

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A．keep the minds of the senior healthy

B．popularize the use of computers among the old

C．organize the senior as a group to work

D．help the senior connect with their families

2．The words “the maladies of the institutionalized” used in the text refer to ________.

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A．the difficulties in learning

B．the problems caused by getting old

C．some kinds of treatments

D．the worries about the Internet

3．How many examples does the writer give to prove that the senior enjoy the Internet?

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A．Four

B．Five

C．Six

D．Seven

4．It can be inferred that Ruth Hyman's younger generations hang her mails up ________.

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A．in order to lose the letters

B．in order not to forget something important

C．to make the offices more beautiful

D．to show pride in their grandmother's work

5．What's the best title for the passage?

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A．How to keep healthy

B．The problems of the old

C．Senior citizens on the Internet

D．A school for the senior people

Answer 1

答案：A;B;B;D;C
解析：

1．A　　从第二自然段的第一句话“David Lansdale has found a way to light up the lives of the elderly．”可以推知。B项（在老人中普及电脑使用）、C项（组织老人去工作）、D项（帮助老人和家人联系）均不是其主要目的。本题正确答案为A。 　　2．B　　根据原文第六段中“They learn to master the Internet and to overcome what Lansdale calls the maladies of the institutionalized：loneliness，helplessness，boredom，and loss of memory．”冒号后的内容可推知正确答案。本题正确答案为B。 　　3．B　　本文作者列举了Pauline Alien，Lillian Sher，Mary Harvey，Dixon Moorehouse，Ruth Hyman五个人的事例来说明老人们非常喜欢上网。本题正确答案为B。 　　4．D　　从原文第七自然段中的“they hang it up in their offices，just like I used to hang their drawings on my refrigerator．（他们把它张贴在办公室中，正如我过去常把他们的画贴在冰箱上一样）”可推知小孩们对祖母的工作成果很自豪。本题正确答案为D。 　　5．C　　从本文的全篇意思来看，主要讲述了David Lansdale帮助老年人上网，丰富了老年人的生活，使很多老年人重新找回了生活的乐趣，据此C项最能概括全文的意思。本题正确答案为C。