Twelve years ago, when I was 50,I wondered what 60 or 70 would be like? I looked around and saw only one style of living. It’s not fair, I thought. Young people have so many styles to choose from, but older people have just one choice. So I decide to do something about it , something practical.
I worked on my fitness by joining exercise classes in town. A few years later, my husband and I moved to a retirement munity, and I wanted to teach aerobic（有氧运动的）classes. The munity center wouldn’t give me a room to teach in, so I had to walk around and find any available empty room.
One day, the munity center staff came to me and asked if I would help with the entertainment for a Hawaiian luau（夏威夷式宴会）they were putting on. I said yes. Then I talked five other ladies into dancing with me. We performed the hula（呼啦舞）and a war chant and brought the house down. Someone had a camera and took pictures, and then sent them to our local paper. We got requests for more engagements, which in turn led to more publicity and yet more engagements. Soon we had invitations from all over the country. The Dancing Grannies were born!
I think the real secret of the Dancing Grannies is out attitude. I was raised extremely poor ---no-food poor. If we wanted toys we had to make things up to play with ,so I learned early to be very creative. And you know,I think being poor was one of the best things that ever happened to me because I learned to look for treasures.
That’s what I’m still doing today—looking for the treasure in growing old. I’m getting better and better.
It’s true that antiques have to be treated a bit differently, with a little care, but they still have a beauty of their own.
【小题1】What did the writer think of the living style of the older people when she was 50?A．UnsatisfyingB．FavorableC．PleasantD．Practical【小题2】Why did the writer have to walk around and find an empty room? A．Because she couldn’t offer an expensive room. B．Because she wasn’t given a room to teach in by the munity center. C．Because she wanted to find a better one.D．Because she wanted to keep fit by walking.【小题3】What can we infer from the writer’s performance? A．It was just so-so.B．It was a failure.C．It was average.D．It was a success.【小题4】What made the writer learn to look for treasures?A．Being activeB．Being creativeC．Being richD．Being poor【小题5】What does the underlined word “antiques” (in the last paragraph) refer to? A．Ancient treasuresB．Poor children C．Old peopleD．The Dancing GranniesA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文讲述在自己50岁曾经想象70岁以后的生活，太令人不满意了，所以当作者老了以后，开办舞蹈班，并且取得成功，得了老年人也可以把生活过得精彩。
【小题1】 A 细节理解题。A unsatisfying令人不高兴的；B favorable喜欢的；C pleasant令人愉快的；D practical实际的。根据第一段提到I looked around and saw only one style of living. It’s not fair, I thought.可知作者认为老年生活是令人不高兴的，所以选A项。
【小题2】B 细节理解题。根据第二段提到The munity center wouldn’t give me a room to teach in, so I had to walk around and find any available empty room.社区中心不能给我提供教课的教室，所以我不得不去找空闲的房间，所以选B项。
【小题3】 D 细节理解题。根据第三段提到的We got requests for more engagements, which in turn led to more publicity and yet more engagements. Soon we had invitations from all over the country. The Dancing Grannies were born!我们应邀参加许多活动，导致更多的来自全国各地的邀请，所以证明作者的表演十分成功，所以选D项。
【小题4】D细节理解题。根据第四段提到And you know,I think being poor was one of the best things that ever happened to me because I learned to look for treasures可知贫穷是发生在我身上最好的身上最好的事情，因为我学会寻找财富。所以选D项。
【小题5】C 细节推断题。根据最后一段提到It’s true that antiques have to be treated a bit differently, with a little care, but they still have a beauty of their own.这是真的，老年人应该被区别对待，多点关心，但他们仍然过了精彩的生活，所以antiques指的是老年人，所以选C项。