A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I decided to go for a 1 in the country. On the way back home,my car stopped. It was out of 2 on a lonely   road far from a town. I decided to walk until I found someone who could 3 me a gallon(加仑) or two of petrol. I had 4 almost a mile before I finally found a big house near the road. I was 5 to see it because it was starting to get dark. I 6 at the door and a little old lady with long white hair answered. She said, “I have been 7 for you a long time. Come in. Tea is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some petrol.” I answered. I couldn’t 8 what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Petrol? You used to 9 tea.”
I quickly 10 that I needed some petrol, but she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was 11 to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could. 12 , there was another house down the road and I was able to buy several gallons of petrol. When I told the man about my 13. He said,“Oh, that is Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s 14 but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago. The day before their 15 he left home and never came back because of the war.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      walk
    2. B.
      holiday
    3. C.
      drive
    4. D.
      picnic
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      work
    2. B.
      petrol
    3. C.
      order
    4. D.
      sight
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      buy
    2. B.
      borrow
    3. C.
      sell
    4. D.
      send
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      rested
    2. B.
      stopped
    3. C.
      stepped
    4. D.
      walked
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      amazed
    2. B.
      pleased
    3. C.
      surprised
    4. D.
      tired
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      beat
    2. B.
      stood
    3. C.
      knocked
    4. D.
      struck
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      waiting
    2. B.
      searching
    3. C.
      longing
    4. D.
      looking
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      order
    2. B.
      hear
    3. C.
      imagine
    4. D.
      remember
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      like
    2. B.
      have
    3. C.
      drink
    4. D.
      make
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      explained
    2. B.
      realized
    3. C.
      noticed
    4. D.
      discovered
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      excited
    2. B.
      anxious
    3. C.
      worried
    4. D.
      amazed
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      Fortunately
    2. B.
      Lately
    3. C.
      Immediately
    4. D.
      Personally
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      expression
    2. B.
      idea
    3. C.
      schedule
    4. D.
      experience
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      kind
    2. B.
      funny
    3. C.
      strange
    4. D.
      angry
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      marriage
    2. B.
      journey
    3. C.
      plan
    4. D.
      wedding
阅读理解。
     All over my garden I've planted nothing but roses, sweet and - if looked at far away-bright with color
like sunset clouds, I'd be very happy if anyone of my visiting friends should desire to pick and take some
for their homes. I trust that any friend of mine carrying the rose would disappear into the distance feeling
that his emotions had been rekindled (重燃).
     A close friend came for a visit the other day. I know her to be a lover of flowers and plants. And for that
reason I told her at her departure that she should pick a bunch of roses to grace her bedroom. I promised
that the smell of the roses would be wafted far, far away.
     That girl friend of mine, tiptoeing into the garden in high spirits, smelt here and there, but in the end she
didn't pick a single rose. I said there were so many of them that she would pick as many as she'd like to; I
told her that I was not a flower farmer and didn't make a living out of them. Saying so I raised the scissors
for the sacrifice of the flowers, but she stopped me, crying no, no, no!
     To cut such beautiful roses would hurt one, she said. With her hands seizing at my sleeves, she told me
that by no means should they be cut. Roses are the smiling face of the earth, and who could be so
iron-hearted as to destroy a smile so charming?
     My mind was thoroughly shocked: the ugly earth, the rough earth, the plain earth-it is for the reason
of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people.
1. The underlined word"wafted" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to "______".
A. moved
B. lost
C. destroyed
D. felt
2. The writer plants nothing but roses in her garden probably because ______.
A. she can make money out of them
B. her friends like them
C. she enjoys the roses very much
D. the roses can rekindle her friends' emotions
3. Why did the writer's close friend refuse to pick a single rose?
A. Because the roses were not beautiful.
B. Because she did not like this kind of roses.
C. Because the writer did not want to give her any.
D. Because she loved the roses very much.
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A lovely rose garden.
B. The smiling face of the earth.
C. The pity of people to the roses.
D. A lover of flowers.

D

Since the gene, called DAF-16 in worms, was found in many animals and in humans, the finding could open up new ways to affect aging, immunity(免疫)and resistance in humans, the scientists said.?

“We wanted to find out how normal aging is being governed by genes and what effect these genes have on other traits, such as immunity,” said Robin May of the University of Birmingham, who led the study.?

Populations across the world are aging at a surprising pace, bringing potentially big challenges for health and social care systems. A study by Danish scientists last year found that half of babies born in the rich world today will live to celebrate their 100th birthdays. Scientists are eager to find out how people age to try to develop drugs to help them stay healthier as their lives extend.?

“What we have found is that things like resistance and aging tend to go hand in hand,” May said in an interview.?

May’s team compared longevity, stress resistance and immunity in four related species of worm. They also looked for differences in the activity of DAF-16 in each of the four species, and found that they were all quite distinct.?

May said DAF-16 was active in most cells in the body and was very similar to a group of human genes called FOXO genes, which scientists believe play a role in the aging process.?

“The fact that subtle(微妙的)differences in DAF-16 between species seem to have such an impact on aging and health is very interesting and may explain how differences in lifespan and related traits have arisen during evolution,” May said.?

71. In which section may the text appear in a newspaper? ?

  A. Education.              B. Science.          C. Entertainment.         D. Culture.

72. According to May_________,.?

A. resistance has a lot to do with aging?         

B. FOXO genes can be found in worms?

C. genes play the same role in different species?

D. new drugs will change the genes in older people

73. What can we know from the third paragraph??

A. New ways have been found to affect aging. ?

B. Babies in the rich world will all live longer. ?

C. Present social care systems are poorly managed.?

D. Aging populations are causing more challenges.

74. From the text we know that DAF-16.?

A. is a gene that is only found in worms?     B. can make people live longer?

C. has an effect on aging and immunity?     D. has been quite familiar to scientists

75. What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Scientists Find Gene Linked to Aging          B. Population Aging Faster than Expected

C. How to Make People Live Longer             D. Gene Determines How Long We Live

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