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高二年级期末考试（英语卷） (满分120分，考试时间100分钟) 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节　(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Every Wednesday, I go to Cantata Adult Life Services，a local retirement community in Brookfield, Illinois, US, with my classmates to do community service. After my very first visit to Cantata，my life changed forever. That may sound a bit dramatic, but volunteering with the elderly has changed my views on life. Our visits last about an hour, and we bring 25-30 students every time. We play board games and cards with the residents while were there. You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “life back then”， but nothing compares to talking to the people who were actually there. Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible. Whether it was talking to 98-year-old “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days as a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely attracted by every single memory the residents wanted to share with me. Even the residents who dont have amazing memories make the experience satisfying. I remember visiting Mrs. Robinson. She couldnt recall much about her past, but she told me shed never forget how kind I was just to listen to her “rambling(漫谈)”. It made me realize that its the little things that make life worth living. Thats something I wont forget anytime soon. If theres one thing Ive realized in my three years of visiting Cantata, its that presence—just being there—means more than anything to many of the residents. And despite how busy our lives are, theres always time to make someones day. For me, it feels great to be a source of happiness, a smile on a bad day or a listening ear for old memories. And at the end of the day, thats all that matters. Its easy to feel like you dont have anything in common with the elderly—especially when youre a teenager. But thats not true at all. I hate to be overly clichéd(陈词滥调的) here, but age really i