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Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest lived human being on record．A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days．

Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died．She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old woman in good health than someone of 120．She still has a lively sense of humor．When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one．She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her．

So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors．Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips．She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115．However, until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke （now only a little）．Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes （基因） from her parents．Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86．

A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death．It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house．Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying: Sorry, I’m still alive!

1．How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?．

A．She is miserable and unhappy．

B．She is cheerful and humorous．

C．She would like to live much longer．

D．She feels she is going to die very soon．

2．We can owe Jeanne Calment’s good health and long life to _____．

A．smoking only a little every day．

B．her giving up smoking and drinking．

C．drinking two glasses of strong red wine every day．

D．the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises．

3．Which of the following word could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph?

A．deal B．trick C．march D．sport

4．Why does Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?

A．Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage．

B．Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed．

C．Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house．

D．Because the house she sold to the lawyer isn’t worth the money he has already paid．

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He rent a house ________ the year．

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During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live．One Sunday after church the pastor（牧师） told me to stay in his daughter's room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year．

To be _1_, I really didn't want to stay with “the pastor's family”．He told me how much the _2_ would be — a very low figure that _3_ one home-cooked meal a day．I thought about the _4_ and decided to move in．

At the end of the term I had planned to find _5_ living place, since the daughter was to _6_ home．To my delight, they _7_ that I share a room with their son．I seemed to have been adopted into their _8_ —her people．I _9_ accepted the offer．

As I emptied the daughter's bedroom, I thought it might be _10_ to have a little sister to look after．But when I later met my new sister, I _11_ that she was more independent than I first _32_．

We finally feel in love, _13_, and have looked after each other for many years．There have been times that life turned out more _14_ than either of us could have known．But we have always been able to go _15_ largely because we knew that we are deeply _16_ ．

It isn't about marriage …it's about _17_．It's about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as _18_ as family．It's about anybody who can say, “I'll be _19_ —you can count on me．I'll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me．”

Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is _20_ to look after, and when someone is looking after us．

1．A．honest B．surprised C．friendly D．please

2．A．price B．rent C．money D．pay

3．A．had B．included C．made D．contained

4．A．idea B．plan C．service D．offer

5．A．same B．different C．another D．extra

6．A．return B．go C．get D．leave

7．A．ordered B．agreed C．arranged D．suggested

8．A．house B．family C．group D．friends

9．A．happily B．sorrowfully C．evidently D．efficiently

10．A．bad B．exciting C．nice D．strange

11．A．realised B．thought C．knew D．doubted

12．A．saw B．told C．imagined D．believed

13．A．separated B．parted C．left D．married

14．A．smooth B．challenging C．hard D．different

15．A．backward B．eastward C．forward D．westward

16．A．hated B．cared C．felt D．liked

17．A．friendship B．relation C．love D．family

18．A．close B．good C．far D．long

19．A．away B．out C．in D．around

20．A．nobody B．somebody C．anybody D．everybody

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Directions：Read the passage and answer the questions or complete the statements

　　First Maggie, then 20, asked Stepmom and Dad if she could store a few boxes with them in Washington while she looked for another place to live．Then Maggie said she would like to move in to be with her boxes until her boyfriend Joe bought an apartment．Next Maggie asked whether Joe could move in“temporarily”until the apartment deal was closed．When Lucy and Pablo Sanchez returned home from vacation last Christmas, they found their small living room crammed with his boxes and a second welcome matnext to their own on the front porch(门廊)．Lucy Sanchez says：“I have a headache．”

　　Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest．The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its benefits particularly attractive to young people, say experts．A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally frustrated survivors back to parental shelters．For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so big that many students now attend local schools．Even after graduation, young people find housing costs soaring．

　　Sallie Knighton, 26, moved back to her parents' suburban Atlanta home to save enough money to buy a car．Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out．Her mother agrees,“It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent．It makes sense for kids to stay at home．”Bradley Kulat, 25, makes about ＄20,000 a year as an equipment technician in a hospital．That is enough to support a modest household, but he chooses to live at his parents' house outside Chicago．He admits to expensive tastes．He recently bought an ＄8,000 car and owns an ＄800 stereo system, a ＄300 ten-speed bike and an elegant wardrobe．Says his mother Evelyn：“It keeps you thinking younger, trying to keep up with them．”

　　Sharing the family home requires adjustments for all．There are quarrels over bathrooms, telephones and privacy．Some families manage the delicate balancing act．At 34, Esther Rodriguez dreaded returning to her parents' Denver home after three years of law school forced her ＄20,000 into debt．“I thought it was going to be a restriction on my independence,”she recalls．Instead, she was touched when her father installed a desk and phone in the basement so she would have a private study．But for others, the setup proves too difficult．Michelle Del Turco, 24, of Englewood, Colo．, a Denver suburb, has been home three times－and left three times．“What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol problem,”she explains．“He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to sneak around or meet them at friends' houses．”

(Write your answer with no more than FIFTEEN words．)

1．What does“a second welcome matnext to their own on the front porch”________(Paragraph 1)mean to Lucy?

2．Today, more and more people choose to return to the nest for ________ and ________ reasons．

3．The underlined expression“to admit to expensive tastes”means ________．

4．Why did Michelle Del Turco have to sneak around or meet his date at friends' houses?

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When I was in the final year of my graduation studies, I visited a friend’s home for lunch. The moment I reached his house, I found the staircases of his building were not so good and his home was not painted very well. I couldn’t 36 in words but it was not even the type of house in which a typical middle-class Indian family lives.
The greatest things I did find there were his parents. We sat on the ground for lunch because they didn’t have a dining 37 . His mother served us very delicious food, smiled throughout and showed care for the 38 lunch session. I can never forget that.
His father worked as a normal 39 and I wondered if he earned enough money to support their two sons. While we were taking lunch, his father returned home to meet us. When he entered their home, his hands were dark black and his clothes were very dirty. My friend had no 40 about his father and made the introductions.
As soon as his father came in, my friend asked me if I wanted “Papad”（a typical Indian food）to eat. Before I could say anything, the father very gently and kindly 41 it for me, after going through many staircases even though he was looking 42 .
Today, my friend is a leader in a big company. He is able to 43 high rent in Hyderabad and have a new beautiful home. Not only that, he helped his brother 44 in his studies and is still helping.
What I want to say is that I consider 45 as richness in a poor family. The amount of money you make won’t 46 other’s hearts; the only way is with love and kindness. Struggle and bad periods are needed for everyone’s life, as they make us strong. If you have strong willpower, goals and also the attitude of hard and smart work, you can 47 be a successful person in some areas of life.
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