广东省梅州中学2013届高三9月月考英语试题

第一部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

　 Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1 . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2 to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 . She found a new purpose for herself then.

Through the years, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9 old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10 . Anna Douglas uses her 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems