America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today,10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society (社会) in many ways —education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society —one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position (职位、地位), marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, ‘I am much younger than my mother—or my father—was at my age.’ No one says ‘ Act your age’ any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
小题1:It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ______. | A．has made people feel younger | | B．has changed people’s social position | | C．has changed people’s understanding of age | | D．has slowed down the country’s social development |
小题2:The underlined word ‘one’ in the first paragraph refers to____. | A．a society | B．America | C．a place | D．population |
小题3:."Act your age " in the last paragraph means people should ______. | A．be active when they are old | | B．do the right thing at the right age | | C．show respect for their parents young or the old | | D．take more physical exercise suitable to their age |
小题4:If a 20-year-old man becomes general manager of a big company, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ______. | A．normal | B．wonderful | | C．unbelievable | D．unreasonable |
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【小题 1】C
小题2:A
小题3:B
【小题 4】A |
【小题 1】理解归纳题，纵观全文理解可知。
【小题 2】细节理解题，由文中语句“the growing of America has made us a very different society —one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.”理解可知。
【小题 3】细节理解题，由文中语句“We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways. ”理解可知。
【小题 4】理解归纳题，由文中语句“Act your age”理解可知。 |
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试题【America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the】；主要考察你对
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Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often __35____that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of__36____? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he___37___that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is__38____wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel__39____toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he___40___ her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ___41___ make sure that the listener does pay attention___42___what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ___43___cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place___44___you stay.
| 小题1: | | A．spoken | B．said | C．told | D．talked |
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| 小题2: | | A．experience | B．eyes | C．mind | D．news |
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小题3: | A．found | B．knew | C．finds | D．saw |
小题4: | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
| 小题5: | | A．happy | B．angry | C．sad | D．thankful |
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| 小题6: | | A．loves | B．hates | C．thanks | D．looks at |
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小题7: | A．in order that | B．so that | C．in order to | D．for |
小题8: 小题9: | A．eyes | B．words | C．minds | D．body |
| 小题10: | | A．which | B．that | C．where | D．there |
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For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He didn’t do much better in sports. Although he played for the school’s golf team, he lost the only important match of the season.
Sparky was a loser. He, his classmates…everyone knew it. Sparky never asked a classmate to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being refused.
However, one thing was important to Sparky – drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course, no one else appreciated it. In his senior year of high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the Yearbook. Although the cartoons were turned down, Sparky was so confident about his ability that he decided to become an artist.
After completing high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a cartoon was suggested. Sparky spent a great deal of time on it. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios. He had been rejected（拒绝）once again. Another loss for the loser.
So Sparky decided to write his own autobiography（自传）in cartoons. He described his childhood – a little boy loser and underachiever. The cartoon character would soon become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who had little success in school and whose work was rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip（连环漫画）and little cartoon character – Charlie Brown.
小题1:We can know that Sparky was ________ from the first paragraph. | A．a top student | B．an artist | C．a good player | D．a failure |
小题2:Sparky never asked a classmate to go out because he ______.| A．had never been invited | | B．didn’t like making friends | | C．didn’t want to be refused | | D．was afraid of making mistakes |
小题3:What’s Sparky’s success according to the passage? | A．He was good at golf playing. | | B．He wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. | | C．He drew some cartoons for the Yearbook. | | D．His Peanuts comic strip became world famous. |
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Asia is home to more than half of the world"s population and three of the four most crowded countries are in Asia. China, India, and Indonesia alone have more than 2.5 billion people.
Until recently, most Asian nations fell behind the western countries in many fields. Government reform(改革), however, has led to important progress in each of these Asian countries. Across the area, education systems have been improved and economies（经济） have been growing. Most Asian countries now have a system of compulsory(义务的) education. Many countries have recently allowed private universities to be built, which was not allowed before. There are more chances for students to go to university now.
However, in Asia, there are still not enough chances for students to get higher education and many people prefer to go abroad for further study. As a result, India, China, South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries send thousands of students to study in the United States and Europe each year.
Part of the people in Asian countries can speak English, and English has become the most important language for business across the area. The percentage(百分比) is the largest in Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, SriLanka and South Korea. Many people in China, India and Malaysia can also speak English. Some countries have made English part of the primary and secondary education program. In some countries, children begin to study English even at the age of 4 or 5.
小题1:The population of Asia is about__________ .| A．2.5 billion | B．half of the world"s population | | C．1.3 billion | D．6 billion |
小题2:Most Asian countries __________ the western countries in many fields.| A．are better than | B．are more powerful than | | C．get greater progress than. | D．are not as good as |
小题3:In the past, __________ was not allowed in many Asian countries.| A．speaking English | B．moving to other countries | | C．building private universities | D．building middle schools |
小题4:Why do so many students in Asia go to study in the USA and Europe?| A．Because they are rich. | | B．Because there are not enough chances for students to get higher education in Asia. | | C．Because they don"t want to work hard. | | D．Because they can speak English very well. |
小题5:Which of the following is NOT true?| A．There"re more than 2.5 billion people in China, India and Indonesia. | | B．The economies in Asian countries are becoming worse. | | C．Education in Asia has had great changes. | | D．In some Asian countries, English has become very important for business |
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London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs __1 the city from west to east. So the city has 2 parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places.
The weather in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot 3 the city is near the sea. People say 4 London is a foggy city and it often rains. It is true.
Last year, when I 5 in London I met one of the 6 fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather 7 even worse. The fog was as thick as milk. 8 the buses and cars stopped. I happened 9 an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there 10 .
| 小题1: | | A．about | B．through | C．in | D．along |
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| 小题2: | | A．four | B．six | C．five | D．two |
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| 小题3: | | A．because | B．so | C．but | D．or |
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| 小题4: | | A．what | B．where | C．that | D．which |
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| 小题6: | | A．thick | B．thicker | C．the thickest | D．thickest |
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| 小题7: | | A．become | B．got | C．turn | D．grow |
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| 小题8: | | A．All | B．Each | C．Every | D．None |
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| 小题9: | | A．to have | B．have | C．having | D．had |
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| 小题10: | | A．by car | B．by bus | C．on foot | D．on the foot |
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It was mother"s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy. Because she was 800 miles away from her parents. In the morning she phone her mother to wish her a happy mother"s Day, And her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs(丁香) in the garden.
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs. He said. "I know where we can find all that you want. Get the children and come on.”So they went, driving down the country roads. There on a small hill, they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs .The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers .Carefully, she picked a few here and a few there. On their way home there was a smile on her face .When they were passing a nursing home(养老院)，the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair .She had no children with her .They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the flowers in her hands , and smiled at her .The old granny thanked her again and again . She smiled happily, too.
When the young mother came back to her car , her children asked her ,“Ｗho is that old granny ? Why did you give flowers to her ?”“I don’t kown her .”Their mother said ,“But it’s Mother’s Day , and she has no children. I have all of you , and I still have my mother . Just think how much those flowers meant to her .”
小题1:The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother’s Day because_______.| A．she didn’t have a present | | B．she was a long way from her mother . | | C．she didn’t know it was Mother ‘s Day | | D．she wanted to have a trip . |
小题2:There were many beautiful purple lilacs ______.| A．in the young woman’s garden | B．in the market | | C．on a small hill | D．in the nursing home |
小题3:The young woman had _______.| A．one child | B．no child | C．more than one child . | D．a boy and a girl |
小题4:The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ________.| A．she knew the old granny | | B．she didn’t like the flowers | | C．her mother asked her to do so | | D．she wanted the old granny to be happy |
小题5:Which is the following is NOT true according to the passage ?| A．The young woman was kind | | B．The old granny was sad at last | | C．The young woman loved her mother | | D．The old granny had no child |
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