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Mary Josephine Ray，the New Hampshire woman，who was the oldest person living in the United States，has died at age 114 years,294 days.She died yesterday at a nursing home in Westmoreland but was active until about two weeks before her death，her granddaughter Katherine Ray said.
“She just enjoyed life.She never thought of dying at all，”Katherine Ray said.“She was planning for her birthday party.”
Ray was the oldest person in the United States and the second oldest in the world，according to the Gerontology Research Group.She was also recorded as the oldest person ever to live in New Hampshire.
Ray was born on May 17,1895，in Bloomfield，Prince Edward Island，Canada.She moved to the United States at the age of 3.She lived for 60 years in Anson，Maine.She lived in Florida，Massachusetts and elsewhere in New Hampshire before she moved to Westmoreland in 2002 to be near her children.Ray’s husband，Walter，died in 1967.Survivors include 2 sons,8 grandchildren,13 greatgrandchildren and 5 greatgreat grandchildren.
The oldest living American is now Neva Morris of Ames，Iowa，at age 114 years,216 days.The oldest person in the world is Japan’s Kama Chinen at age 114 years,301 days.Morris，the Iowa woman now believed to be the oldest US resident (居民)，lives at a care center.Only one of her four children，a son in Sioux City，is still alive.
6．What is the best title for this passage?
A．The oldest person in the US died at age 114.
B．The oldest person in the US died for no reason.
C．The oldest person in the US wanted to live longer.
D．The oldest person in the US was happy at a nursing home.
7．Which of the following statements about Mary Josephine Ray is WRONG?
A．She was born on May 17,1895，in Canada.
B．She died at the age of 114 years,294 days.
C．She was still very active in her last two weeks.
D．She was not at her own home when she died.
8．From what Katherine Ray said，we can learn Mary Josephine Ray________.
A．didn’t know how to enjoy life
B．didn’t like holding a birthday party
C．was afraid nobody would come to her birthday party
D．was not troubled by the thought of dying
9．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．Mary Josephine Ray liked moving.
B．Mary Josephine Ray lived a very hard life.
C．Mary Josephine Ray had a very big family.
D．Mary Josephine Ray lived with her children until 2002.
10．According to the passage，who is the oldest person in the world?
A．Mary Josephine Ray. B．Neva Morris.
C．Kama Chinen. D．Walter.
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Martin Baker is a bus driver. He lives in a small town with his wife and four children. His wife's father, Mr. Butcher, lives with them, too. He is too old to do any work. He sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in summer, when it is warm enough to sit outside, he sometimes takes his chair into the garden.
Mr. Baker has been very ill for over a month. He has been too ill to do his job. He is not well enough to go back to work. He is still too weak to drive his bus.
Martin's oldest son is twenty-five. He teaches in a village school. He lives in the village because it takes too long to travel there every day from his father's house. The other children are not yet old enough to go out to work. They are still at school -- except for the youngest daughter. She is still too young to go to school.
1. From the passage we can know Mr. Baker's
A. age B. job C. work place D. parents
2. Who is the oldest in the family?
A. Mr. Baker. B. Mrs Baker. C. Mr. Butcher. D. Mrs Butcher.
3. What does Mr. Baker's oldest child do?
A. He's a teacher. B. He's a student.
C. He's a bus driver. D. We don't know.
4. Of the Bakers' children, how many of them go to school?
A. Three. B. Two. C. One. D. None.
5. Mr. Baker's oldest child may be about years older than his youngest one.
A. fifteen B. ten C. thirty D. twenty
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