For an increasing number of students at American universities, old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: The graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom （生育高峰） generation, a long life span means that the nation’s elderly population is sure to increase greatly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995.

The change brings big problems for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s （USC） School of Gerontology （老年学）.

Lawyers can specialize in “Elder Law”, which covers everything from trusts and estates to  nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says.

Margarine Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria”. So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”

1．The best title for the passage should be _________.

A. The Graying of America                                B. Gerontology

C. Aging and Job Opportunities                          D. Elder Law

2．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 most probably means _________.

A. America has suddenly become a nation of old people

B. gerontology has suddenly become popular

C. more elderly professors are found on American campuses

D. American colleges have realized the need of admitting older students

3．With the aging of America, lawyers can benefit _________.

A. from building nursing homes for the elderly

B. from providing special services to the elderly

C. by enriching their professional knowledge

D. by winning the trust of the elderly

4．It can be seen from the passage that the increasing of America’s elderly population ________.

A. will bring good chances to people in many areas

B. will put an unbearable burden on society

C. may lead to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination

D. will create new fields of study in universities

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1．He was arrested without knowing_______________（他犯什么罪而被指控）.（accuse）

2．In front of the Ninghui Building ____________________（是一个广场）. （lie）

3．The car ____________________ （陷入泥泞） and we had to walk home. （stuck）

4．Today there are more opportunities for us ___________________________ （发挥我们在艺术上的潜能）. （potential）

5．________________________ （还有待观察） whether some Taiwanese will abandon the “Taiwan Independence” theory. （remain）

6．When referring to the money, the official avoided ________________ （将人们的注意力集中在） on how to use it. （attention）

7．Nicolas listened to us and nodded, with __________________ （他的胳臂交叉着）. （cross）

8．When I returned, mother ______________________ （碰巧在做饭） in the kitchen. （happen）

9．Michael Jackson, the pop king _____________________________（据报道已去世） in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009. （report）

10．_________________________ （考虑到他的年龄），his work was done satisfactorily. （allow）

假如你叫李毅，现在上高二，你的叔叔现在美国工作。你觉得父母管得太严了，自己解决不了这个问题，于是发邮件给叔叔，希望他跟你父母谈谈, 劝说他们改变教育方式。要点如下：

1．学习上要求太高，自己达不到他们的期望值，并且经常拿自己和邻居家孩子比, 让自己很沮丧；

2．不准看电视，上网；

3．不准自己跟女生交朋友；

4．觉得跟父母有代沟, 不能很好地沟通

注意；1．字数:100左右；

2．电子邮件的开头结尾已经写好,不计入总词数；

3．参考词汇：代沟—generation gap

Dear Uncle,

How are you these days? I’m writing to tell you my trouble with my parents.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes,

Yours,

Li Yi

—It’s worrying that they are doing things without training, isn’t it?

—________．

A．Exactly                   B．Great               C．All right                D．No wonder

The Amazon, ________ river with the greatest water flow, is in ________ South America．

A．the ; the                  B．a ; the              C．the ; /                   D．/ ; /

I think ________ best that you should do more exercise．

A．that         B．it          C．its           D．this

The president was on a tight ________ so he didn’t visit the Forbidden City entirely．

A．schedule                 B．plan                 C．budget               D．deadline

Measures must be taken now because time ________．

A．has been run out         B．runs out          C．is run out          D．is running out

It was ________ she had done ________ angered her husband．

A．that; what         B．which; that             C．what; which        D．what; that

Without enough evidence, the jury couldn’t find him ________ of the crime, so he was set free．

A．sceptical           B．ashamed          C．innocent            D．guilty