3.图表不放过，文字更重要。

2.题干研读需细心，关键词汇要抓牢。

2.“Let’s go down one more,push your enter key…”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 has 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,“Here they are in California,the family was back　 in New York,the opportunity to connect,to cross the time and space,was incredibly precious opportunity to them.”

“I hear you are so beautiful.” Lillian Sher writes an e-mail to a newborn greatgranddaughter.

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 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.”

2.The average occupancy rate for Thursday was ________.

A.27　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.31　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.29　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.28

1.The total number of units occupied during the week of July 14 through July 20 was ______.

A.240　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.239　　　　　　　　　　 C.244　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.234

1.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 JULY

MON.	TUES.	WED.	THURS.	FRI.	SAT.	SUN.
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Ms. Rossi owns the Roadside Motel(汽车游客旅馆)，which has 50 units.She wishes to keep a handy record of the number of units occupied(住房，占有).To do this she uses a calendar and writes the number of units occupied in a small box in the upper right-hand comer of each date.The following questions are based on the occupancy rate for July.

4.(★★★★)The negotiation of China’s entering the WTO has lasted about ________ years.

A.44.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.15.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.22.　　　　　　　　　　 D.10

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