【正文】 nited States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more。 D. Neither “David” nor Jean. 4. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Don’t believe those you get to know on so easily. B. People don’t use their real names on so often. C. Don’t go to meet those you get to know on . D. People should tell their real names to others on . HLinda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding (婚禮) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda. Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill. One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but J still wrote to her. She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。 1. Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very ________.A. strange1. Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his?________________________________________________________________ 2. What did the friend want him to buy?________________________________________________________________3. How about Einstein’s overcoat?________________________________________________________________4. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a worldfamous physicist?________________________________________________________________5. What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat?________________________________________________________________COnce Goethe, the great German poet, was walking in a park. He was thinking about something when he noticed he came to a very, very narrow road. Just at that time, a young man came towards him from the other end of the road. It was too narrow for both of them to pass through at the same time. They stopped and looked at each other for a while. Then the young man said rudely, “I never make way for a fool.” But Goethe smiled and said, “I always do.” Then he turned back quickly and walked towards the end of the road.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答問題。 D. water5. The square window box is ________. A. a car or a bus she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted hearttoheart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易動(dòng)感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”. As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原諒) me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a onepage letter, folded(折疊) and refolded many times. Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。B. was from San FranciscoC. sent her a picture of himselfN B. a very small earth monster C. a TV setD. beautiful2. Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.A. a monkey B. a earth monster C. a tin box D. a strange world3. The earth monster doesn’t have ________.A. heads, arms and legs B. brown or yellow strings on its head C. a hole on its face D. a swing on its body4. The earth monsters don’t put ________ on their holes.A. nice things B. balls1. The tailor went to see his doctor because he has got a headache. 2. There is nothing serious with the tailor. 3. A man with the same trouble as the tailor a few days ago. 4. The doctor gave the man and the tailor the same advice. 5. The tailor was worried because a man couldn’t pay his bills. JI worked for a short time as a cashier(出納員) at a restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the