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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.
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
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Heesters shows us he ________.
B. is waiting for people to pick him up
C. is willing to work till he dies
D. prefers to give performance at home
B. as a senior citizen, you have to be open-minded and optimistic
C. old people should never think of themselves as old
D. old age can not prevent a great person from achieving a lot
B. pessimistic
C. positive
D. diligent
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from the South, dreaming about music. Joe and Delia met in a studio. Before long they were good friends
and got married.
They had only a small flat to live in , but they were happy. They loved each other, and they were both
interested in art. Everything was fine until one day they found they had spent all their money.
Delia decided to give music lessons. One afternoon she said to her husband:
"Joe, , I"ve found a pupil, a general"s daughter. She is a sweet girl. I"m to give three lessons a week
and get $5 a lesson."
But Joe was not glad.
"But how about me?" he said." Do you think I"m going to watch you work while I play with my art?
No, I want to earn some money too."
"Joe, , you are silly," said Delia. "You must keep at your studies. We can live quite happily on $15 a
week."
"Well, perhaps I can sell some of my pictures," said Joe.
Every day they parted in the morning and met in the evening. A week passed and Delia brought home
fifteen dollars, but she looked a little tired.
"Clementina sometimes gets on my nerves. I"m afraid she doesn"t practice enough. But the general is
the est old man! I wish you could know him, Joe."
And then Joe took eighteen dollars out of his pocket.
"I"ve sold one of my pictures to a man from Peoria," he said, "and he has ordered another."
"I"m so glad," said Delia. "Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend before. We"ll have a
good supper tonight."
Next week Joe came home and put another eighteen dollars on the table. In half an hour Delia came,
her right hand in a bandage.
"What"s the matter with your hand?" said Joe. Delia laughed and said:
"Oh, a funny thing happened! Clemantina gave me a plate of soup and spilled some of it on my hand.
She was very sorry for it. And so was the old general. But why are you looking at me like that, Joe?"
"What time this afternoon did you burn your hand, Delia?"
"Five o"clock, I think. The iron-I mean the soup-was ready about five, Why?"
" Delia, come and sit here," said Joe. He drew her to the couch and sat beside her.
"What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lesson? Tell me the truth."
She began to cry.
"I couldn"t get any pupils," she said, "So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl
accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that
I wasn"t giving music lessons?"
"It"s very simple," said Joe. "I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to
a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same
laundry where you work."
"And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?"
"Well, your general with his Clemantina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria."
And then they both laughed.
B. a music teacher
C. an artist
D. a laundry assistant
B. Delia earned $15 dollars a week easily
C. the couple worked at the same laundry
D. Clemantina and the general were kind
B. Clemantina
C. Herself
D. A girl
B. Clemantina was an invention of the man from Peoria
C. there were no such men as the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria
D. the general, Clemantina and the man from Peoria were the couple"s clients
B. honest
C. ashamed
D. heartbreaking
B. A story of Joe and Delia
C. Lies and truth
D. Servants of love
New Year"s Eve 1 to be held in Vermont. The father was 2 about the son hitting one of the
roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year"s Eve. The 3 that was reached was that
the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.
So he drove to Vermont, got completely 4 and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a
roadblock. He was told to 5 the car and stand in a line of people that were being given the infamous
sobriety (not drunk) 6 . However, the policeman 7 him out. He was 8 standing off to the side while
the others were 9 the police officer how well they could walk a 10 line, etc.
At 7:00 a.m., his father got up to answer the 11 . There were 12 policemen there. They asked him
if he was the 13 of that red FIAT. He replied, "Yes, I am," One of the policemen asked him if he was
driving the car the evening before and he said that his son had been the driver.
When the young man 14 himself in front of the policemen, he knew he was in some sort of 15 .
Upon questioning, he 16 that he was driving the car, but when asked if he had been 17 , he said,
"No!" When the policemen asked if he could see his car, he was unable to remember the 18 . He said
that it was in the garage.
And when the four of them walked out to look at the car,instead of looking at the car he had driven
the 19 before, they saw a 20 car parked there.
| ( )1. A. party ( )2. A. sure ( )3. A. suggestion ( )4. A. excited ( )5. A. stop ( )6. A. punishment ( )7. A. gave ( )8. A. considered ( )9. A. showing ( )10. A. long ( )11. A. telephone ( )12. A. two ( )13. A. manager ( )14. A. stood ( )15. A. trouble ( )16. A. believed ( )17. A. driving ( )18. A. drive ( )19. A. day ( )20. A. similar | B. meeting B. worried B. condition B. tired B. get out of B. test B. made B. required B. explaining B. straight B. call B. many B. father B. found B. test B. told B. hurting B. test B. morning B. familiar | C. concert C. curious C. conclusion C. drunk C. drive C. education C. missed C. suggested C. asking C. calm C. doorbell C. four C. student C. put C. danger C. admitted C. missing C. time C. afternoon C. police | D. sports meeting D. anxious D. agreement D. pleased D. get into D. talk D. found D. left D. telling D. direct D. question D. one D. owner D. took D. accident D. said D. drinking D. line D. night D. damaged | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As King Parveez and Queen Shireen were sitting in their palace one day, a fisherman who was selling beautiful fish was brought in front of them. King Parveez decided to 1 a fish and gave the fisherman 4,000 dirham for it. The fisherman was wild with 2 . He thanked King Parveez and left. Queen Shireen turned to her husband in anger and 3 him for paying so much for a fish. The king said that the fish was purchased and that there was 4 that could be done about it. 5 , Queen Shireen insisted that the fisherman should be 6 . She said, "We will ask the fisherman about the 7 of the fish. If he answers it is female, we will say we want a male fish and if he replies it is male, we will say we want a female fish! Either way, we will be able t  o return the fish and have our 8 back." So the poor fisherman was called back and was asked the question. Fortunately, he was 9 enough not to be caught out. The fisherman replied, "This fish is 10 in the sense that it is neither male nor female." King Parveez was so 11 by the wisdom of the man that he 12 a further 4,000 dirham to be paid to him. The fisherman thanked King Parveez 13 , but as he was about to leave with the heavy bag of money, one of the 14 fell onto  the floor. The fisherman 15 bent down tolook for the coin. "Look how greedy this man is!" Queen Shireen 16 . "One coin has fallen out of his money bag and he searches for it instead of leaving it for some other poor 17 in the palace to find." The fisherman heard this 18 and said, "It is not out of greediness that I search for the coin but rather because it had the picture of 19 King Parveez on it. I would not 20 anyone to step on the coin." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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n in the distance. As he described all these, Henry, on the other side of the room, would close his eyes and imagine the
ugh. He was choking. Henry watched 
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alked from shop to shop. Everything seemed so beautiful and so out of reach. It was starting to get 
silver bow. Bobby"s heart 
help Bobby to buy a gift