Every Wednesday，I go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community，with my classmates to do community service．

Our visits last about an hour, playing board games and cards with the residents we’re there．

You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about“l(fā)ife back then”，but nothing with talking to the people who were actually there．Just hearing their stories has me in a way never thought possible．

Whether it was talking to 98-year-old“Hurricane Hilda”about her glory days a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely impressed by every single the residents wanted to share with me．

Even the residents who don't have memories make the experience fulfilling．I remember visiting Mrs．Robinson．She couldn’t much about her past，but she told me she'd forget how kind I was just to listen to her“rambling(漫淡）”. It made the realize that it's the things that make life worth living．That’s something I won't anytime.

If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，it's that -just being there-means more than anything to many of the residents．And despite how our lives are, there’s always time to make them happy．

For me，it feels great to be a of happiness，a smile on a bad day or a(n) for old memories．And at the end of the day，that’s all that ．

It’s easy to feel like you don’t have much in common with the -especially，when you’re a(n) ．But that's not true at a11．

I hate to make much comment here，but age really is just a(n) ．As young adults，it's important for us to realize this sooner later．We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often from teenagers，too．

1.A．until B．unless C．before D．while

2.A．Compares B．competes C．combines D．connects

3.A．touched B．reached C．captured D．disgusted

4.A．1ike B．a(chǎn)s C．a(chǎn)bout D．towards

5.A．imagination B．truth C．picture D．memory

6.A．suffering B．depressing C．a(chǎn)mazing D．1onging

7.A．concern B．describe C．recall D．mention

8.A．ever B．a(chǎn)lways C．even D．never

9.A．important B．1ittle C．major D．sweet

10.A．care B．skip C．believe D．forget

11.A．presence B．a(chǎn)ppearance C．companion D．protection

12.A．messy B．happy C．easy D．busy

13.A．trend B．chance C．source D．cause

14.A．mind B．ear C．tongue D．heart

15.A．matters B．favors C．differs D．exists

16.A．friendly B．1ively C．1onely D．elderly

17.A．a(chǎn)dult B．teenager C．a(chǎn)dolescent D．waiter

18.A．a(chǎn)mount B．difference C．a(chǎn)dvantage D．number

19.A．or else B．rather than C．other than D．except for

20.A．hear B．differ C．judge D．benefit

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述作者每周三都同同學(xué)去做社區(qū)服務(wù)，再同那兒的居民相處的過程中，使作者了解到就是小事才使得生命有意義的道理。

1. visits last about an hour, playing board games and cards with the residents we’re there前文說我和同學(xué)一起做社區(qū)服務(wù)，應(yīng)是當(dāng)我們?cè)谀莾簳r(shí)，我們的拜訪持續(xù)一小時(shí)和居民玩桌游和紙牌，故選D

2. can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about“l(fā)ife back then”，but nothing with talking to the people who were actually there．你可以看那個(gè)時(shí)候你想看的電影和電視節(jié)目，但沒有什么比得上實(shí)際同在那兒的人交談，故選A

3. hearing their stories has me in a way never thought possible前文說沒有什么比得上同那兒的人交談，可知他們的故事應(yīng)該是感動(dòng)我，才讓我印象深刻，故選A

4. was talking to 98-year-old“Hurricane Hilda”about her glory days a roller skater應(yīng)該是同老人談到她作為滑冰者時(shí)的故事，故選B

5. was completely impressed by every single the residents wanted to share with me．前文說到同老人談到作為溜冰者的光榮歲月，或是同Lou談到她同著名演員跳舞，這些都是她們的記憶，她們想要同作者分享的，故選D

6. the residents who don't have memories make the experience fulfilling甚至是沒有這些讓人驚異的記憶的居民都豐富了我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，故選C

7. couldn’t much about her past應(yīng)是她不能回想起她的過去，故選C

8. she told me she'd forget how kind I was just to listen to her“rambling(漫淡）”前文說她忘了過去，但她絕不會(huì)忘我是多么善良聽她的漫談，故選D

9. made the realize that it's the things that make life worth living前文說僅是聽她的漫談就使得她感激于心，作者了解到就是小事才使得生命有意義，故選B

10. something I won't anytime，前文說到作者了解到就是小事才使得生命有意義，這是她不會(huì)忘記的事，故選D

11. there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata，it's that -just being there-means more than anything to many of the residents．如果還有一件我意識(shí)到的事，那就是在場(chǎng)—在那兒對(duì)于居民來說超過其他任何事，故選A

12. despite how 52 our lives are, there’s always time to make them happy．盡管我們的生活很忙，但仍有時(shí)間讓他們開心，故選D

13. me，it feels great to be a of happiness，a smile on a bad day糟糕的一天的一個(gè)微笑，可知應(yīng)是快樂的源頭，故選C

14. smile on a bad day or a(n) for old memories前文說作者聽老人講述回憶，可知這里應(yīng)用耳朵，表示傾聽舊回憶，故選B

15. at the end of the day，that’s all that ．前文說糟糕的一天的一個(gè)微笑，傾聽舊回憶在一天的結(jié)尾，那才是重要的事，故選A

16. easy to feel like you don’t have much in common with the –especially很容易覺得你與老年人沒有相似之處，故選D

17. easy to feel like you don’t have much in common with the -especially，when you’re a(n) ．你覺得你與老年人無相似之處，因?yàn)槟闶且粋�(gè)青少年，B泛指青少年，D指16歲以下的青少年，B選項(xiàng)更好一些，故選B

18. hate to make much comment here，but age really is just a(n) 年齡事實(shí)上只是一個(gè)數(shù)字，故選D

19. young adults，it's important for us to realize this sooner later。 sooner rather than later意為及早，作為年輕人，及早意識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)很重要，故選B

20. 考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。 根據(jù)句子 We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often from teenagers，too．我們能從老人那學(xué)到很多，他們也可從青少年那獲益，故選D

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