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1、考前题组集训 9Test 1.阅读理解AThe first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didnt know.I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire
2、 being.She said， “Hi，girl！My name is Rose.Im 87 years old.Can I give you a hug？”I laughed and enthusiastically responded， “Of course you may！” and she gave me a giant squeeze.“Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age？” I asked.She jokingly replied， “Im here to meet a rich husband，get marr
3、ied，have a couple of children，and then retire and travel！”“No seriously.” I said.I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.“I always dreamed of having a college education and now Im getting one！” she told me.Over the course of the year，Rose became a campus i
4、con and she easily made friends wherever she went.She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students.She was living it up.At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet.Ill never forget what she taught us.“We do not stop play
5、ing because we are old；we grow old because we stop playing.There are only two secrets to staying young，being happy，and achieving success.You have to laugh and find humor every day.Youve got to have a dream.When you lose your dreams，you die！” she said.“The idea is to grow up by always finding the opp
6、ortunity in change.Have no regrets.The elderly usually dont have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do.The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”She concluded her speech by courageously singing“The Song of Rose”She challenged each of us to study the lyrics(歌词) and
7、live them out in our daily lives.At the years end，Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.1Rose made herself known to the author in a manner.Aserious BcoldCcrazy Dhumorous答案D解析 细节理解题。根据第四段 Rose 的话可知她以幽默的方式与作者见面，故选
8、 D。2From the information provided in the passage，we know .ARose finished the college degree within a yearBRose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college educationCRose enjoyed her campus life very muchDRose grew so old that she stopped playing答案C解析 推理判断题。根据第
9、七段可知她喜欢校园生活，故选 C。3Rose delivered the speech .Aat the graduationBwhich she prepared carefullyCended with “The Song of Rose”Dto challenge all the other speakers答案C解析 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“She concluded her speech by courageously singing The Song of Rose ”可知她以 The Song of Rose 这首歌 结束了她的演讲，故 选 C。4The best titl
10、e for the passage can be .AGrowing Older or Growing UpBIts Never Too Old to LearnCHumour Does CountDChallenge Yourself答案A解析 标题归纳题。根据倒数第五段中“Ill never forget what she taught us.”及下文 Rose的演讲可知选 A。BBeing sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life.Relationships with family，friends，neighbour
11、s，even pets，will all do the trick，but the biggest longevity(长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship.The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr，who wrote that widows and widowers(鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.Studies since then su
12、ggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a mans life and two to a womans.The effect holds for all causes of death，whether illness，accident or selfharm.Even if the odds are stacked against you (the conditions are not favourable)，marriage can more than compensate.Linda Waite of the Univ
13、ersity of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart.Likewise，a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesnt smoke.Theres a flip side，howe
14、ver，as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses；death，and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems.Even so，the odds favour marriage.In a 30year study of more than 10,000 people，Nicholas Christakis
15、 of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.So how does it work？The effects are complex，affected by socioeconomic factors，healthservice provision，emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms(机制)For example，social contact can boost developme
16、nt of the brain and immune system，leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life.People in supportive relationships may handle stress better.Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.A life partner， children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100.The best social network is still being mapped out，but Christakis says
