Like most July days, it was hot. I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee. It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs.

As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.

“Poor woman,” I thought. “What does she get out of life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime(鼎盛時(shí)期)?”

As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years… In minutes the two of them were trembling (顫抖) with laughter.

I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself.

I was wearing a dirty shirt.

She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

I was in low spirits. She was laughing, smiling.

I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall.

She was old but it wasn’t hurting her.

As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive than I was. Age has not bent her spirit (精神).

1.The story happened in a coffee shop in July, didn’t it? （此題1分）

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2.What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop?

______________________________________________________________________.

3.How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days?

______________________________________________________________________.

4.What does the underlined sentence “I was putting the pieces of my life together” mean?

______________________________________________________________________.

5.How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage?

The old woman lived a ____________ life, while the young writer led a ____________ life.

6.What did the young writer try to tell us in the story? （此題3分）

______________________________________________________________________.

1.Yes, it did. 2.She felt sorry for her. She thought the woman was old and poor. 3.They were happy. 4.It means the writer was living a hard life. / struggled for the life. 5.The old woman ...
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