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  When Ben delivered milk to my home one morning before Christmas, he wasn't his usual sunny self.He told me a customer had left without paying the bill, $79, nor leaving her new address.So it meant that he had to cover the loss.

  “She was a pretty woman,”he said,“with six children and another on the way.She was always saying.'I'm going to pay you soon when my husband gets a second job.'I believed her, but she left.Isn't it annoying?”

  “Give her the milk.Make it a Christmas present to the kids who need it.”I said.

  The holidays came and went.On a sunny January morning two weeks later, Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street, waving money.He recognized her immediately-the woman who didn't pay her bill.

  “I'm so sorry.”she said.“I really have been meaning to pay you.”

  She explained that her husband had come home one night and announced he'd found cheaper apartment.He' d also got a new job.With all that happened, she'd forgotten to leave the new address.“But I've been saving,”she said.“Here's $20 toward the bill.”

  “That' s all right,”Ben replied.“It's been paid.”

  “Paid!”she exclaimed(惊叫).“What do you mean?Who paid it?”

  “I did,”Ben said,“It went to the children as a Christmas present!”

(1)

Ben was upset one morning because ________.

[  ]

A.

a customer left without paying the bill

B.

he lost $ 79 on the way of the delivery

C.

he had to buy a present for the children

D.

he was going to lose his job

(2)

The author helped Ben by offering him ________.

[  ]

A.

a Christmas present

B.

the debtor' s new address

C.

some money to cover the loss

D.

a suggestion to cheer him up

(3)

We can probably infer from the passage that the woman ________.

[  ]

A.

cheated to raise her children

B.

moved to escape paying back the debts

C.

was a person with honesty

D.

wanted to give her children a Christmas gift

(4)

What is the best title of the passage?

[  ]

A.

An Unhappy Christmas

B.

An Unusual Present

C.

A Poor Couple's Life

D.

A Helpful Customer

答案:1.A;2.D;3.C;4.B;
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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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