Anna Douglas was 72 year old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep . She was even willing to work without pay. She then found a job with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she with other old folks like her. By talking with them, she two things. Old people had abilities that were not . But old people also had some -- mostly problems with communication.
She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the years, from time to time, she had stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called ‘Sixty Plus”, which focused on old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being .
Anna Douglas uses her ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reason problems begin. For example, one of her said that his grandchildren the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It’s important to know about your grandchildren’s world,” says Mrs. Douglas, “That means questioning and listening -- and is not what old people do best.” she continues, “Say good things to them and about them. Never your grandchildren or other young people. Don’t them your opinion. Don’t tell them what they should do. They have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them .”
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A．as well B．so much C．either D．Instead
Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular(心血管) disease. Now Finnish scientists have shown that 50 in healthy people the pressure of work can cause damage.
High blood pressure, lack of 51 , smoking and being overweight 52 to heart disease—a 53 killer in many industrialized countries.
But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the 54 histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.
Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as 55 to die of heart disease, 56 the study published in The British Medical Journal.
Work stress 57 too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and 58 .
Many people work long hours but if the effort is 59 the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is 60 with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.
The British Heart Foundation said the results 61 earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater 62 of heart disease than other employees.
“It is 63 for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to 64 people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.
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A．contains B．brings C．proceeds D．involves
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Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors, doors may have 50 functions and purposes which lead to 51 differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different 52 and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “ PUSH ” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to 53 the building. This was new to me, because we use the 54 door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also 55 to me. I used to take the school bus to school. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back door. Students who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on 56 in South Korea. We do not need to wait for people to 57 . One morning I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I 58 tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me. I was totally 59 , and my face went red.
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A．national B．embarrassing C．amazing D．cultural
A．exits B．entrances C．signs D．doors
A．enter B．leave C．open D．close
A．main B．same C．front D．back
A．annoying B．hard C．satisfying D．strange
A．sooner B．later C．faster D．earlier
A．get on B．get off C．get up D．get up
A．politely B．patiently C．unconsciously D．slowly
A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．unsatisfied D．excited
Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents. The next day she drove her old car home along the road. 21 she found she got a flat. The 22-year-old student 22 to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk. No 23 tire.
At this time, a car 24 . Paul and Diane told Clay to 25 them to a service station near their 26 .They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to 27 with her car. “Follow us home,” said Paul. The couple called around to find a tire. No 28 . They decided to let her use their own car. “Here,” Paul said, handing Clay a 29 of keys, “Take our car. We 30 be using it over the holiday.”
Clay was 31 .“But I’m going all the way to South Carolina, and I’ll be gone for two weeks,” she 32 them.
“We know,” Paul said. “We’ll be 33 when you get back. Here’s our number if you need to 34 us.”
Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the 35 put her luggage into their car and then 36 her off. Two weeks later she 37 to find her old car cleaned inside and outside with three new tires and the radio 38 .
“Thank you so much,” she said. “How much do I 39 you?” “Oh, no,” Paul said, “we don’t want any money. It’s our 40 . ” Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to help others who need help.
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A．spare B．free C．full D．empty
A．passed B．stopped C．paused D．started
A．help B．push C．take D．follow
A．garage B．house C．shop D．hotel
A．agree B．match C．go D．deal
A．way B．message C．success D．luck
A．set B．number C．pair D．chain
A．can’t B．shouldn’t C．mustn’t D．won’t
A．satisfied B．worried C．astonished D．disturbed
A．persuaded B．advised C．reminded D．promised
A．happy B．here C．away D．busy
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A．owe B．lend C．give D．offer
A．wish B．job C．duty D．pleasure
I was very fond of hunting when I was a young man. In the autumn of 1915, I was __16__ in the northwest of India. One evening, after hunting in the forest all __17__， I was returning alone to the place where I had __18__ up my tent. I was tired __19__ hungry. It was getting __20__ and darker, and I was walking slowly __21__ a narrow path. On my right was a wide river; on my left, a __22__， dark forest. All of a __23__ I saw two green eyes looking at me from among the trees. I knew it __24__ be a man-eating tiger. The tiger was getting ready to __25__ on me.
My heart __26__. What could I do? Should I jump __27__ the river and hope to save my life __28__ swimming? I looked to the __29__. In the river there was a __30__ crocodile waiting to welcome me with its mouth __31__ open. I was so __32__ that I shut my eyes. And I thought it would be the end of my __33__. I heard branches moving __34__ the tiger roared (咆哮) and jumped. __35__ then I opened my eyes. What do you think had happened? The tiger had jumped right over me and now in the jaws (嘴) of the crocodile.
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I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 36 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 37 ．Through her work, she observed that 38 people spent a lot more time 39 than they did watching television．She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 40 TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 41 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 42 parts．Years later we realized her marks were a 43 ．Although we had no money, 44 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 45 ．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 46 ．I was cool.
One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 48 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With 49 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 50 with that arrangement．But once I got through 51 money, there was nothing left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a（n）52 over our heads and any kind of food on the table．I was also 53 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 54 intellectual（知识上的） preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 55 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.
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A．aware B．worried C．confused D．delighted
A．included B．required C．combined D．matched
A．actually B．shortly C．fortunately D．finally
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