A. During three weeks
B. since three weeks
C. three weeks ago
D. for three weeks
He took his brother's address, got into his car and started out. He drove for a long time, but he didn't find the house __22__ he stopped and asked somebody to help him.
"Go straight __23__ this road for two miles(英里)," the man said, "then turn left, and then take the second road on the right."
Mr. Parker went straight along the road and turned left after two miles, but then he got lost again. He drove for __24__ mile, and at last he saw a road on his right and stopped. A woman was coming __25__ him, so he said to her, "Excuse me, is this the second road on the right?"
21)、
A.so
B.for
C.towards
D.along
E.another
22)、
A.so
B.for
C.towards
D.along
E.another
23)、
A.so
B.for
C.towards
D.along
E.another
24)、
A.so
B.for
C.towards
D.along
E.another
25)、
A.so
B.for
C.towards
D.along
E.another
-I'm sorry. Bob is not in his office.
-_________?
A.Can you take a message for me
B.Are you sure for that
C.Would you like to leave a message
D.Can you phone me-I haven't seen Belly for 10 years.
A、I am afraid so
B、I hope not
C、I don’t hope
D、I am afraid not
Mr Brown and his wife had a small bar(酒吧) near a railway station. The bar didn't close until midnight because people came to drink while they were ___21___ for trains. So the business was good.
At two o'clock one morning, a man was ___22___ sitting at the table in the bar. He was sleeping. Mr Brown's young wife wanted to go to ___23___. She looked around the bar several times, but the man kept sleeping. Then at last she went to her husband and said to him, “You have tried to wake that man several times, and he isn't drinking anything. Why haven't you sent him away? It's too ___24___.”
“Oh, no, I don't want to send him away,” he answered ___25___ a smile. “You know, each time I woke him up, he gave me five pounds. Then he went to sleep again.”
21)、
A.late
B.waiting
C.with
D.still
E.bed
22)、
A.late
B.waiting
C.with
D.still
E.bed
23)、
A.late
B.waiting
C.with
D.still
E.bed
24)、
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B.waiting
C.with
D.still
E.bed
25)、
A.late
B.waiting
C.with
D.still
E.bed
David Lansdale has found a way to spark 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 email...”
Pauline Allen is one of those who have 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 ?” asked the reporter. “That’s right, I found the keyboard.”
The average age of Lansdale’s students is around 68. All are in nursing homes 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 an incredibly precious opportunity for them.”
“I hear you are so beautiful.” Lillian Sher dictates e -mail to a newborn great-granddaughter. Working with one another, the seniors 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 cognitive decline.
Mary Harvey says, “Bingo just doesn’t appeal to 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, a tremendous element of therapy. Remember we started as a support group. ”
Dixon Morehouse says, “I just wish I were 15 years old and getting to learn all this.” The seniors 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. ”
1、The suitable title of this news story is ()
A、Lonely Senior Citizens and Their Volunteers
B、Senior Citizens in Nursing Homes
C、Senior Citizens Surf the Web for Health of Mind and Body
D、How Senior Citizens Learn to use Computer
2、What does the phrase “spark up ” mean?
A、light up
B、fire
C、bring
D、encourage
3、By saying “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.” Pauline Allen means ()
A、she used to think she was too old to do anything、But now she doesn’t think so
B、she is eager to look for a rocking chair to sit on
C、she would rather die in her rocking chair
D、she is too old and finds life is meaningless
4、Why did Mary Harvey’s grandchildren and great grandchildren hang her letter up in their offices?
A、Because there was a picture in her letter
B、Because she used to hang their letters up
C、Because they were proud of her
D、Because they liked to read the letter every day
5、Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of a web session on the Internet?
A、It can make senior citizens become closer to their family
B、It can contribute to family’s occasional visit to the seniors
C、It serves as a therapy
D、It can bring the senior citizens self-confidence
A.would
B.may
C.am able to
D.will be able to
He was holding up a notice which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously.”
Jessie felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.
“Thank you,” he said.
On the third day, however, Jessie did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar's bowl.
“What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬) today?” Jessie was very surprised by what the beggar said.
“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said “If you are blind,you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.”
“Ah,” explained the beggar,“ the truth is I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he's on holiday.”
“On holiday!” Jessie exclaimed. “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?”
“He goes into the country,” the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”
1)、The beggar was sitting in the busiest part of the city.
A.T
B.F
2)、On the first day Jessie gave the blind man some money.
A.T
B.F
3)、On the third day, the blind man noticed that Jessie had only given him fifty cents.
A.T
B.F
4)、The regular beggar went on holiday to another country.
A.T
B.F
5)、The beggar Jessie gave money to is working for his beggar friends.
A.T
B.F
I hadn’t seen him for years, but I () his voice on the telephone.
A.realized
B.recognized
C.discovered
D.heard
A.don’t they
B.hasn’t it
C.does it
D.do they