C

     The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society －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 Emils Comette, 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 (生育高峰期出生的人), 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 bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat 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.

64.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

65．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

66．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society 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

67．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

 A．Emily Cornette .    B．Ellen Cooper .    C．Jenny Joseph .    D．Joe Heywood .

68．Women join the Red Hat Society because_______________.

 A．they want to stay young  

B．they would 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

 (05·全国Ⅱ、全国ⅢB篇)

The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society －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 Emils Comette, 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(生育高峰期出生的人), 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 bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat 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.

44．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

45．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

46．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society 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

47．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?

       A．Emily Cornette .

B．Ellen Cooper .

C．Jenny Joseph .

D．Joe Heywood .

48．Women join the Red Hat Society because          .

       A．they want to stay young                     

       B．they would 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

Americans spend their free time in various ways．

America is a country of sports — of hunting, fishing and swimming, and of team sports like baseball and football．Millions of Americans watch their favorite sports on television．They also like to play in community orchestras （管弦乐队）, make their own films or recordings, go camping, visit museums，attend lectures, travel, garden, read, and join in hundreds of other activities．The people also enjoy building things for their homes, sewing their own clothes, even making their own photographs．They do these things for fun as well as for economy．

But as much as Americans enjoy their free time, the country is at the same time a “self-improvement” country．More than 25 million adults continue their education, chiefly by going to school in the evening, during their own free time, at their own expense．Added to the time spent on personal activities, Americans a1so devote a great amount of their time to the varied needs of their communities．Many hospitals, schools, libraries, museums, parks, community centers, and organizations that assist the poor depend on the many hours citizens devote to these activities, often without any pay．Why do they do it?

There are several answers．The idea of cooperating and sharing responsibility with one another for the benefit of all is as old as the country itself．

When the country was first founded in 1776, it was necessary for the settlers to work together to live．They had crossed dangerous seas and risked all they had in their struggle for political and religious freedom．There remains among many Americans a distrust of central government．People still prefer to do things themselves within their communities, rather than give the government more control．

Sometimes people offer their time because they wish to accomplish something for which no money is paid, to do something that will be of benefit to the entire community．It is true that some people use their leisure because they are truly interested in the work; or they are learning from the experience．

No matter what the reason is, hundreds of thousands of so-called leisure hours are put into hard, unpaid work on one or another community need．

1.This passage is mainly about ________．

       A．why America is a country of sports

       B．how Americans spend their free time

       C．why America is a “self-improvement” country

       D．how Americans are devoted to their community activities

2.The writer mentions the foundation of the country in order to indicate ________．

       A．the early history of America

       B．the American people’s determination to live

       C．the reason for Americans’ willingness to cooperate and share responsibility

       D．the American people’ s love for freedom

3.Which of the following best explains the meaning of the underlined word “leisure”?

       A．work time           B．energy                 C．effort                  D．spare time

4.What can we infer from the text?

       A．The first settlers left their hometown for political and religious reasons．

       B．Many Americans don’t trust the central government．

       C．American people enjoy building things for their homes just for fun．

       D．Americans continue their education at their own expense．

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中一项是多余选项。

以下是乐于提供帮助的人员的信息介绍，请匹配与他们所对应的帮助对象。

1．Stephen:  Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer．When I began to discover what other people's lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading．

2．Ben:  After graduation, I don't want to apply for a job at once．Instead, I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives．You know, education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I'll get valuable experience for my future career．

3．Susan:  I'm a girl from England and have studied French for years．I'm here in Fudan University studying Chinese．I like China as it is full of mysteries．So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China．Although my study is busy, I can be free at night and at the weekends．

4．Tim:  Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life, I understand young people's problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice．I'm working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others．

5．Lisa:  I burst into tears when I saw those children in a TV program．What a sight．They are only bone and skin left．What's worse, every day the children are dying because of lack of food．I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education．The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them．

以下是请求帮助者的资料：

A．As we know, the 2010 World Expo will be held in Shanghai and many people from other countries will come to visit China．The taxi drivers in Dongfeng Taxi Company think the way to show kindness is to be able to greet the foreigners in their languages．They need someone who can teach them languages and the best time is at night when they are not so busy．

B．Tom is so addicted to on-line games that he cannot concentrate on his study like before．Now he often misses school in order to play games, thus telling lies to his teachers and parents again and again．Though he realizes what he does is wrong, he just can't stop it．How badly he needs someone's help．

C．Mane, a 44-year-old single mother of three, has to walk two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she doesn't know which bus to take．What's worse, since she does not know words, she can not write out a shopping list．Also, she can only recognize items by sight, so if the product has a different label, she will not recognize it as the product she wants．

D．"Helping hand" organization will hold an event to help the starving children in Africa．The event starts in August and those taking part in will go without food for 30 hours．In this way, it is expected that money will be raised for the poor children．

E．"Green Earth" cares a lot for the animals in danger．Still many people in the world don't know much about the importance of animal protecting．This summer vacation a lot of events will be organized to call on people to live in harmony with our earth．

F． A group of young children in a remote village in southwest China are in great need of teachers． Because of the low salary, many teachers came and then went．The villagers hope to have a teacher who can stay for at least a year, because they know knowledge can make a difference to the  children's future．