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英语 必修·第二册[S]作业与测评
Section Ⅳ Lesson 3
课时作业(五)
Ⅰ 完形填空
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep __1__. She then offered her __2__ with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she __3__ other old folks like her. By talking with them, she __4__ two things. Old people had abilities that were not __5__. But old people also had some __6__. She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years, she __7__ to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new __8__: Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about __9__ old.
Anna Douglas uses her __10__ ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands __11__ problems begin. For example, one of her __12__ said that his grandchildren __13__ the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas __14__ some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It's important to know __15__ about your grandchildren's world,” says Mrs Douglas. “They have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well.”
篇章导读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Anna Douglas(安娜·道格拉斯)虽然从教师工作上退了下来,但她做到了老有所为。她创办报纸专栏,为其他老年人提供帮助。
1.A.free B.rich C.powerful D.busy
答案:D 句意:她从教师工作上退了下来,然而她一直很忙。故选D。
2.A.service B.money C.students D.books
答案:A 从设空后的“that helped other businesses find jobs for old people”可以看出,她提供的是服务。 故选A。
3.A.observed B.met C.comforted D.answered
答案:B 从设空后的“By talking with them”可以看出,Anna Douglas每天都与很多老年人会面。 故选B。
4.A.recognized B.followed C.enjoyed D.demanded
答案:A 句意:通过与他们交谈,她认识到两件事情。recognize“认识到”。 故选A。
5.A.studied B.agreed C.gave D.used
答案:D 从她积极为老年人找工作发挥他们的余热可以看出,老年人有未被使用的能力。故选D。
6.A.mistakes B.problems C.questions D.characters
答案:B 从下文可以看出,有一位老年人不受其孙子孙女的欢迎,这是老年人面临的问题。 故选B。
7.A.had B.ought C.was D.used
答案:D 从下文“She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus’”可以看出,她为国家杂志写人物故事是以前的事。 故选D。