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[单项选择]He was told he could join the army when he () old enough.
A. would be
B. should be
C. was
D. were
[单项选择](Despite) his old (age), he is still (very) (healthful) and often works in the field.
A. Despite
B. age
C. very
D. healthful
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Text 3 Much of the American anxiety about old age is a flight from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. In the more somber tradition of American literature -- from Hawthorne and Melville and Poe to Faulkner and Hemingway -- one finds a tragic depth that disguises the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the imagination, the great writers faced problems that the culture in action is reluctant to face -- the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in the back-and-forth shuttling of the eternal recurrence. The unblinking confrontation of death in Greek time, the elaborate theological patterns woven around it in the Middle Ages, the ritual celebration of it in the rich, peasant cultures of Latin and Slavic Europe and in primitive cultures; these are difficult to find in American life. Whether through fear of the emotional depths, or
A. In American life, people hardly mention the death.
B. In the Middle Ages, death was surrounded by respect.
C. In primitive cultures, death was faced with awe.
D. In Greek times, people .were afraid of facing death.
[单项选择]Many old age pensioners have no other source of income and pension levels are not adequate______.
A. living on
B. to live on it
C. to live on
D. living on it
[单项选择]Though he was almost ninety years old, he was still alive and ______.
A. alert
B. grave
C. elegant
D. persistent
[单项选择]According to the writer, women in old age are most likely to enjoy an increase in status in one of the following societies:
A. Japanese society.
B. Chinese society.
C. American society.
D. British society.
[单项选择]He lost all his money. The only thing he could do was {{U}}to call{{/U}} his wife for help at this moment.
A. being called
B. to be called
C. calling
D. call
[单项选择]When he was 15 years old, he started going on the______ and gradually became a little star.
A. stage
B. platform
C. shortcut
D. alien
[单项选择]Word came ______ she died of old age.
A. that
B. which
C. in which
D. how
[单项选择]()little we may like it, old age comes to us.
A. However
B. So
C. As
D. Despite
[单项选择]Peter could not believe his eyes()he saw old Jimmy dancing.
A. when
B. since
C. if
[单项选择]Though he is only seven years old, he has a ______ imagination.
A. faithful
B. fertile
C. frank
D. furious