3．The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone．Enter the Red Hat Society-a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun．
"My grandmothers didn't do anything but keep house and serve everybody．They were programmed to do that，"said Emils Comette，head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society．
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf，women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age．But the generation now turning 50is the baby boomers （生育高峰期出生的人），and the same people who refused their parents'way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old．
If you take into consideration feminism （女权主义），a bit of spare money，and better health for most elderly，the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable（必然的）．In this society，women over 50wear red hats and purple （紫色的） clothes，while the women under 50wear pink hats and light purple clothing．
"The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins："When I am an old woman，I shall wear purple．With a red hat which doesn't go，"said Ellen Cooper，who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998．When the ladies started to wear the red hats，they attracted lots of attention．
"The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else，"Cooper said．"Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves．"This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful．"We're a ladies'play group．It couldn't be more simple，"added Cooper's assistant Joe Heywood．
24．The underlined word"chapter"in paragraph 2meansA．
A．one branch of an organization
B．a written agreement of a club
C．one part of a collection of poems
D．a period in a society's history
25．From the text，we know that the"baby boomers"are a group of people whoD．
A．have gradually become more noticeable
B．are worried about getting old too quickly
C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young
26．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society areC．．
A．interested in raising money for social work
B．programmers who can plan well for their future
C．believers in equality between men and women
D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others
27．Who set up the Red Hat Society？B
A．Emily Cornette．
B．Ellen Cooper．
C．Jenny Joseph．
D．Joe Heywood．
28．Women join the Red Hat Society becauseC．
A．they want to stay young
B．they would like to appear more attractive
C．they would like to have fun and live for themselves
D．they want to be more like their parents．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了红帽子组织，他们的成员是支持男女平等的人，鼓励募集资金或做任何有用的事，吸引了许多人的注意．
解答 24．A．词义猜测题．根据其定语"of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society"可猜测出这个词的意思是"某个组织的一个分部"；故选A．
25．D．细节推断题．第三段"But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers，and the same people who refused their parents'way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old．"说明她们想过一种新的生活；故选D．
26．C．推理判断题．根据文章第四段"If you take into consideration feminism （女权主义），a bit of spare money，and better health for most elderly，the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable（必然的）．"可推断出这个组织的成员相信男女平等；故选C．
27．B．细节理解题．从倒数第二段"Ellen Cooper，who founded the Read Hat Society in 1998"可知，Ellen Cooper创建了这个组织；故选B．
28．C．细节推断题．根据第一段"Enter the Red Hat Society-a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun．"可判断出她们参加这个组织的目的是获得乐趣和爱；故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
