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宜宾市一中高2014级2016-2017学年上期第8周周训练 英语试题 班级________________ 姓名_______________ 学号__________________ 一.完形填空 (2016·山东省日照市校际联合检测)Every Wednesday, I go to Cantata Adult Life Services, a local retirement community, with my classmates to do community service. Our visits last about an hour, playing board games and cards with the residents __1__ were there. You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “life back then”， but nothing __2__ with talking to the people who were actually there. Just hearing their stories has __3__ me in a way I never thought possible. Whether it was talking to 98-year-old “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days __4__ a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely impressed by every single __5__ the residents wanted to share with me. Even the residents who dont have __6__ memories make the experience fulfilling. I remember visiting Mrs. Robinson. She couldnt __7__ much about her past, but she told me shed __8__ forget how kind I was just to listen to her “rambling (漫谈)”. It made me realize that its the __9__ things that make life worth living. Thats something I wont __10__ anytime. If theres one thing Ive realized in my three years of visiting Cantata, its __11__ — just being there — that means more than anything to many of the residents. And despite how __12__ our lives are, theres always time to make them happy. For me, it feels great to be a __13__ of happiness, a smile on a bad day or a(n) __14__ for old memories. And at the end of the day, thats all that __15__. Its easy to feel like you dont have much in common with the __16__ — especially when youre a(n) __17__. But thats not true at all. I hate to make much comment here, but age really is just a(n) __18__. As young adults, its important for us to realize this sooner __19__ later. We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often __20__ from teenagers, too. 1．A.until　　　　B．unless C．while D．before 2．A.compares