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  When my father was dying, I traveled a thousand miles from home to be with him.It was far more heartbreaking than I'd expected, and was really one of the most difficult and painful times in my life.After he passed away I stayed alone in his apartment.There were so many things to deal with.Weeks passed; it all seemed absolutely endless.I was completely lonely.I hated the silence of the apartment.

  But one evening the silence was broken:I heard crying outside.I opened the door to find a little gray kitten(小猫)on the steps.He was thin and poor.I remember thinking that he looked the way I felt.I brought him inside and gave him a can of fish.He ate it, and almost immediately fell asleep right there on the kitchen floor.

  The next morning I checked with the neighbors and learned that the kitten had been abandoned by someone who had just moved out.As I walked back I tried to figure out what to do with him.Having something else to take care of seemed like the very last thing I needed.But as soon as I opended the apartment door he came running and jumped into my arms.It was clear from that moment that he had no intention of going anywhere.I decided to keep him-just until I went back home.I started calling him Willis, in honor of my father's best friend.

  From then on, things grew easier.No longer was I returning to a lonely, empty apartment.With Willis in my lap the time seemed to pass much more quickly.When the day finally came for me to return home, I had to decide what to do about Willis.There was absolutely no may I would leave without him.

  It's now been five years since my father died.Over the years, several people have commended on how nice it was of me to rescue Willis.But I know that we rescued each other.I may have given him a home, but he gave me something greater-the will to live, and an important lesson.

(1)

The author adopted the cat because ________.

[  ]

A.

she loved it very much

B.

she needed a pet to comfort her

C.

she thought they were in the same boat

D.

the cat was beautiful

(2)

The underlined sentence in the third paragraph suggests that the author ________.

[  ]

A.

needed something else to fill the empty apartment

B.

was too busy and tired to keep a cat

C.

loved being alone in the apartment

D.

needed something to take care of to kill the time

(3)

We can infer from the text that ________.

[  ]

A.

Willis has been living with the author since that time

B.

the author doesn't know much about her father

C.

the author and Willis were both homeless

D.

the father had died when his daughter arrived

(4)

What did the author learn from Willis?

[  ]

A.

East or west, home is best.

B.

Love me, love my dog.

C.

Never lose heart when life is hard.

D.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

答案:1.C;2.B;3.A;4.C;
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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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