The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone.Enter the Red Hat Society -a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody.They were programmed to do that,” said Emily Cornette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age.But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.
If you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的).In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.
“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple.With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998.When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.
“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper saiD.“Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful.“We’re a ladies’ play group.It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.
56.The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________.
A.one branch of an organization B.a written agreement of a club
C.one part of a collection of poems D.a period in a society’s history
57.From the text , we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who .
A.have gradually become more noticeable
B.are worried about getting old too quickly
C.are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
D.tried living a different life from their parents when they were young
58.It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are .
A.interested in raising money for social work
B.programmers who can plan well for their future
C.believers in equality between men and women
D.good at cooking big meals and taking care of others
59.Who set up the Red Hat Society ?
A.Emily Cornette. B.Ellen Cooper.
C.Jenny Joseph. D.Joe Heywood.
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
[04年高考福建卷]Not too long ago ,an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly.A guest 36 out of our Polynesian Village resort(度假胜地)at Walt Disney was asked how she 37 her visit.She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) 38 vacation ,but was heartbroken about 39 several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet 40 .At that moment she was particularly 41 over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau , 42 this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now ,please understand that we have no written service rules 43 lost photos in the park. 44 ,the clerk at the front desk 45 Disney’s idea of caring for our 46 .She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 47 film ,promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a 48 at her home.In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 49 signed by each performer.There were also 50 of the public procession(游行队伍)and fireworks in the park ,taken by the front-desk clerk in her own 51 after work.I happened to know this 52 because this guest wrote us a letter.She said that 53 in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent 54 does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks.It comes from people who 55 —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude.
36.A.working B.checking C.trying D.staying
37.A.expected B.realized C.paid D.enjoyed
38.A.disappointing B.wonderful C.uncomfortable D.important
39.A.taking B.dropping C.losing D.breaking
40.A.developed B.taken C.washed D.loaded
41.A.silly B.nervous C.calm D.sad
42.A.when B.where C.as D.which
43.A.covering B.finding C.making D.keeping
44.A.Excitedly B.Fortunately C.Therefore D.Quietly
45.A.understood B.reminded C.trusted D.discovered
46.A.workers B.guests C.managers D.clerks
47.A.printed B.shot C.unused D.recorded
48.A.film B.card C.camera D.packet
49.A.frequently B.personally C.alone D.actually
50.A.rules B.pictures C.handbooks D.performances
51.A.case B.work C.time D.position
52.A.story B.place C.photo D.show
53.A.only B.almost C.never D.nearly
54.A.advice B.experience C.quality D.service
55.A.care B.serve C.like D.know
The project is so designed that once _______ nothing can be done to change it.
A.starts B.having started C.started D.starting
There was a man crying over there.He _______ himself.
A.could hurt B.might hurt C.must have hurt D.might have hurt
______ a good result,the professor decided to do the experiment once more.
A.Not getting B.Getting not C.Not having got D.Having not got
Mr.Shaw can’t get promotion ________ his lack of qualifications.
A.thanks to B.for C.because D.because of