文档介绍：广东省梅州中学2013届高三9月月考英语试题
第一部分:语言知识及应用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1 . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2 to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 . She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9 old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10 . Anna Douglas uses her 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems begin. For example, one of her 13 said that his grandchildren 14 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 15 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
1. A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy
2. A. services B. money C. students D. books
3. A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered
4. A. enjoyed B. followed C. recognized D. demanded
5. A. studied B. agreed C. gave D. used
6. A. mistakes B. problems C. questi