C. Love and kindness are rewarding. D. Elderly people deserve respecting.

答案与解析

　　【文章大意】 文章讲述了作者听了女店主的话备受鼓舞，将原本给女友的花转赠了给她，女友因感动而嫁给了他。

21. 答案 C

解析 细节理解题。由第一段第一句的关键词date及最后一段girlfriend可知，答案是C项。

22. 答案 B

解析 词义猜测题。根据She smiled ... I retuned her gift by smiling back.一句可知选B项。

23. 答案 D

解析 推理判断题。根据第四段The only problem is that I can't figure out why she'd want to date a guy like me.暗示作者当时的不自信；后来年长女士说Well, I think she's very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her，前后对比，极大地增强了作者的自信心而给了他很大的鼓舞，选D项。

24. 答案 C

解析 推理判断题。文章大意为：女店主--鼓舞作者--把花赠与了女店主--做法又感动其女友--女友嫁给他；由此看出"回报"之意，所以找准关键词"回报"，选C项。

"If there is one thing I'm sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has been a habit passed down from generation to generation.

The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is