When She Was Sixty
Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card.Women may get the card when they are sixty.
Mrs. Mathews lived in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house,and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.
Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen's card,but when she used it for the first time on the bus,it made her feel very old.
The bus driver had often seen her travelling on the bus before,and he noticed that she was feeling unhappy,so after she had paid her money,he winkled (眨眼) at her and whispered.“Don't forget to give your mother's card back to her when yon see her again. ”
Mrs. Mathews was very happy when she heard this.
(1)Who can get a special card when they are sixty?
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(2)Before she was sixty, Mrs. Mathews used to _________.
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A.live alone
B.go to town once a month
C.go to town by car
D.pay the full price for her ride
(3)How was Mrs. Mathews feeling when she used the senior citizen's card for the first time?
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A.She was sad.
B.She was sorry.
C.She was proud.
D.She was disappointed.
(4)Why was Mrs. Mathews very happy when she heard the driver's words?
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A.Because she was travelling cheaply.
B.Because she loved her mother deeply.
C.Because she was still under sixty.
D.Because she thought she looked much younger than she really was.
(5)From the passage we know the bus driver
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A.had a poor eyesight
B.was not polite to old people
C.was a kind-hearted man
D.mistook her for a young lady
科目:高中英語 來源:英語教研室 題型:050
When I opened my e-mail the other day, a blond woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile and blow a kiss. I guess that the e-mail she was reading to me came from my brother, and that a lot of it was about the trouble he was having getting the phone company to set up his high-speed Internet hookup. Still, it was pretty cool.
Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets read to the recipient (接收者) by an attractive male or female form or by a devil or clown (小丑). The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www.facemail.com. And you can choose the face from an array (列表). If Facemail catches on—yes, I’d have to say that's still as if—it could change e-mail as we know it.
Facemail is about to get a lot more interesting. In a few weeks you will be able to speak into a microphone in your computer and have your own voice read thee-mail you send. The company has signed a deal with Kodak so that sometimes next year you will be able to submit a photo and your own face will be the one reading your e-mail.
The main thing Facemail has for it right now is that it's fun. That's no surprise, since the company's chief executive is Lucie Salhany, founder of UPN and former head of Fox Broadcasting. As its new capabilities kick in, Facemail could become a lot more popular. After all, what grandparent wouldn't prefer e-mail with the voice and picture of a grandchild instead of coldly impersonal text?
1.We can see from this passage the Rachel ________.
A. is a friend of the writer's brother
B. is working at a computer company
C. is an attractive woman hired to read e-mail for others
D. is not a real person
2.How can you get Facemail if you are interested in it?
A. You can get it at a very low price.
B. You can send e-mail at www.facemail.com.
C. You can get it through Internet for nothing.
D. You can place an order at www.facemail.com.
3.Sometime next year, you will _________________.
A. hear your own voice reading your e-mail
B. see your own picture while reading your e-mail
C. have your own face reading e-mail you send others
D. hear your own e-mil read together with your picture
4.We can infer from the second paragraph that the writer ________.
A. doesn't believe that the Facemail would become popular
B. doubts whether Facemail will be hot soon
C. is sure that Facemail will work wonders for e-mail
D. believes that Facemail has a good market ahead of it
5.The writer believes that Facemail could become a lot more popular mainly because ________.
A. it is convenient and fun
B. more and more advanced technology will be used in it
C. Lucie Salhany is in charge of it
D. it can make communications by computer more personal
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