In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (养老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.

Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.

We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.

All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.

How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!

80. A. fail                 B. disappear                C. die               D. hate

81. A. films        B. pets                C. television                  D. children

82. A. attention     B. freedom                     C. invitation                D. trouble

83. A. frozen                B. broken                    C. weak                   D. terrible

84. A. have pity on        B. deal with                    C. rely on                  D. get rid of

85. A. take away           B. give up                      C. dream of                D. care for

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. “You look    1    . Come and sit here,” she said. “    2     are you going?”

“I don’t know. I just want to catch a    3   and see what it will be like at the end.”

“I’m afraid you’ll see     4     there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?”

“How can I do that while my heart’s    5   ?” I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I’ve had a similar experience to you. Thirty-five    6     ago, my husband had a car accident. He left our three children and me. I was deadly sad and so hopeless at that time. I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took    7    to the sea.   8  , they seemed to know what would happen, they all     9   loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me    10    . How could I   11    my hope to live just because of one of the life problems? After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live    12    and one of them has his own family.” said the woman slowly.

Then the woman gave me a    13  , “Little girl, remember, you should never wait for the door to    14    before us. We should find the key    15    the door or try to find another way.”

The bus came and I got on it with a smile.

1 A. tired               B. excited              C. happy               D. well

2 A. What                     B. How                 C. Where               D. When

3 A. train               B. bus                   C. boat                  D. plane

4 A. nothing                  B. everything         C. something         D. anything

5A. smiling                   B. breaking            C. singing              D. dancing

6 A. days               B. weeks               C. months             D. years

7A. her                         B. them                 C. him                   D. it

8 A. So                         B. Or                    C. Besides             D. However

9A. laughed                  B. talked                C. spoke                D. cried

10 A. in                        B. out                    C. up                    D. down

11 A. give away             B. give up              C. get up               D. stand up

12 A. happily                 B. sadly                 C. badly                D. quickly

13A. cry                       B. shout                C. hit                    D. smile

14A. open                     B. close                 C. lock                  D. mean

15 A. for                      B. of                     C. to                            D. by

An interesting thing happened to me last Sunday. The sunshine was 31 beautiful that I decided to drive in the country. 32 my way home, my car stopped. I was out of gasoline(汽油) on a road away from a town. I decided to 　33 along the road until I found someone who could sell me some gasoline.

I had walked almost a long way before I finally found a big 34 near the road. I was 　 35 to see it because it was getting dark.I knocked on the door and a small old lady with long white hair answered. She 　36 , “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. Come in, please. I got 37 ready for you.”

“But I’ve come here only for some gasoline.” I answered. I didn’t know 　38 she was talking about. I didn’t understand her.

“Oh, Tony! Gasoline? You used to love tea.”

I quickly explained that my car was out of gasoline, 39 she didn’t seem to hear me. She just kept calling me Tony and talking about how 40 it had been since she had seen me. She was talking so strangely that I wanted to 41 . As soon as she went to get the tea, I went out of the house as 　42 as possible.

I was so happy when I saw 　43　 house by the road. I was able to get some gasoline. When I told the man about the old lady, he said, “Oh, that’s Helen. She lives all by herself in that big house. She’s 44 , but she wouldn’t hurt anyone. She is still waiting for the man whom she was going to marry(结婚) twenty-five years ago. The man was named Tony. The day before they married, he went away and 　45 came back.’’ I understood!

(　 ) 31.A.so　　　　　 B. such　　　　 C. very　　　 D. too

(　 ) 32.A.On　　　　 B In　　　　　 C. By　　　　 D. Over

(　 ) 33.A.drive　　　 B. walk　　　　 C. ride　　　 D. climb

(　 ) 34.A. house　　　 B. tree　　　　 C. hospital　　 D. car

(　 ) 35.A.sad　　　　 B. angry　　　　 C. happy　　 D. surprised

(　 ) 36.A. said　　　 B. speak　　　　 C. asked　　 D. talk

(　 ) 37.A. gasoline　　 B. milk　　　　 C. tea　　　 D. water

(　 ) 38.A.that　　　　 B. who　　　　 C. when　　　 D. what

(　 ) 39.A.or　　　　 B. then　　　　 C. but　　　　 D. later

(　 ) 40.A. long　　　 B. far　　　　　 C. often　　　 D. much

(　 ) 41.A.stay　　　　 B. leave　　　　 C. sit down　 D. have a rest

(　 ) 42.A. quietly　　 B. quickly　　　 C. early　　　 D. slowly

(　 ) 43.A.others　　　 B. the other　　 C. else　　 　 D. another

(　 ) 44.A. kind　　　 B. warm-hearted C. strange　　 D. friendly

(　 ) 45.A. often　　　 B. usually　　　 C. never　　 D. sometimes