for old people, who know what joys and sorrows mean and who have made great contributions, to fear death.
B. Old people who have gone through all kinds of human experience and done what they can should not be afraid of death.
C. Old people who have experienced both success and failure, and have done useful work for society, do not usually fear death.
D. It is shameful for old people, who have had both joyful and painful experiences and have worked hard, to be afraid of death.
ⅣⅣ. 阅读理解。认真阅读下列两篇短文，每篇短文后有5个问题，根据短文的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并将正确选项的字母写在答题纸的相应位置上。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
Read the two passages and answer the questions. (10 points)
Passage 1
In a class I teach for adults, I recently assigned the students to “go to someone you love within the next week and tell them you love them. It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven't shared those words with for a long time. ”
At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit shaken.
He began by saying,“Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week when you gave us this assignment. I didn't feel that I had anyone to say those words to, and besides, who were you to tell me to do something so personal? But as I was driving home my conscience started talking to me. It was telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say ‘I love you’to . You see, five years age, my father and I had a vicious disagreement and never really resolved it ever since. We avoided seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, we hardly spoke to each other. So, by the time I got home I had convinced myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.
“It's odd, but just making that decision seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.
“When I got home, 1 rushed into the house to tell my wife what I was going to do. When I finished, she hugged me, and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry, We stayed up half the night drinking coffee and talking. It was great.
“The next morning I was up early and bright. I was so excited that I could hardly sleep. I got to the office early and accomplished more in two hours than I had the whole day before.
“At 9:00 I called my dad to see if I could come over after work. When he answered the phone, I just said, ‘Dad, can I come over after work tonight? I have something to tell you’My dad responded reluctantly,‘Now what?’I assured him it wouldn't take long, so he finally agreed.
“At 5:30, when I rang the doorbell of my parents' house, I prayed that Dad would answer the door, As luck would have it, he did.
“I didn't waste any time—I took one s
