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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
答案
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试题【阅读理解。 "Hey, little buddy, will you support me when I"m getting old?" Han Wen】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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| 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 | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| In the year Shakespeare died in 1616, New England was born. This was in fact four years before any English speakers permanently (永久) settled in that northern location. But in 1616 it was already the subject of the book A Description of New England, by that busy explorer and promoter Captain John Smith, who had visited the land two years before. According to Smith, New England owes its name to Sir Francis Drake. Not that Drake ever saw or talked about New England, but in sailing around the world he stopped in 1597 at a place on the Pacific coast of North American and called it Nova Albion, the Latin for "New England". Following Drake"s lead, Smith called the area at a similar latitude (纬度) on the Atlantic coast by the same name, translated into plain English. The very words New England show the direction of Smith"s thinking. This was to be an extension (延 伸) of Old England, not a new kind of community. The map in his book gives only English names for the places of New England, and he provides a special list showing thirty American Indian names replaced by English ones: Accormack by Plymouth, Massachusets River by Charles River, Kinebeck by Edenborough, to list a few. Some of those changes succeeded. But what finally happened after the Plymouth colonists landed four years later has turned out differently than Smith had imagined, for Indian names as well as English ones still cover the new England area. | |
| 1. Captain John Smith arrived at the area New England in__________. | |
| A. 1579 B. 1614 C. 1616 D. 1620 | |
| 2. The underline words "that northern location" probably refer to__________. | |
| A. Edenborough B. Nova Albion C. New England D. Massachusets | |
| 3. The passage is written mainly to__________. | |
| A. explain why English and Indian names are both used in New England B. explain how the name New England came into being C. tell people New England was named by Sir Francis Drake D. tell people that New England has a long history of having the name | |
| 4. It can be inferred from the passage that_________. | |
| A. Sir Francis Drake first used the name New England B. The name New England was given by Captain John Smith C. New England and Old England refer to the same land D. English speakers began to settle in New England in 1612 | |
| 完形填空。 | |
| There are some special traditions in Hawaii. People are very friendly and always welcome visitors. They give visitors a lei, a long necklace of beautiful fresh flowers. Men wear bright flowered shirt and women often wear long flowered dresses. There are traditional Chinese, Japanese and Filipino holidays and all the holidays from the United States. They call Hawaii the Aloha State. Aloha means both hello and goodbye. It also means " I love you". Usually when people from different countries, races and traditions live together, there are serious problems. There are so many people living in Hawaii, but in general, people have learned to live together in peace. Hawaiians get most of their money from visitors, and most of the visitors come from the mainland and from Japan. There are so many people living in Hawaii now that there are residential areas ( 住宅区 ) where there used to be farms. Some of the big sugar and pineapple companies have moved to the Philippines, where they do not have to pay workers as much money. The families of the first people who came from the U.S mainland own the important banks and companies .Japanese are also buying or starting business here. | |
| 1. The author wants to show that _____. | |
| A. we should all go to Hawaii. B. it is possible to learn to live together in peace. C. it is not possible to live together in peace. D. Hawaii is the only place where there is peace. | |
| 2. A lei is _____. | |
| A. group of flowers B. bright flowered shirt C. way to say hello and goodbye D. necklace of flowers | |
| 3. _____ plays an important part in the development of Hawaii. | |
| A .Modern industry B. Agriculture C. The air line D. Tourist trade | |
| 4. A good title for this article might be_____. | |
| A. Hawaii, the Aloha State B. Living in Peace Together C. The Flowers of Hawaii D. The Problems of Hawaii | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Some people are pessimistic(悲观的)when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used up most of the earths resources. We will have made our seas so dirty that we will not be able to eat fish from them. There will be so many people in the world that we will have to use all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left. Other people have a different idea about the future. In their view, the city of the future will be a huge pyramid-shaped(金字塔形的) building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will live there, and there will also be schools, shops in it. In a hundred years"time, people will not need to use oil. They will heat their homes with power from the sun. Think of space. Perhaps a station will be set up on the moon; people will be able to visit the moon as to urists. They may even spend their holidays in space, travelling from planet to planet. What an interesting picture! Many people don"t think about the future. "I don"t care. I"ll be dead. "they say. But it is our duty to care because the world of a hundred years"time will be the world of our children"s and their children after them. | |
| 1. How many viewpoints are discussed here about the future? | |
| A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five | |
| 2. In the pessimistic view, people will in a hundred years "time. | |
| A. have to use power from the sea B. have to live on the moon C .be able to grow food on the sea D. find it difficult to live on the earth | |
| 3. Where will people live in the future in the optimistic view? | |
| A. On the moon B. On the sea C. In pyramids D. On other planets | |
| 4. The writer of the article seems to agree . | |
| A. with those who look at the bright side of the future B. with those who take a pessimistic view about the future C. with those who won"t trouble their heads about the future D. to none of these viewpoints |