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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Guide to the best hotels in Boswell

 

Numbers of rooms

Price

Things provided

Single

Double

First Hotel 222 Edward Road

Tel. 414-6433

 

120

 

$25

 

$35

Air-conditioned (有空调的) rooms with phone, TV and radio. There is a French restaurant, a nightclub, a swimming pool. Close to the city centre.

Fairview Hotel 129 North Road

Tel. 591-5620

50

$12

$18

 Close to the airport. Telephones in each room. There is a bar, a restaurant and a swimming pool.

Orchard Hotel 233 Edward Road

Tel. 641.-6646

 

120

$15

$20

Face First Hotel with a European restaurant, a coffee shop and a nightclub. TV in each room with dry-cleaning service.

Osaka Hotel 126 Winning Road

Tel. 643.-6646

180

 

$30

 

$50

Air-conditioned rooms with Japanese and Chinese restaurants, shops, a swimming pool and a big garden.

根据所给信息提示,选择正确答案。

1.The cheapest room for a couple is _____ in _____.

A.$35; First Hotel

B.$30; Osaka Hotel

C.$18; Fairview Hotel

D.$15; Orchard Hotel

2.The number of rooms in Osaka Hotel is _____.

A.120

B.50

C.180

D.240

3. If a traveller likes to eat French food, the hotel at _____ is the right place for him.

A.222 Edward Road

B.126 Wining Road

C.233 Edward Road

D.129 North Road

4. Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?

A.First Hotel.

B.Osaka Hotel.

C.Fairview Hotel.

D.None of the above.

5. You’d better call _____ to book a room if you hope to live near the airport.

A.641-6646

B.414-6433

C.643-6646

D.591-5620

 

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