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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative choresand started to dream of retirementSitting in traffic on a weekday morning, I would find my mind wanderingI would imagine spending time with my grandchildren

2、, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great booksI told myself that I wouldn't sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring a schedule.My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the pap

3、er, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friendsOn the second day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper On the third day, .This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the transition, that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them so

4、on enoughBut something was missing.A former colleague asked a favorA group of students was going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoodWould I interrupt my newfound "happiness" and return to the students, just this once? One tripThat's allMy bags were packed and b

5、y the door.The trip was very inspiringI was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the tripWhen I returned home, I offered to work one day a week with a local youth organizationThe experience was so positive that I was soon volunteering nea

6、rly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary work.Now，it seems, the tables have turned. Some days I am the teacher, other days I am the studentThese young people have reawakened my commitment to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more abou

7、t the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed, corruption and warMost importantly, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions. In return, I help them do their charitable projects overseas. I've gone fro

8、m running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries!1What did the writer expect to do after he retired?ATo stay away from busy schedulesBTo write some great booksCTo do some voluntary workDTo plan for his future2The underlined part "the tables have turned

9、" （Paragraph 5 ） means that the writer _.Aimproved the situation in his schoolBfelt happy to work with students againCbecame a learner rather than a teacherDchanged his attitude toward his retired life3What does the writer think of his retired life now?ADisappointing.BTroublesome.CPromising.DMe

10、aningful.詞匯及短語：administrative:行政的, 管理的;經(jīng)營的；后方勤務的chore: 零星工作(尤指家常雜務)round the corner: 快到了，將要來臨ACD答案解析：1What did the writer expect to do after he retired?ATo stay away from busy schedulesBTo write some great booksCTo do some voluntary workDTo plan for his future解析：A正確作者希望他退休以后做什么？第一段列出了他想做的事，最后一句說了他不想

11、做的事，那就是不再做日程安排緊張的工作。2The underlined part "the tables have turned" （Paragraph 5 ） means that the writer _.Aimproved the situation in his schoolBfelt happy to work with students againCbecame a learner rather than a teacherDchanged his attitude toward his retired life解析：C正確從這句話的后面可以知道，他從老師變成了

12、學生，就是對這句的解釋。3 What does the writer think of his retired life now?ADisappointing.BTroublesome.CPromising.DMeaningful.解析：D正確文章最后一段是對主旨的升華，從作者的描述來看他認為自己做的事有益于社會的，因此是有意義的。參考譯文：多年來一直擔當一所高中的校長令我厭倦了預算會議，削減撥款等等許多行政瑣事，我開始夢想退休。一個普通日子的早晨，當我坐在車上的時候，我的思緒開始游移。我想象陪我的孫子們玩耍，和我的妻子度過安靜的夜晚，出門旅游，或是重讀一些好書。我對自己說我不會參與任何委員會

13、，不會上課，或是任何需要安排日程的事情。我退休的這一天終于來到啦！我為妻子和自己烹制了一頓豐富的早晨，休閑地看報紙，稍事打掃了下房屋，給朋友寫了幾封信。第二天，我做早飯，看報紙第三天這就是退休生活了？我努力告訴自己這只是個過渡時期，好日子很快就會到來的，我會好好享受。但是一些東西消失了。一位舊同事讓我?guī)蛡€忙。一群學生打算去牙買加，幫助極度貧窮地區(qū)的孩子。我是否要打斷剛剛找到的“快樂”，回到學生中去，僅此一次？當是一次旅行了。就這樣。行李打包好放在了門邊。這趟旅行很有啟發(fā)性。我不僅因為我所見到的窮人而觸動，也因為旅途中這些學生的責任感而感動。回到家后，我主動提出每周在一個當?shù)厍嗄杲M織中工作一天。這樣的經(jīng)歷非常有積極意義，以至于我很快就