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2023高考英语广东省名校模拟真题速递
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(2023秋·广东河源·高三统考一模)Once we reach the age 60 or 65,we all look forward to retirement and living a stress-free life.But that is not the____1____for David Flucker,from Scotland’s Edinburgh, who is 100-year-old. He still works three days a week at the St.Columbia’s Hospice Care shop.
David Flucker____2____his centennial birthday this June,but still went into____3____the next day, as usual,at the shop.David spends four hours traveling round trip to the shop—which he does regardless of the____4____David started working in the charity shop after he was____5____ with cancer and spent two weeks being cared for by the Hospice.He just wanted to pay it forward for the____6____he received.
“It is a wonderful feeling to be doing something,”said the___7___,who lives in Balgreen, Edinburgh.“It is two buses and a 20-minute walk to get to the shop, at least two hours. I work three days a week,Thursday,Friday and Saturday,which are the___8___days.”The grandfather -of- seven says the shop in Ocean Terminal gets a lot of donations, and he___9___the mall out to see if they’re OK.“We get a lot of toys, books, jigsaw puzzles,”said David.“We have got to check them all over.”But what he loves the most is the___10___aspect of his work—when people“come in just to chat”.David,who was widowed in 2010, also spends time building model railways which he___11___to raise money for the hospice.On 22 June,when the centenarian turned 100, the store dedicated a window display on his birthday showcasing a few___12___of his life.
Shared on Facebook, the post shows how Flucker has become an___13___for many around the world. The store___14___a post on the official page of Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre where Flucker’s workspace is located.The post got many___15___and comments and left social media users amazed.
1.A.plan B.hope C.work D.family
2.A.spent B.celebrated C.refused D.introduced
3.A.class B.work C.shopping D.hospital
4.A.energy B.time C.money D.weather
5.A.fight