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year for a nominal deliver inexpensive dinners to seniors who are homebound because of illness or Inter class begins this month for seniors who want to visit the World Wide Web. New activities at the Senior Center include Bingo on Friday and Saturday nights,with a grand prize of $50 each center is also offering Strength Training classes.“As you get older , ”said Carter , “you need to keep both your mind and your body active.” 64. According to Carter, we can learn ________. A. getting older means sitting around waiting to die B. seniors are as young and active as young people C. if they think they’re young , seniors will act young D. when people are young, they have time to do what they want to 65. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Many seniors realize that getting older means getting out. B . James Carter is one of the seniors who act old. C. Seniors can play Bingo at the Senior Center every night. D. Seniors can have their blood pressure tested for free once a month. 66. The underlined word“nominal”in Paragraph 3 roughly means “________” . A. low B. high C. actual D. normal 67. From the passage we can conclude that the Senior Center is ________. A. to make seniors young and active B. to keep seniors’ minds active C. to make seniors’ bodies active D. to help seniors live a fun and colorful life D Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs— what do they have in mon? They are,of course, all according to a survey by social working site , they all best illustrate(舉例說明 ) the word “cool” . But just what does it mean to say someone is “cool” ? Most would answer that it is something to do with being independent173。hearted. B. He knew the author well and always helped her. C. He showed his kindness to his girlfriend. D. He liked making fun of others. 58. How did the teenager help the author? A. He gave the author a glass of water. B. He ran following the author. C. He gave the author a lift. D. He ran with the author. 59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. The Kindness of Strangers B. An Unpleasant Friend C. Two Unbelievable Experiences D. Hitting the Wall B Exam results do not matter to future employers as much as candidates(應試者 )who are “job173。 A When was the last time someone did something unexpectedly nice for you? Not someone you knew, but a total stranger? It’s happened to me a few times , but two instances really stand out. A few years ago, I was dining out with a person who kept going on and on about himself, pletely unaware of the fact that I was sitting there in misery(痛苦 ). It wasn’t his pany that disappointed was recovering from a bad grade in my could have collapsed(崩潰 ) in tears right there at the table. When we picked up the check, the waitress said, “Your meal was already paid for.”My fri end and I didn’t have a clue how it I remembered a man ing in out of the corner of my was dressed in mostly white, sat down at the bar, had a glass of wine, stayed for maybe ten minutes, and then waitress said, “Yes , the gentleman who was in here a while ago paid for you.” Just last year, I was running a half173。 21. At the meeting they discussed three different ________ to the study of mathematics. A. approaches B. means C. methods D. ways 22. If you go for a long ride in a friend’s car , it’s the custom to offer to ________ some of the expenses. A. pay B. pay off C. pay for D. pay back 23. I’m very sorry to have ________ you with so many questions on such an occasion. A. attracted B. abstracted C. impressed D. bothered 24. ________ the buildings were knocked down in the tsunamis(海嘯 ) in Indonesia. A. A great many B. A number of C. A great many of D. A great deal of 25. This is the first time I________ Beijing. A. have visited B. visited C. am visiting D. will visit 26. It is almost five years ________ we saw each other last time. A. before B. since C. after D. when 27. Professor James will give us a lecture on Western culture, but when and where ________ yet. A. hasn’t been decided B. haven’t decided C. isn’t being decided D. aren’t decided 28. Working abroad is very ________ nowadays to many young people. A. geous B. disappointing C. attractive D. fortunate 29. — The Chengdu city is taking on a new look every day. — So it more traffic signs in English should be ________ in the streets for the good of the foreign tourists. A. made up B. built up C. taken up D. put up 30. They would ____