B．people are proud of being old

　　C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

　　D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

　　B　[细节理解题。根据第三段第一句"In my village in China，people are proud of being old."可知答案为B。]

　　4．After this experience, Jack ．

　　A．lost his job in the restaurant

　　B．made friends with the couple

　　C．no longer respected the elderly

　　D．changed his way with older people

　　D　[细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句"After that，I changed the way I had been with older people."可知这次经历之后Jack改变了与老年人相处的方式。故选D。]

　　Ⅱ.完形填空

　　This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience.It happened about three years ago and it has had a 1 effect on me.I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know 2 but whose actions gave a new 3 to the words-kind and generous.

　　I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early 4 ．A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes, was 5 for change on a street corner.

　　A BMW car 6 on the other side of the street and an executive (主管)who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car.He was probably about 7 years old.He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie.He walked 8 across the street and over to the homeless man.Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of 9 and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves (手套), beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks.Then he 10 them to the homeless man.The homeless man took them and stared with a(n) 11 mouth.

As he drove off, I couldn't 12 thinking that it was probably the first time he