B
America has long been considered the land of opportunity(机遇)by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States gives almost limitless opportunities for those who want to open business on their own.
Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives in the first two years. Many of these people start their business for the wrong reason; to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility(责任) of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less paper work and responsibility come with the ownership of a small business.
Not all small businesses succeed. Fifty percent of the 4 550 000 that start in the United States ever fail. Still ninety-five percent of businesses in the U.S. can be regarded as small, and these businesses altogether produce forty percent of America’s total national products.
60.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.People from other countries and Americans think there are a lot of opportunities in the U.S.
B.Only the Americans think the U.S. can give them many opportunities.
C.Both people from other countries and Americans believe they have many opportunities in the U.S so that they can do whatever they like.
D.People from other countries and Americans all think the U.S. the place where they can realize their dreams.
61.From this passage, we know that________.
A.many people from other countries think that in the past there were many opportunities in the U.S. but not now
B.now Americans don’t believe the U.S. can give them a lot of opportunities
C.people from other countries still think they have more opportunities in the U.S. than in their own countries
D.Americans think they have more opportunities to start their own business than those from other countries
62.According to this passage, many American people like to start their own business because___.
A.they want to become rich soon
B.they not only dislike their present jobs but also want a freer life style
C.they don’t want to do paper work
D.they want to have more chances
63.From this passage, we can get the idea that________.
A.it is easy to do business successfully in the U.S
B.it is easy to start a business but hard to make it successful
C.there are more big business than small business in the U.S
D.only big business can succeed in the U.S
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America is grooving older. Fify years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United Satates were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways - education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society-one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior(行为) is suitable at various ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, 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 tells ads it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29 -year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing. Many people say, “I’m much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “act your Age” anymore. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
72. 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
73. The underlined word “one” refers to_______ .
A. a society B.America C.a place D. population
74. “Act your age” 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 old
D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
75. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.
A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable
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Global Travel
International tourist arrivals in millions
2005 statistics
According to the statistics (统计), which part of the world attracted the most tourists in 2005?
A. Middle East B. America C. Asia and Pacific D. Europe
During which interval (间隔) was there the greatest increase of global travel?
A. Between 2001-2002. B. Between 2003-2004
C. Between 2002-2003 D. Between 2004-2005.
Which is true about the diagram (图表)?
A. The diagram shows that there will be a steady (稳固的) increase of global travel over the next few years.
B. Global travel suffered a slight drop (下降) every year from 2000 to 2003.
C. The number of tourists increased by 21 million from 2001 to 2002.
D. Tourists from Europe made up half of the total in 2005.
These two diagrams are mainly about ______________.
A. different destinations for tourists
B. statistics of global travel from 2000 to 2005
C. the prediction (预测) of international tourists arrivals.
D. the tendency (趋势) of global travel
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Global Travel (International tourist arrivals in millions)
2009 statistics
64. According to the statistics, which destination attracted the most tourists in 2009?
A. Middle East B. America C. Asia and Pacific D. Europe
65. During which interval(间隔)was there the greatest increase of global travel?
A. Between 2005-2006. B. Between 2007-2008
C. Between 2006-2007 D. Between 2008-2009.
66. Which is true about the diagram?
A. The diagram shows that there will be a steady increase of global travel over the next few years.
B. Global travel suffered a slight drop every year from 2004 to 2007.
C. The number of tourists increased by 21 million from 2005 to 2006.
D. Tourists from Europe made up half of the total in 2009.
67. This diagram is mainly about ____________________.
A. different destinations for tourists B. statistics of global travel from 2004 to 2009
C. the prediction of international tourists arrivals. D. the tendency(趋势)of global travel
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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 (影响) American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society— one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior(行为)is suitable (合适)at various ages. A person's age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, 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 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the firs 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’ anymore. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
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
2.The underlined word ‘one’ refers to_________.
A. a society B. America C. a place D. population
3.‘Act your age’ 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 old
D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
4.If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ______.
A.normal B.wonderful C.unbelievable D.unreasonable
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Some couples spend every waking minute together. Others fill their hours with personal hobbies,outside interests and even part-time jobs, just to keep their distance from each other! "There should beprivate time and couple time," suggests Dr. Stephen Treat at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia."You don't want your latter years to turn into a process where two people unite as one. If you hold tootightly to your partner, it's going to cause resentment and anger. If you're completely separate, you'llboth be lonely and disconnected. You need balance. So you have to talk about how vou'll achieve that."
The right baiance? It's different for every couple. "Having a conversation about time can be difficult,but it's important for both partners to process those feelings out loud," Dr. Treat says. "You should notbe accusing and act as a judge - ask the difficult questions, but do it in a loving way. You could saysomething like, 'How are we going to be as individuals and how are we going to be as a couple?' "
Barbara and Chris Christensen have achieved the balance that works for them. In addition to daily
routines that keep them close - including about 10 minutes for a daily check-in and about a half hourof relaxation time - they each maintain separate interests and friendships.
"We have found that we need time apart," Barbara says. "I have a group of women friends that Ihave known for the last 30 years. We have dinner out once a month. We women also have parties and weekend or weeklong vacations as a group at a beach or somewhere. Chris, a former fighter pilot, has
many aviation-oriented(航空的) groups and friends and also a penny-ante poker-playing (玩扑克)
group of our friends. I may be with him during the poker night, but I don't play, and the wives usually
watch a cchick flick' DVD or something while the poker group has an evening of fun. We have found itimportant to have separate time as well as together time."
61. The author writes the passage to _ .
A. offer some suggestions on how to spend the time afier retirement
B. advise couples to develop their separate hobbies
C. warn couples not to be accusing of each other
D. give people some advice on how to entertain themselves after retirement
62. Dr. Stephen suggests that after retirement.
A. couples stay together all the time
B. couples express their feelings in a loving way
C. couples be separate
D. wives make many friends
63.1t can be inferred that
A, many couples are faced with problems after retirement
B. America has a large population of retired people
C,. most people join various sociai groups after retirement
D. playing poker is a popular activity among retired people
64. Barbara and lier friends do the following except
A. having dinner regularly
B. holding parties
C. having weekly vacations at the beach
D. having fun playing poker
65. The second paragraph is mainlv intended to
A. warn the husband not to act as ajudge
B. suggest couples have discussions about difficulties
C. suggest how to keep the correct balance
D. require couples to be considerate
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