王长喜-六考试标准阅读60篇31-40.docVIP

第31篇：(Unit?8,?Passage?3) For?four?lonely?years,?Evelyn?Jones?of?Rockford,?Illinois,?lived?friendless?and?forgotten?in?one?room?of?a?cheap?hotel.?“I?wasn’t?sick,?but?I?was?acting?sick,”?the?78-year-old?widow?says.?“Every?day?was?the?same—I?would?just?lie?on?my?bed?and?maybe?cook?up?some?soup.”?Then,?six?months?ago,?she?was?invited?to?“The?Brighter?Side”— Just?a?few?years?ago,?there?were?few?choices?for?the?elderly?between?a?normal?life?in?their?own?homes?and?being?totally?confined?in?nursing?homes.?Many?of?them?were?sent?to?rest?homes?long?before?they?needed?full-time?care.?Others?like?Mrs.?Jon