Most Americans believe that someone isn’t grown-up until the age of 26 and they should complete their education, have a full-time job, have a family to support and be financially independent. They also believe that becoming a real grown-up is a process which begins at about the age of 20 and takes about five years, according to the report from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center.

The findings are based on a representative sample of 1,398 people over the age of 18 who were surveyed in person. The survey found that people expect the transitions to grown-up status to be completed at the following ages: age 20.9 self-supporting; age 21.1 no longer living with parents; age 21.2 having a full-time job; age 22.3 education completed; age 24.5 being able to support a family financially; age 25.7 getting married; and age 26.2 having a child.

“There is a large degree of agreement across social groups on the relative importance of the seven transitions,” said Tom Smith, director of the survey. The only obvious pattern of differences is on views about supporting a family, having children and getting married. Older adults consider these more important than younger adults do. This probably shows in large part a change in values across generations away from traditional family values. The most valued step toward reaching adulthood, the survey found, is completing education, followed by full-time employment, supporting a family, financial independence, living independently, and marriage.

1.According to the first paragraph, someone is a grown-up when he _______.  

A．has found a full-time job

B．has finished his study in university

C．can make money and support himself after completing his education

D．can support a family and be financially independent after graduation

2.A young man of 24 may be busy ________.  

A．finding a job                           B．finding a girl friend

C．making money                          D．preparing for his wedding

3.From the passage, we learn that _________.  

A．being grown-up is just a matter of age

B．being grown-up is a process which takes some time

C．all people think completing education means being grown-up

D．the survey found everyone had a different view about being grown-up

4.The best title for the passage should be “________”   

A．It takes a long time to grown up.

B．Are we grown-up yet?

C．Getting married means being grown-up.

D．Completing education means being grown-up

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡上相应题号的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

1.In the        (生物)class today ,the teacher did an interesting experiment.

2.We all hope the peace process will          (成功)

3.Tom changed into his sports shoes to walk more         (舒服)

4.Generally speaking ,         (书面)English is more formal than oral English .

5.Green        (屋顶) are designed to save energy .

6.The whole village was completely         (摧毁)in the terrible earthquake in 2008.

7.Who is your          （最喜欢的）film  director  in China

8.How many wedding            （请柬）have you sent to your friends?

9.Tom, a           （某一） Mr. Smith came to see just now .

10.They         （控制） the fire and put it out in the end .

The last time we had a family reunion was ________ my brother’s wedding ceremony four years ago.

A．over             B．at                C．on               D．in

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

[1] Weeks after his wife died, Rao Pingru started to paint pictures of her. From the first time he saw her putting on makeup in a mirror, to their wedding at which they promised “to love and cherish”, to her lying in bed on her final days – all the images of their nearly 60 – year marriage have been food for his art.

[2] “ When I create her with brushstrokes, she is there, and our story doesn’t perish,(死亡)” said Rao, 91, a retired military man and former editor. He has filled 18 albums of drawings in the past four years, which he called Our Story.

[3] At first, the Jiangxi native was only trying to pass time and leave something so his grandchildren could “know about their grandparents” who have been through war, poverty, sickness and, perhaps most importantly, love.

[4] Rao met Meitang as a blind date when he came back from war in 1946. “ It’s a strange thing. You just have to meet the right person to have that feeling,” he said, thinking of how lovely she was. During their early dates, Rao _________________ “the three words”. Instead, he sang a pop song of the time, Rosemary, I love you, to express his feelings, on a park bench in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.

[5] The first two years of their marriage was “ the sweetest time” of Rao’s life, as he recalled, in spite of the turbulence following the war. The couple adopted a happy – go – lucky policy wherever they traveled, worked and lived. They managed to escape robbery by hiding their possessions in tires while Rao was working in Guizhou province.

1.What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 12 words)

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2.What does the underlined word “ food”(Para 1) refer to? (no more than 9 words)

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3.Why did Rao begin his drawings? (no more than 16 words)

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4.Please fill in the blank (Para 4)with proper words to complete the sentence. (no more than 5 words)

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5.What is Rao and his wife’s attitude towards life? (no more than 4words)

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He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.

 A. broke out      B. broke away from      C. broke off       D. broke up