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is secret for a long and healthy life has been well publishedno wine, no tobacco and no anger.Before setting off from Swansea with his 76yearold son, Amwell, he said jokingly, I39。m glad to see they39。ve given me a return ticket.21. The very reason that Mr Evans didn39。t go to see the world is that. A. he had already been on the sea to IlfrabeB. he was too busy to go too far away from homeC. he couldn39。t afford both the time and the money[來源:Z167。xx167。]D. he believed East or West, home is the best22. Mr Evans didn39。t like the wheelchair simply because A. he was not used to traveling in itB. the wheelchair was of poor quality and not easy to operateC. he actually preferred walking to sitting in it at homeD. he thought he was still young enough to manage the trip23. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Mr Evans had to work hard to raise his family when young.B. The trip of London excited Mr Evans very much.C. Mr Evans could not really enjoy the trip because of his age.D. Humor was one of Mr Evans39。 characters24. The probable explanation to Mr Evans39。 long life lies in .A. his good living habitsB. his hardworking for the familyC. his feelings to his hometownD. his living conditions near the SwanseaB Years ago when I was only ten my mother and father divorced. I felt as if my world was falling apart. Mother must have sensed my longing, for she would take my little brother and me back to visit my Grannymy dad39。s mother, on occasions, even after the divorce. I was always aware that Granny loved us. It was something you could feel with your heart, even when your world was turned upside down.I used to spend a lot of time with Granny when we lived in Cairo, next door to her and grandpa. But times and things had changed. Grandpa had died。 I didn’t get to see dad much, and I don’t know if Granny got to see her son very often either. But I knew she loved him. Love is like that。 it can see past the pain.Though she didn’t have much, neither did we, but she did something for my brother, Tommie and me. I will always remember。 she saved her pennies in a glass jar. I am sure Granny could have used those pennies herself but she saved them to give us when we came to visit. Because I was the oldest I was in charge of dividing the pennies equally between my brother and me.“One for you, one for me,” I would repeat until the jar was empty.Those memories of the past still give me warm feelings on days that I need them. A Granny’s love stays with a grandchild, down through the years, even when that child bees a grandma herself. I often wonder, after all those years, when I am lucky enough to find a penny lying on the ground somewhere, if it could possibly be Granny tossing me pennies from heaven.25. My mother took us to visit Granny because .A. she wanted to see her motherinlaw.B. she wanted to win back her husband through his mother.C. she knew Granny could relieve the writer39。s pain.[來源:]D. she had to turn to Granny for some money.26. The granny saved her pennies in a glass jar so that. A. she could get richer.B. she could do something for her grandchildren.C. she could have used them on occasions.D. she could find a penny lying on the ground.27. Which one of the following statements could be inferred from the passage?A. Granny wanted the writer39。s parents to reunite.B. Granny was so rich that she often gave pennies to her grandchildren.C. The writer remembered Granny because she could give her pennies.D. It was the deep love past pain that made the writer remember her granny. CWhat does the world look like to AI? Researchers have puzzled over this for decades, but in recent years, the question has bee more pressing. Machine vision systems are being used in more and more areas of life, from health care to selfdriving cars, but “seeing” through the eyes of a machine is still a challenge. Our inability to do so could have serious, even fatal, consequences. New research from Google and nonprofit lab OpenAI hopes to further open the black bo