those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise aren't we just telling the kids today that .they" have to" make great memories of the Bears, when it's obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears as we did?
　　Roger: I am very disappointed that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse. I remember going to the show as a child, and still enjoying it as a teenager, and now as a young adult. It is true that there aren' t a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less. Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it is nice to have an attraction that is a place to sit and enjoy a good show. I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be some history to the Disney-land that Walt Disney first designed. There should be some parts of DL that just never go away and this is one of them. By the time I have children it looks like there won' t be any attractions that I can say. I went as a child at the rate they are going.
　　Now the Bears are leaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country-Bears. If DL insists on destroying all of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park.
　　46. What news might get people talking about the problem of the Country Bears?
　　A. The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.
　　B. There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.
　　C. The number of visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.
　　D. The Bears will retire because of old age and can' t give shows any more.
　　47. Allen spoke mainly to get this point across that _________.
　　A. the Bears will be missed
　　B. we should tell the kids today that they "have to" make great memories of the Bears
　　C. the longtime attraction ought to make way for a future attraction
　　D. people never care about what they have until all is lost
　　48. Give the best choice to complete Roger' s idea: the Country Bears have been a part of Disney-land for nearly 30 years, _________.
　　A. and I feel it is time to give our bears a good rest
　　B. but anyway, the attraction is no longer interesting
　　C. but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept that
　　D. and I am sad that the Bears will be leaving
　　49. Which of the following is NOT in the same group as the other three?
　　A. An attraction.
　　B. A theme park.
　　C. The Bears.
　　D. The latest magic.
　　50. Where can this passage be found?
　　A. In a Web discussion zone.
　　B. In a suggestion book.
　　C. In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears.
　　D. In high school students' compositions.
　　D
　　The days of elderly women, doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society---a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
　　"My grandmothers didn't do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that," said Emily Cornette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.
　　While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents' way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.
　　If you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable (必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.
　　"The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn' t go," said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.
　　"The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else," Cooper said, "Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves. " This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. "We' re a ladies' play group. It couldn' t be more simple," added Cooper' s assistant Joe Heywood.
　　51. The underlined word "chapter" in Paragraph 2 means _________.
　　A. one branch of an organization
　　B. a written agreement of a club
　　C. one part of a collection of poems
　　D. a period in a society's history
　　52. From the text, we know that the "baby boomers" are a group of people who _________.
　　A. have gradually become more noticeable
　　B. are worried about getting old too quickly
　　C. are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
　　D. try living a different life from their parents when they were young
　　53. It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are _________.
　　A. interested in raising money for social work
　　B. programmers who can plan well for their future
　　C. believers in equality between men and women
　　D. good at cooking big meals and taking care of others
　　54. Who set up the Red Hat Society?
　　A. Emily Cornette.
　　B. Ellen Cooper.
　　C. Jenny Joseph.
　　D. Joe Heywood.
　　55. Women join the Red Hat Society because _________.
　　A. they want to stay young
　　B. they would like to appear more attractive
　　C. they would like to have fun and live for themselves
　　D. they want to be more like their parents

　　E
　　The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some famihes. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image (形象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
　　An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the pa