How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years. Two Hundred years ago, you were old at 35. At the beginning of the 20th century, the average life span (平均寿命) was 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is still thought young.
So, how old is “old”? The answer is one you’ve heard many times, from all kinds of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel.” Your age simply tells you how many years you have lived. Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.
“Nobody grows old by living a number of years,” wrote a writer. “People grow old when they don’t have their ideals (理想).” People shouldn’t have the wrong ideas about aging. Sometimes, older minds can be as bright as young minds. Alice Brophy once said, “It makes me unhappy when people say, ‘You look young for your age.’ What does that mean? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.”
1.About 100 years ago, the average life span was __________.
A. 35 B. 45 C. 70 D. 80
2. The meaning of the word “aging” is __________.
A. growing old B. staying young C. keeping healthy D. feeling unhappy
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Old people are not as bright at young people.
B. All older people are healthy and strong.
C. Aging does not mean you become unhealthy.
D. Most older people are unhealthy and poor.
4. The passage is mainly(主要地) about _________.
A. the average life span B. aging
C. the 20th century D. older people and young people
Most people in America live in small family groups.
More than a quarter of homes in America have only got one person in them. Some
of these are old people but some are people of twenty or thirty years old who
would like to 
live
alone. 35％ of homes have two people in them, and
another 17％ have three people. 15％have four people in them, and the other homes have
five or more.
The families in America are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen years old, they leave their parents’ homes, and they often go to different cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year.
1.How many people in America have 3 people living in them?
A. 17% B. 15% C. 35% D. 5%
2.At
what age do childre
n
in America usually go away from. heir parents’ homes？
A. About 30 or 31 B. About 20 or 21 C. About I ? or less D. About 18 or 19
3. What is the passage?
A. A traveling story B. A report C. An invention D. A joke
“what’s the matter, mum?” As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is . It’s unusual —she usually the door and welcomes me with a smile!
“She's dying,” mum says sadly. I what she says. The tulip (郁金香), mother’s is dying.
A month ago, we moved our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. . she was free, she would sit her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour sweet smell.
She treated it like a baby and looked after it . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she every morning was the tulip, Mum also fertilized (施肥) it many times.
She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and , But the tulip was dying too much sunshine, water and fertilizer.
It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love.
1.A. happy B. unhappy C. pleased D. pleasure
2.A. closes B. opens C. keeps D. takes
3.A. know B. love C. think D. find
4.A. favourite B. hate C. unlike D. like
5.A. into B. around C. across D. with
6.A. Though B. Because C. After D. When
7.A. at B. in C. on D. under
8.A. but B. and C. for D. or
9.A. happily B. brightly C. carefully D. usually
10.A. other B. place C. two places D. another
11.A. got up B. made the bed C. played the piano D. washed her face
12.A. to take B. to cut C. to water D. to pull
13.A.
dry B.
strong C. w
et
D. old
14.A. because B. for C. since D. because of
15.A. must B. should C. may D. need
—Let’s go to the fashion show this afternoon, shall we? — I _________ it. It’s very interesting.
A. have seen B. am seeing C. saw D. had seen
—Could you lend me your pen? —Of course. I have two, and ______ of them write well.
A. any B. all C. both D. two
—The classroom isn’t _______. Will you please tune on the light? —Sure.
A. enough bright B. brightly enough C. enough brightly D. bright enough
