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  When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma(文凭).

  “I just wanted to learn more,”she said. But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs White recalled(回忆),“I said my young friends can graduate from high school, so can I.”

  She seems to have been right. As soon as she completes a history course, Mrs White will graduate next month. And when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduste from high school in the United States.

  Mrs white is 98 years old; and nobody who has completed high school at an older age.

  Mrs White dropped out of school(退学)in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has obviously not been dulled (减弱) by the 80 year layoff(终止活动). Since going back to her sutdies she has kept up a straigt A record that is the highest possible.

  Now that she is about to get a diploma, Mrs White has become a strong believer in getting a good education.

  “I don’t like anyone dropping out of school,”she said.“It make me mad when a person decides to leave school, because future generations will have to know even more than we do in order to survive (生存).”

1.Mrs White dropped out of school when she was about ________.

[  ]

A.15
B.18
C.20
D.10

2.Mrs White’ s ability to learn is ________.

[  ]

A.not as good as the younger students’

B.quite obvious

C.the best in the class

D.among the best of the class

3.Which of the following statements is not true?

[  ]

A.Mrs White is determined to graduate from high school.

B.Mrs White has already been given a high school diploma.

C.Mrs White is the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the US.

D.Mrs White said that the young had to know more.

4.A good title for this true story would be ________.

[  ]

A.Have Respect for Old Age

B.Never Too Late to Learn

C.An Elderly Student

D.Mrs White’s Ability to Learn

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How Long Can People Live?

  She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.

  Whe n it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder.She lived to the ripe old age of 122.So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)?If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?

  Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers.“Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135,”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.

  Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees.“People can live much longer than we think,”he says.“Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110.When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120.So why can’t we go higher?”

  The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing.“Anyone can make up a number,”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan.“Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine.”

  Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries?Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120.Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most.So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller,“adding another 50 percent would get you to 120.”

  So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers?That life span is flexible(有弹性的),but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington.“We can get flies to live 50 percent longer,”he says.“But a fly’s never going to live 150 years.”

  “Of course, if you became a new species(物种),one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story,”he adds.

  Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve(进化)their way to longer life?“It’s pretty cool to think about it,”he says with a smile.

(1)

What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?

[  ]

A.

People can live to 122.

B.

Old people are creative.

C.

Women are sporty at 85.

D.

Women live longer than men.

(2)

According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ________.

[  ]

A.

the average human life span could be 110

B.

scientists cannot find ways to slow aging

C.

few people can expect to live to over 150

D.

researchers are not sure how long people can live

(3)

Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?

[  ]

A.

Jerry Shay.

B.

Steve Austad

C.

Rich Miller

D.

George Martin

(4)

What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?

[  ]

A.

Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.

B.

The average human life span cannot be doubled.

C.

Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.

D.

New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species.

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