Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them.Their values---this can not be repeated too often--aren’t necessarily our values.Physical comfort,cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things.The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms,and an old person lying alone on bed,taking no notice of the worms.But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers,the ones who clear up the worms,think we’re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks(冒险)are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
Indeed,the old can be easily hurt or harmed.The old is like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it gets older.You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts.But never forget that such operations are painful experiences,however good the results are.And at what point should you stop to treat the old body?Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active,knowing that it is designed to die?You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide,because so long as they can see the technical chances,they will feel it necessary to give them a try,by the rule that while there’s life,there’s hope.
Talking to the old,however,you’re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun.
【小题1】After reading Paragraph 1，we learn that____.

A．very old people are able to keep their living places very clean

B．old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedom

C．every old people enjoy living with their relatives

D．social services have nothing to do with very old people

【小题2】Some social workers think that_____．

A．old people should keep their living places clean

B．one should not take risk dealing with old people

C．health and safety are more important than personal freedom

D．personal freedom is more important than health and safety

【小题3】In Paragraph 3，the underlined word“it”refers to____．

A．one’s memory or health

B．the conclusion you have come to

C．whether age is happy or unpleasant

D．your talk to the old people

【小题4】The writer of this passage thinks that_______．

A．it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death

B．the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is uncertain

C．old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich

D．medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors

The manager said, “Every means _____ tried, but there is no result.”

A. have been      B. has been        C. will be         D. were

20. He began to __________ because every means _______ tried already.

 A. lose heart; has been   B. lose heart; had been

 C. lose his heart; was    D. lose his heart; had

Zoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters.
Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing(缝纫) class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of the first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her $25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”
Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.
Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her company grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item. Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”
【小题1】We can learn that ______when she was in grade nine.

A．Zoe had no interest in designing clothes

B．Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothes

C．Zoe didn' t know how to make money

D．Zoe attended a business course

【小题2】After winning the contest, Zoe ______

A．considered it a reward

B．expected to be known

C．was proud of her own gift

D．could hardly believe it

【小题3】Zoe advised the teens  ______  .

A．to make efforts to achieve their dreams

B．to design and make their own clothes

C．to try every means to become famous

D．to do whatever they would like to

【小题4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How Zoe learned to design clothes.

B．A poor girl achieved success in business.

C．How Zoe got a prize in a contest.

D．A poor girl was invited to a TV show.

Every means ______ prevent the water from ______.

A．are used to; polluting	B．is used to; polluting
C．is used to; polluted	D．is used to; being polluted