1 . This is a real story about an old man in China. Sixty-three-year-old Zhuang Guorong is a_______rural primary school art teacher, who has had a life of_______for more than 40 years.
Every year, the strong, younger-than-his-actual-age pensioner (领养老金者) goes to “the farmers’ home” of Chenyang Community to paint or_______other villagers how to paint.
“The farmers’ home”, a public building,_______the venue (聚集地点) for a_______ of the Sheyang Farmers Painting Institute. The institute is a government _______cultural organization in Sheyang County, in the north of Jiangsu Province, east China.
Zhuang works at the institute part time, and each year he_______up to ten paintings, which are then _______ by the local government. He_______ around 5,000 yuan — that’s about 740 US dollars — a year by doing this________ .
As well as earning himself some money, Zhuang says the job gives him an opportunity to ________his views of life to his fellow countrymen,________ the elderly.
“This painting is about a nursing home. We now live in a(n)________ society. We can no longer ________the traditional way of taking care of our elderly just with our children doing it.________, professional nursing homes are________ for elderly people’s ________.”
“In this painting, I________a scene of young people celebrating the birthday of a senior citizen. The ________I want to convey is that life in one’s later years can be happy. And all of my paintings are like this one — based on our ________lives.”
1. A.smart | B.famous | C.retired | D.strict |
2. A.painting | B.writing | C.farming | D.designing |
3. A.ask | B.show | C.teach | D.answer |
4. A.serves as | B.belongs to | C.looks like | D.stands for |
5. A.spot | B.branch | C.location | D.room |
6. A.decorated | B.supported | C.controlled | D.reported |
7. A.produces | B.invents | C.creates | D.exhibits |
8. A.published | B.collected | C.bought | D.recycled |
9. A.charges | B.spends | C.makes | D.donates |
10. A.work | B.test | C.charity | D.research |
11. A.give | B.offer | C.send | D.express |
12. A.especially | B.similarly | C.equally | D.generally |
13. A.harmonious | B.ageing | C.open | D.technological |
14. A.ask for | B.turn down | C.think of | D.rely on |
15. A.However | B.Instead | C.Besides | D.Therefore |
16. A.unusual | B.practical | C.useful | D.important |
17. A.body | B.welfare | C.spirit | D.health |
18. A.exhibited | B.displayed | C.described | D.imagined |
19. A.example | B.message | C.experience | D.topic |
20. A.real | B.different | C.normal | D.sad |