I've started to learn ancient Greek. It doesn't urge you to communicate,only to learn,and I find the early hours of the morning the perfect time for that. I love routine. I wait until 7 am to have tea. At 7:30 I make breakfast. After that,I read the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. 

   I read Marcia every day; it was his philosophy that got me through my son Matthew's 滅 death,four years ago in a motorcycle accident. Aurelius said: ‘What we jESHBlBl cannot bear removes us from life.’

Matthew's death was such a waste. At first I would rather have been dead too,but then I thought: ‘No. I mustn't do less. I must do more!'

   I am what you might call a late developer. I was 40 before I wrote my first novel,62 when I went to university. My husband,Neil,was a talented jazz musician,but at 25 he developed a serious illness,losing his speech and the use of the right side of his body. It was hell for all of us. We were so broke,and we lived on national assistance for ages.

   I wrote my first novel while Neil had his weekly music therapy(療法) . That 50-minute therapy was all I had. I used to sit in a cafe and write and write while couples had life-and-death quarrels around me. Gratefully,my family supported me in my writing career.

   My daughter Emma gave me War and I loved it so much. Then it hit me: I hadn't read it at all,I'd only read a translation,and I so longed to read the actual words. A kind elderly Russian lady taught me the basics and I joined the Russian language degree course at the University of London. I gained the degree in my sixties and a PhD at 74. People talk about ‘the time of their lives’. Well,that was mine. Don’t!et anyone tell you your memory goes with age. It's there if you want it enough. Gradually I forced it into action — it was such an exciting experience. Oh,the joy of learning.

24. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

   A. Learning. B. Communication.

   C. Having tea. D. Following routine.

25. Shortly after Neil fell ill,the author.

   A. led a difficult life

   B. went to university

   C. quarreled with him

   D. tried to write novels

26. The author decided to learn Russian because.

   A. her daughter advised her to do so

   B. it was one of her favorite languages

   C. she wanted to read a novel in Russian

   D. she wanted to make a Russian friend

27. What can we learn from the text?

   A. It's never too late.

   B. No sweat,no sweet.

   C. Every road leads to Rome.

   D. Never judge a book by its cover.

24. A 25. A 26. C 27. A

(個人情況)

本文是記敘文。作者以自己40歲 開始寫第一本小說、62歲開始讀大學的 經(jīng)歷告訴讀者：無論做什么事情，再大的 年齡都不晚。

24. A.篇章結構題。根據(jù)第一段內容可 知，作者現(xiàn)在開始學古希臘語并不是 因為急于用希臘語溝通，而是為了學習而學習，而且作者發(fā)現(xiàn)早晨的時間 是“學習”的絕佳時刻。

25. A.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的 We were so broke,and we lived on national assistance for ages 可知，丈夫 生病后，作者一家經(jīng)濟拮據(jù)，長期依 靠國家援助過活，生活困頓。

26. C.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的 My daughter Emma gave me War and Peace ... I so longed to read the actual words ... and I joined the Russian language degree course at the University of London 可知，作者因為 想讀《戰(zhàn)爭與和平》的原版，所以學習 俄語。

27. A.推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，作 者40歲幵始寫第一本小說、62歲開 始讀大學、74歲獲得博士學位。從她 的經(jīng)歷，我們不難看出無論做什么事 情，再大的年齡都不晚。

題目來源：2016年英語周報高三新課標 > 第47期 2015-2016高三課標

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