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Some care homes for older people in China are trying something new: young people can live there as well. Young people help the older people for a few hours each month, and then they pay less for their rooms.

Liang Yinxia is one of them. She is a young lawyer in Nanning, Guangxi, and she moved in during August. At the care home, 30 hours of help takes 500 yuan off the monthly room price and 40 hours takes 750 yuan off. 50 hours of help makes a room that costs 1,000 yuan a month free! They must be aged 22 to 40 and have no housing of their own in the city.

Both sides get something from it. Older people have more people to talk to, and young people help them use their phones and do other things. Liang says, “Older people have years of experience and good stories, and you only find that by sitting with them. ” A young man, Wu Weifeng, learned a lot from the older people there, and now he spends more time with his own family.

But the plan is not always easy. In September, Liang was four hours short of her service time, and the home let her make up in October. Young people also leave when they change jobs. And, as a researcher says, moving in is one thing, but becoming part of the community is much harder.

So what do the older people want most? They don’t want a big event; they want one person who keeps coming back and listens. Visits like this, week after week, make both the young and the old feel less alone.

1.1. Why do some young people help the older people? 　

A To get a cheaper rent.

B To keep them company.

C To have fun there.

D To learn to use phones.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。第一段说“Young people help the older people for a few hours each month, and then they pay less for their rooms.”，意思是每个月帮忙几小时，直接换来更低的房费，所以选A（少付房费）。B项“陪伴老人”是老人这一边的收获，第三段“older people have more people to talk to”正说明了这一点，并不是年轻人帮忙的目的；C项“图好玩”文中没有提到；D项“学用手机”方向反了，是年轻人教老人用手机。故选A。

2.2. Who can take 750 yuan off the room price at care home? 　

A Amy, 42, helps 30 hours.

B Mike, 38, helps 30 hours.

C Tom, 24, helps 50 hours.

D Linda, 36, helps 40 hours.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。第二段给了三档价格和入住条件：“At the care home, 30 hours of help takes 500 yuan off the monthly room price and 40 hours takes 750 yuan off. 50 hours of help makes a room that costs 1,000 yuan a month free! They must be aged 22 to 40 and have no housing of their own in the city.”只有每个月帮忙满40小时才正好减750元，年龄也必须在22到40岁之间：A项Amy 42岁，超过上限；B项Mike只做30小时，只能减500元；C项Tom虽然24岁符合年龄，但做满50小时对应的是“a room that costs 1,000 yuan a month”，即全免费，而不是减750元；D项Linda 36岁、做满40小时，两项条件都符合。故选D。

3.3. What does Liang mean by “you only find that by sitting with them”?

A older people forget their stories.

B older people do not like new people.

C It takes time to know them.

D Stories are hard to remember.

解析：选C。C 句子理解题。梁银霞的原话是“older people have years of experience and good stories, and you only find that by sitting with them”，意思是老人的经验和故事不会自己跑出来，只有坐下来陪他们，才能一点一点发现，也就是“了解他们需要时间”，对应C。A项“老人会忘记自己的故事”与原文相反，他们往往愿意讲；B项“老人不喜欢新来的人”也相反，正因为有人愿意坐下来陪，他们才慢慢讲起过去；D项“故事很难记住”文中没有任何依据。故选C。

4.4. What does Paragraph 4 focus on? 　

A Rules for joining it.

B Problems of the plan.

C Long hours of helping.

D Stories older people tell.

解析：选B。B 段落大意题。第四段用“But the plan is not always easy.”领起，后面三句讲的都是这个计划带来的难处：梁银霞9月还差四小时（“In September, Liang was four hours short of her service time”）、有人换工作就搬走（“Young people also leave when they change jobs.”）、研究者说“moving in is one thing, but becoming part of the community is much harder”（搬进来容易，真正融入社区难），三件事都指向同一个中心，所以选“Problems of the plan.”。A项讲的是第二段的入住规则；C项只覆盖第一条难处，而且原文说的是“做不满”，不是“时间太长”；D项讲的是第三段老人讲故事的内容。故选B。

5.5. In which part of a newspaper would you read this passage?

A Travel.

B Education.

C Society.

D Health.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。全文用报道的口吻写一件具体的事：地点（南宁、广西）、人物（律师梁银霞、年轻人吴伟峰、一位研究者）、机构（养老院）都交代清楚，讨论的是一个社会现象——养老院请年轻人入住、用志愿服务抵房费，最后还引用研究者的评论，这类内容最可能出现在报纸的社会新闻栏目。A项Travel只因文中出现南宁、广西等地名，但全文没有景点、路线、票价一类信息；B项Education只抓住“年轻人向老人学习”，但这不是学校或教学报道；D项Health只抓住“老人、陪伴”，文中没有疾病与治疗内容。故选C。