Dear Abby,

I am a very conservative woman. I don’t drink, dance, wear makeups or pants. I enjoy the company of friends despite（尽管）our differences and thought they enjoyed mine.

On our most recent outing, however, they laughed at my religious jewelry, commented on my “lack of fashion,” and made me feel guilty for not wanting to stay out late.

Despite this, they are great friends and would help me at the drop of a hat. I don’t bring up their being overweight, or that I think some of the clothes they wear are ugly. I don’t criticize them for sleeping around. I wish they would accept me for who I am.

I am considering not going out with them the next time they ask, but I don’t really want it to come to that. Any suggestions?

—Just an Old-Fashioned Girl

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Dear Old-Fashioned Girl,

Just this: It’s time for you to start cultivating relationships with people whose values are more like your own. The friends you have described may be lovely, but their comments were out of line and folks are known by the company they keep. If you spend a lot of time with the women you have described, people will begin to make assumptions(臆断) about you.

                                                       —Abby

1. The underlined word “conservative” is closest in meaning to ________.

   A. beautiful    

B. old-fashioned    

C. overweight   

D. ordinary-looking

2. When did Old-fashioned Girl feel guilty?

   A. When her friends stayed out late.

   B. When she stayed out late with her friends. 

C. When she refused her friends’ request to stay out late.

   D. When her friends refused her to stay out late with them.

3. Which of the following could Old-fashioned Girl most possibly agree to?

   A. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

   B. Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

   C. The friend is the one who knows all about you, and still likes you. 

   D. True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. 

4. According to Abby, it’s a good idea for Old-fashioned Girl to ________.

   A. talk with her friends                

B. understand her friends

   C. forgive her friends                  

D. break up with her friends

 Do you have a sore throat, a running nose and a headache? Do you keep coughing and sneezing? If you do, the chances are that you have a cold or perhaps flu--- but which one? Although both colds and flu are caused by viruses, they are very different illnesses.

Colds, which usually last about a week, affect the nose most. They commonly cause a runny nose and sneezing. Sometimes, they cause a headache, a cough and slightly aching muscles.

Flu is much more serious illness and is caused by different group of viruses. People with flu usually get all the symptoms described above. However, they also get a high fever, a dry cough and much worse aching. Fever is one of the typical symptoms of the flu for all ages. The symptoms also last much longer. Sometimes they don’t disappear for at least two weeks.

Flu can be a deadly disease. The elderly, who are weaker and less healthy than most younger people, can die from flu. This is one reason why old people are advised to have a flu injection before the start of winter when flu is most common. This injection is inexpensive and definitely worth it.

If you have a cold or flu, you must always deal with used tissues carefully. Don’t leave dirty tissues on your desk or on the floor. Someone else has to pick these up and viruses could be passed on. And finally, remember to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze！You don’t want to see the small drop of liquids blown out of your nose and mouth when you sneeze, do you? Disgusting, eh? Now you can understand why it’s a good idea to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze!

1. In paragraph 4, we learn that ______.

2.Dealing with used tissues properly is important because ______.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

4.Which is probably the best title for the passage?

 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

Filled with sorrow, I didn’t notice the hardness of the chair I was sitting on. I was at the funeral of my   1 . The hurt was so intense, and I found it hard to   2   at times.

    Suddenly, I heard a   3   open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick   4   hurried along the floor. A young man looked around in a   5   and then sat next to me. His eyes were full of tears.

    “I’m  6  ,” he explained, though no explanation was   7  . After several eulogies (悼文), he leaned over and commented, “Why do they keep   8   Mary by the name of ‘Margaret’?” “Because that was her name, Margaret. Never Mary,” I   9  . “No, that isn’t correct,” he insisted. “Her name is Mary, Mary Peters.” “That isn’t  10   this is,” I replied. “Isn’t this the Lutheran church?” “No, the Lutheran church is across the street. I believe you’re at the   11   funeral, sir.”

    The solemnness (庄严) of the occasion   12   with the realization of the man’s mistake bubbled (充溢) up inside me and came out as  13  . I peeked at the misguided man seated beside me. He was laughing,   14  . I imagined Mother laughing. At the   15  “Aman”, we darted(猛冲) out a door and into the parking lot.

    “I do believe we’ll be the   16   of the town,” he smiled. He said his name was Rick and that   17   he had missed his aunt’s funeral, he asked me out for a cup of coffee. That afternoon began a lifelong   18   for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral. A year after our meeting, we were   19   at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.

    Whenever anyone asks us how we   20   , Rick tells them, “Her mother and my aunt Mary introduced us.”

1.A. neighbor                     B. sister                               C. mother                  D. aunt

2.A. stand                          B. imagine                     C. breathe                 D. explain

3.A. box                               B. door                                 C. bottle                     D. chair

4.A. claps                                      B. songs                               C. steps               D. noises

5.A. mood                           B. row                                 C. rush                        D. mess

6.A. full                                B. angry                               C. anxious             D. late

7.A. necessary                            B. impossible                C. natural                            D. uncertain

8.A. questioning               B. naming                            C. calling                    D. asking

9.A. whispered             B. shouted                          C. reported                  D. cried

10.A. who                            B. when                               C. where                  D. why

11.A. right                           B. same                               C. different             D. wrong

12.A. worked                      B. matched                         C. tied                                  D. mixed

13.A. tear                                     B. fighting                           C. singing                     D. laughter

14.A. though                     B. yet                                    C. too                                   D. still

15.A. middle                       B. second                                     C. final                      D. first

16.A. talk                             B. word                                C. eye                                   D. idea

17.A. although                            B. if                                  C. since                           D. before

18.A. journey                    B. waiting                                C. dream                             D. thought

19.A. protected                 B. married                           C. improved                        D. placed

20.A. lived                           B. met                                  C. grew                         D. stayed

Some people don’t mind being fat. Other people can keep slim (苗条) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don’t like it. The question is, what can thy do about it?

Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam.

A helpful way is food choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don’t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You’ll find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren’t cheap. Another says that if you eat things like hard-boiled eggs, and apples with their skins on which are hard for your stomach to digest (消化), the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food.

For most of us these methods are too extreme (极端的). The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates (糖类) that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice, and so on and eating anything else you like. It’s straight forward and often quite effective.

Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie countries. They get a table, which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast let of lamb gives you 330 calories and a 50 gram helping of Yokshire pudding gives you 130 calories.

1..

. According to the passage, the best way to keep slim is ______.

A. exercising       B. hunger       C. food-choosing        D. eating milk and bananas

2..

 There seems nothing wrong with exercise except that ______.

A. it makes you sweat                   B. it’s hard work 

C. it tires you out                         D. it makes you eat more

3..

. The practical method suggested here means ______.

A. sticking to bananas                  B. not eating many carbohydrates

C. eating as little as possible             D. eating things that are hard to digest

4..

. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage?

A. Don’t Eat Too Much              B. Various Ways of Losing Weight

C. Ways to Keep Fit                     D. Food and Health

Psychiatrists(精神病专家)，who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset(资产) in child raising----older parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with children. But raising kids takes money and energy, many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. Dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents’ biggest and often unspoken fear. Having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream.

Henry Metcalf, a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. But he’s  also worried that his energy will give out first. Sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but he’s learned that, young at heart doesn’t mean young. Lately he’s been taking afternoon naps to keep up his energy.” My body is aging,” says Metcalf, “You can’t get away from that.”

Often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school.” Says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist .But at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one. “that they will not be alive long enough to support and protect their child, ” she says .

Many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. After marrying late and undergoing years of fertility(受孕) treatment, Marilyn Nolen and her husband, Randy, had twins. “We both wanted children,” says Marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. The twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.”

Kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “The dads are older, more mature,” says Dr. Silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.”

1.Why do psychiatrists regard maturity as an asset in child raising?

A Older parents can better balance their resources against children’s demands.

B Older parents are usually more experienced in bringing up their children.

C Older parents are often better prepared financially.

D Older parents can take better care of their children.

2.What does the author mean by saying “For many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”

A They have to go on working beyond their retirement age.

B They can’t get full pension unless they work some extra years.

C They can’t obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of.

D They are unwilling to retire when they reach their retirement age

3.The author gives the examples of Henry Metcalf to show that______.

A many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age

B taking afternoon naps is a good way to maintain energy

C older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies

D older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children

4.What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?

A Being laughed at by other people           B Slowing down of their pace of life

C Being mistaken for grandparents           D Approaching of death

5.What do we learn about Marilyn and Randy Nolen?

A They thought they were an example of successful fertility treatment

B Not until they had the twins did they feel had formed a family

C They believe that children born of older parents would be smarter.

D Not until they reached middle age did they think of having children.