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sportsman Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit, but it is
not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father"s age,
but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.
A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, "Fifty is what forty used to be. "He
had made an inspirational point. Am I over the hill? People keep telling me that the hill has been
moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily
cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.
"You"re not getting older, you"re getting better, "says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the
kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.
And so, as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net,l am moved to
share some thoughts on aging with you. I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and
mentally. Getting older, of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies
(悼词). In fact,a poet named Robert
Browning considered it the best change of all:
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be.
whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will
settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead
with a curious blend (混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher (哲学家) was right when he said, "Old is always fifteen years from now. "
B. got inspirations from him
C. were friendlier with him
D. found him more talkative
B. ordinary
C. satisfactory
D. regretful
B. the old should face the fact of aging
C. the old should take more exercise
D. the old should fill themselves with curiosity
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核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an el】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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youth, many wealthy and well-educated technology investors are seeking advice and investment
tips from their children, summer interns(实习生) and twenty something receptionists.
Unlike the formal consumer tests that focus groups at large companies, these inquiries are taking
place closer to home, with friends and family. But their impact can be broad, because investors not
only help promote the development of new ideas but also invest billions of dollars in those ideas on
behalf of investment groups and wealthy individuals.
These investors say there is a good reason to ask young people to help them assess new technology:
as the investors themselves are aging, the technology ----including social networking websites and
mobile gadgets- is designed for, used by and sometimes built by people half their age.
And the trend may indicate the rise of something new in the venture capital industry itself. The
investors said asking the younger people for advice would have been unheard of in the dot-boom of
the 1990s. Then, investors were engaged themselves in the very technology they were financing, ordering
books on Amazon, downloading music from Napster and buying and selling on eBay. But now, in the
so-called Web 2.0 era, investors" personal interests have strayed away from new innovation: websites
like Myspace intended to connect people, free Internet calling tools like Skype or software for mobile
phones.
And people now in junior school and high school have spent their lives with technology. " This is the
first generation for whom the computer is a native language," said Jim Gauer, managing director of
Palomar Ventures, a Los Angeles firm. " We are all going to have to get re-educated and learn that
language."
Or they can do what Palomar have done: hire a native speaker . Last summer, the firm had an
intern, Adam Gottesfeld, 21, who was heading into his senior year at Princeton. Mr Gottesfeld so
impressed the firm with his technological knowledge that it has offered him a job as an associate when
he graduates.
B. The young will perform better than today"s investors in terms of making dec
C. Investors have turned to the young to generate new ideas and test their deci
D. Children with impressive technology knowledge can become investors themselve
B. They often conduct some consumer test in large corporations and companies.
C. They were once the pioneers of new technology in the 1990s.
D. They have realized the importance and potentiality of the younger generation
B. the young today are speaking a different kind of language today.
C. the young equipped with advanced technological knowledge may find promising
D. many investors will learn from the young advanced computer technology.
B. downloading music and copyrighted books on the websites.
C. buying and selling goods on the Internet.
D. Installing software on the mobile phones.
Holidays are happy days with pleasure and delicious foods. Many people, however, are worried
about the weight that comes along with the delicious foods. With proper planning, though, it is possible
to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don"t have to
turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Do not miss meals. Before you leave home for a feast, have a small, low-fat snack. This may
help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods.
Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help
you feel full .Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat. Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables. If you have a sweet tooth ,
try mints (薄荷) and fruits .They don"t have fat content as cream and chocolate.
Don"t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help
burn off excess calories.
B. not eat much food in high-fat
C. not accept invitations to feasts
D. turn away from delicious foods
B. can"t help turning away from the foods
C. enjoy delicious foods
D. can"t control themselves
B. fat
C. food
D. something invisible
his new-born baby as he picked him up at home.
The Chinese tradition of raising sons to support parents in their old age has been weakened by the
rapidly growing economy and improved standard of living. As is the case with developed countries,
China faces an aging society. People are living longer and having fewer children. Therefore many
Chinese families are falling into a 4-2-1 family pattern: a couple raises one child and supports four
elderly parents. But few realize this problem.
The aging of the population is a trend that now affects a growing number of countries. Not long
ago, the Information Office of the State Council, China"s cabinet, issued a white paper on measures
China is taking to help its elderly population. The paper said China"s population entered the aging
phrase at the end of the 20th century as the proportion of people aged 60 and above accounted for
over 10 percent of the entire population. By the end of 2005, China had nearly 144 million people
over 60, accounting for 11 percent of the population, according to the white paper.
An expanding aged population inevitably means that many issues must be settled, as the problem
concerns every aspect of society. It puts more pressure on each family, causing disturbing economic
consequences and serious social problems. It also challenges the labor force supply and the pension
(养老金) system.
"I used to think that it"s not an issue for me to provide for the aged." said Han, whose parents and
parents-in-law all enjoy pensions and medical insurance. But last year Han"s father suffered a serious
illness and afterward Han began to feel the pressure on his shoulders.
B. The problem of the pension system
C. Social problems.
D. More pressure on the family.
B. children will not support their parents in an aging society
C. the aging problem is one of the concerns for the Chinese government
D. China will encourage young couples to have more than one child
B. Naturally.
C. Hopefully.
D. Unluckily.
B. most of the developing countries face an aging society
C. countries with a large population face an aging society
D. more and more developed countries face an aging society
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写及形式正确。
| Dear Ralph, I"m a middle school student. I"m writing to tell you my problem which has t_______ me for a long time. It is the relationship _________ my mother and me. My mother is a university professor, _______ works very hard. She is s_____ with me, but she is so busy with her work that she has l______ time to talk to me. I love her and I do well in my studies, but I still feel a little a_______ of her because she loses her temper _________(容易). I don"t know how to _________(交流)with her. Maybe we should exchange our feelings and thoughts in a right way. I w____ we knew more about each other and _______ each other better. What can I do? Best wishes! Yours, Tom | 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. _________ |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Most people will answer a ringing phone. Usually you don"t know who is phoning or how urgent their business is, so a ringing phone is difficult to ignore. In one experiment, a researcher wrote down the numbers of several public phones in stations and airports. Then he called the numbers. Someone nearly always answered. When he asked why, people usually said, "Because it rang." A few years ago in New Jersey, a man with a rifle killed 13 people. Armed police surrounded his house but he refused to come out. A reporter found out the phone number of the house and called. The man put down his rifle and answered the phone. "What do you want?" he said, "I"m really busy right now." Imagine you"re at work and the phone is ringing in someone else"s office. Do you answer it or not? In one survey on telephone use, 51% of participants told researches that they did. We can"t ignore the phone and for the reason, it forces its way into our lives. It interrupts what we are doing and on top of that, the caller is often someone we don"t really want to talk to. However, in the survey, 58% said they never took the phone off the hook, and 67% didn"t mind if someone called during a television programme. For 44% it wasn"t a problem if someone rang during a meal, while only 28% were annoyed or upset. If someone phoned in the middle of the night, 40% told researchers that they got nervous or frightened, while around 30% got angry. Of course, when someone is really annoying, you can choose to hang up on him/her. This is in fact one of the rudest things you can do on the phone, but 79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases. Only 6% told researchers they never hung up on people. | |
| 1. In the experiment, people answered the researcher"s phone _______. | |
| A. for fear that it was urgent B. in order to help him gather the data C. to test the function of the phone D. to show their interest in the survey | |
| 2. The gunman answered the phone because _____. | |
| A. he decided not to give up his resistance to the police B. he tended to answer a ringing phone C. he wanted to tell the reporter that he was too busy to offer any information D. he intended to be friendly with the media | |
| 3. According to Para.3, most people _____ when they were doing their work or watching television. | |
| A. minded the ringing of the phone B. couldn"t ignore the phone C. refused to answer the phone in someone else"s office D. kept the phone ringing | |
| 4. What is implied by the sentence "79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases"(in the last paragraph)? | |
| A. They were annoyed by the rude callers. B. They were prepared to punish those rude callers. C. They were going to hang up on annoying phones. D. They also agreed that it was a rude thing to hang up on others. | |
| 5. The purpose of the survey is to find out _____. | |
| A. how the phone interrupts people"s work B. what role the phone plays in people"s lives C. why people mind a ringing phone sometimes D. when the phone communication is more welcome |