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| Famous centenarians (百岁老人) still active in arts, science are in no mood to retire. "Those who stand still, die," is one of Oliveira"s favorite phrases. He knows from experience what it means, as the Portuguese film director has reached the age of 102 and is still active in his profession. Every year, Oliveira shoots a film and is currently working on his next project. "You have to work, work, work in order to forget that death is not far away," he said. When asked about his age, Oliveira said with some humility: "It"s down to mother nature. It gave to me what it took from others." Being both mentally and physically fit in old age is partly a matter of luck, but it also has something to do with character. Not every white-haired person is wise and social skills, openness and the ability to train the brain are essential for senior citizens. Along with the architect Oscar Niemeyer (103), Nobel laureate Montalcini (101) and director Kurt Maetzig (100), Oliveira is one of those people of whom it would be very wrong to think as members of a listless elderly generation. Another master in his profession is the architect Oscar Niemeyer. The 103-year-old Brazilian is best known for his futuristic-looking buildings in Brasilia, but he also speaks out on behalf of the poor. "The role of the architect is to struggle for a better world where we can develop a form of architecture that serves everyone and not just a privileged few," said Niemeyer recently. He spends almost every day working in his office in Copacabana, and even when he falls ill he keeps working on ideas: After a gallbladder (胆囊) operation he composed a samba tune (桑巴舞曲) in the clinic. Another man who could sing a song about age is 107-year-old Heesters. The Dutch-born opera singer spent most of his life performing in Germany, where he still works. Recently Heesters said: "I want to be at least 108-years-old." He also plans to keep performing. "Should I just sit at home and wait until they come and pick me up?" Heesters has not given up trying to add to his tally of awards and is looking for a "good stage role". Italian scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who is 101-year-old and is still active in medical science, has described the force that keeps driving her on: "Progress is created through imperfection." In 1986 she and her lab colleague were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work on nerve growth factor. She"s convinced that humans grow on challenges. With so many brilliant examples given, we can see clearly that age is no barrier to some high achievers. 1. From the first two paragraphs, we can see ______. A. being active at 102 is achievable for everybody B. Oliveira owes his long life to his mother"s help C. being fit in old age is a matter of luck and character D. social skills and wisdom are difficult for the senior 2. How many centenarians are mentioned in this passage? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 3. By saying "Should I just sit at home and wait until they come and pick me up?", Heesters shows us he ________. A. wants to sit or lie in comfort B. is waiting for people to pick him up C. is willing to work till he dies D. prefers to give performance at home 4. In the passage so many examples were given to show ________. A. old age is a big problem if you want to succeed B. as a senior citizen, you have to be open-minded and optimistic C. ole people should never think of themselves as old D. old age can not prevent a great person from achieving a lot 5. In the writer"s opinion, the architect Oscar Niemeyer is not ________. A. sympathy B. pessimistic C. positive D. diligent | |||||||
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| A few years ago my sister moved from her home in Alabama to Buffalo, New York. Since moving to Buffalo she"s become a big hockey fan and has encouraged me to start watching it. Unfortunately it"s very difficult to find hockey on television here in Alabama. Since hockey games don"t air very much on television I"ve had to look for different ways to watch hockey games. I often see websites that claim if you go to their website you can watch television on your computer. I try out many of these websites hoping that one of the television stations is a northern station that airs hockey games. Unfortunately, most of them don"t work. Either the site doesn"t really give you what they advertise or their video player doesn"t work properly. But finally I"ve found one websites that actually works. Free Tube is a site that you can go to and watch Television online for free. You don"t have to download any kind special software or pay money or even sign up for anything. All you have to do is go to Free Tube, choose your channel and start watching. The different channels to choose from are separated into different categories like news, business, entertainment, music and sports. You"re not going to find channels like NBC or ABC so you can watch the latest episode of Heroes or Grey"s Anatomy but it does include some popular channels like Cartoon Network and ESPN. There is also a movie section. Each move channel airs different sorts of films like adventure, classics, comedy or horror and that channel will always air that kind of movies. The movie section also includes my favorite station called Maxx Trailers (预告片). Maxx Trailers airs nothing but movies trailers 24 hours a day. Some of the trailers are for movies coming out and some are for movies that have already been released but already released movies don"t go back farther than a couple of months. So far I haven"t had any problems with Free Tube"s video player either. Whenever I choose a channel the video almost always works and usually loads every quickly. The only problem I have with Free Tube is that there is currently a glitch if you"re using Firefox. Once you choose a channel you can"t select another channel to change to, your web browser will freeze up. So if you"re using Firefox the only way to switch channels is to leave the site and re-enter the site, when choose what channel you want to go to. However, Free Tube is aware of this glitch and is working with Mozilla to get it fixed right away. If you"re missing some show everyone is talking about like Grey"s Anatomy or Heroes this isn"t really a solution for that. But Free Tube is a good way to find channels that you weren"t aware of; there are several good stations to be found. 1. The author mainly ________ in this passage. A. tells us his experience in using the Web. B. introduces Free Tube to the readers C. shows us the disadvantages of Free Tube D. shows us how to enjoy films online 2. The author got interested in watching hockey games ________ A. because he is a sports fan B. due to his sister"s influence C. since everyone enjoys the games D. because he has nothing to do all day long 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Free Tube? A. You"ll have to pay if you watch films on Free Tube. B. You"ll have to fix special software on your computer to visit Free Tube. C. Users have to sign up their user"s name first. D. Channels are divided into different categories on Free Tube. 4. Form the passage we can learn that _________ A. the author is also very fond of movies B. Maxx Trailers airs to-be-released movies C. ABC is a very famous TV station in America D. Firefox is the only software used to watch films online 5. The underlined word "glitch" probably means _________ A. cover B. change C. note D. fault | |||||||
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One summer day, with a heavy heart and four dollars in my pocket, I was 1 my way to get some milk and bread. In those days, I was a 2 visitor to the supermarket because there never seemed to be 3 money for a whole week’s food-shopping 4 , because the part-time job that I did could hardly 5 enough money for me to feed the children after my wife’s death. As I came to a red traffic light, I 6 a couple and a child by the roadside. The hot noonday sun beat down on them 7 mercy (怜悯). The man held up a sign which 8 , “Work for Food.” The woman just stared at the cars waiting at the red light while the child sat on the grass 9 a one-armed doll. I wanted so much to 10 them some money, but if I 11 that, there wouldn’t be enough left to buy the milk and bread. Four dollars will only go so far. As the 12 changed, I took one last glance at the three of them and sped off feeling both guilty (内疚的) and 13 . As I kept driving, I couldn’t get the 14 of them out of my mind. I even could not 15 it any more. Finally, I turned around and drove back where I had 16 seen them. I stopped my car and handed the man two of my four dollars. 17 he thanked me, I saw tears welling up his eyes. I 18 back and drove on to the supermarket. Perhaps milk and bread would be 19 , I thought. What if I only got milk alone, 20 just the bread? Well, I would have to do so. | |||||||
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