【正文】 is intended for ________. A． young children B． Disney World workers C． middle school teachers D． parents with young children 23． Which book describes women with characters of their own? A． Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts B． J. D. Salinger: A Life C． Red Wolf D． You Are Free B Social working isn‘t only for the under 40s. More than 25 percent of Americans 50 years and older stay connected using sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, according to new research. ―The latest data tells us that more and more social working is being a part of everyday life for Americans 50 plus,‖ said Kevin Donnellan, the chief munications officer at AARP, which released the report. Nearly a quarter of older Americans are on Facebook and 73 percent said they use it to stay in touch with relatives, but not just their children and grandchildren. ―They are using the Inter to keep up with the world and the people who are important to them,‖ said Jean Koppen, the author of the report. She added that older adults are also on Facebook to stay connected, not only with their family, but with their friends and those in the same age group. Almost 50 percent of older adults were introduced to the social working sites by a family member, mainly a child or grandchild. ―Just under onefifth of adults aged 50 and older say they do not use the Inter,‖ according to the report. The findings are based on a telephone survey of 1,863 adults. In addition to keeping up on Facebook and Twitter older adults are aware of the latest technology. Eightythree percent had heard about the Apple iPad and 11 percent intended to buy one. Despite the popularity of the Inter among the over 50s, they still mostly go to print newspapers and magazines for news. Only one percent said they followed blogs. 24. What is the main idea of the text? A. Social working isn‘t for the under 40s in the . B. American old people‘s way of life is quite fashionable. C. Social working is being popular among older Americans. D. Facebook, MySpace and Twitter are the most popular websites in the US. 25. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. 85% of Americans 50 plus choose the Inter over print media. B. About 460 people in the telephone survey often use Facebook. C. About 20% of adults aged 50 plus have access to the Inter. D. Three quarters of the people surveyed got to know the Inter through their family. the text, it can be concluded that______. A. many older Americans are openminded about new developments B. Kevin Donnellan approves of this change among older Americans C. Young people should introduce their elders to new technology D. In a high tech age it is difficult to avoid social working 27. Where does the text probably e from? A. A novel. B. A newspaper. C. A technology guide. D. A student‘s research paper C Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it。 the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(有現(xiàn)貨的 ), the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is pleted in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone39。s satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute impolitely。 he does so with skill: ―I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.‖ Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: ―This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.‖ Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only ―having a look round‖. She is always open to persuasion。 indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what panions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjo