( )Many investors think lotteries A. can provide them with more fortune B. provide them with a chance to have a piece of the action C. are stock markets for poor people D. are no better than legalized gambling E For an increasing number of students at American universities, old is suddenly in. The reason is clear: the aging of America means jobs. Besides the aging of body-boom population, a longer life means that the nation’s elderly population is certain to grow 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 causes some problems for government and society, of source .But it also creates jobs in medicine and health fields and in law and business as well.“Besides the doctor, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, city planners and lawyers, says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology. Lawyers can major in “elder law , which covers everything including nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers,74 million strong , are likely to be the wealthiest group of retire in human history.“Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with , say , an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money, one professor says. Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with biology .So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it .She says,“really bored with biology .So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it .She says,“I did volunteer work in retirement homes and was very satisfied. 根据短文内容.选择最佳答案. 查看更多

 

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My daddy doesn’t know how to express love at all. It is my mum that makes everyone happy and calm in our family; while daddy only works day and night, never looking us in the face. But mum makes a wrongdoing list of us for daddy scolding us. She’s a spy!
  Once, I stole a candy. Daddy asked me to put it back and told the shopkeeper that I would like to carry loads for her. Well, mum told him I was just a child.
  I broke my leg on the playground. It’s still mum that held me tightly in her warm arms. Daddy drove us right to the emergency room. He was asked to move the car away for that vacant was for ambulance. Daddy got angry, “what do you think of it? A touring car?”
  On my birthday party, it was, again, my mum that took over the cake for me. My dad? He was busy blowing balloons and setting the table and doing the housework.
  While looking over our album, friends always ask, “What does your father look like?” God knows. He photos others all the time. So there are many and many photos of my mum and me, pretty and lovely photos.
  And I still remembered the day when dad taught me riding. I asked him not to let his hands away, but he did the opposite. And I certainly fell onto the ground. I got angry and decided to get on the bike and rode. But he smiled again.
  Mum wrote every letter to me while I was in college. He, except checks, did write a letter, but extremely short, just a few words, saying, “Without your playing on the lawn, my son, my lawn grows prettier than before.”
  Every time I phoned, it seemed he wanted to talk, but he would say, “I will get your mum.”
  On the day of my wedding, mum cried as if we would never meet again, while dad went out with a nasal sound.
  From very young, I heard him saying, “Where have you been?” “When do you go home?” “Did you get oil for your car?” “No, I don’t agree.” Dad really knows nothing about showing love. Unless... 
Maybe he showed while I didn’t notice, is it?
56. From the first and second paragraphs, we can infer that____.
A. it was the daddy that was in charge of his children’s education
B. the writer’s parents loved their children; at the same time, they were strict with them
C. the children were all afraid of their father so they had to be cute
D. the writer’s mom was like a spy who reported what the children did to the father
57. Why did the father get angry when he sent the writer to the hospital?
A. Because he parked his car at a wrong place.
B. Because the parking space of the ambulance was very crowded.
C. Because the writer’s injury made the father quite upset.
D. Because the person paid little attention to his son’s serious injury.
58. According to Paragraph Six, we know the father ____.
A. was not patient when he taught the writer riding
B. might want to see his child fall off the bike
C. used a wrong way of teaching his child riding
D. might want his son to learn riding through independent practice
59. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
A. The dad posted checks to the writer while he was in college.
B. The dad had no single photo of his own in the album.
C. The dad scolded the writer for having damaged the lawn.
D. The dad got excited when participating in the writer’s wedding.

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I was fat kid who grew into an overweight adult. I was      laughed at for being heavier than the other kids,      me feeling shy. I tried several diets, but      worked, and I     gaining weight. Another factor        my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and, of course, eating.   
 When I finished high school at the age of 18, I weighed 215 pounds.       the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, I decided to stay close to home      going away to college. I continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but I did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothes.   
My turning point came 10 years later at a friend's New Year's Eve party when I was at my all-time highest weight of 330 pounds. I caught my       in a mirror and the truth      me: I was overweight and unhealthy, and unless I did something about it now, I would only get bigger and       .   
After leaving the party, I thought about my past weight-loss     and realized they didn't work because they required me to abandon foods I loved. Then I would constantly think about food and binge,       the diet      my hunger and not feel deprived.   
 My biggest       was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyle. At first, I tried to stay away from the kitchen to         myself thinking about food. The result: Food was all I thought about.       had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eating. I found the     after reading several low-fat cookbooks. With some trial and error, I could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet delicious.  
 The pounds started coming off, and when I started exercising (usually cardio and weight training five times a week), they seemed to melt away. I didn't feel deprived, and I felt free to give my body the care and attention it     .  
I lost 165 pounds over the next two years. I had many ups and downs. I was determined to go on. Another challenge to me was not to beat myself up if I ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habits.      I vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mind.  Thanks to losing weight and becoming fit I am         my body and myself. I have finally found myself.   

1.Ahardly???? Bfrequently???? Cimmediately???? Dinstantly

2.Aleft???? Bto leave???? Cleaving???? Dhaving left

3.Anothing?? Bno one?? Cnone?? Danything

4.Aended up??? Bended over??? Cended up with?? Dwas ended up

5.Acontributing to? Bresulted in? Cresulting from? Dled to

6.Alacking of Black of Clacking Dlacked in

7.Aor rather? Binstead of Ctogether with Das well as

8.Areflection Binfection Cimagination Dattention

9.Alaughed Bhit Cknocked Dbeat

10.Aunfamiliar Bunhappier Cunfriendly Dunfit

11.Aefforts Baffords Ceffects Dinfects

 

 

12.Agiving out? Bgiving in ? Cgiving up ? Dgiving away

13.Asatisfy ? Bdecrease ? Cincrease ? Dfill

14.Achallenge ? Bsuccess ? Cenergy ? Dwork

15.Akeep ? Bhave ? Cprevent ? Dmake

16.AIt ? BThey CThere ? DI

17.Asolution ? Bsecret ? Canswer ? Droad

18.Adeserved ? Bfocused ? Ccaught? Dpaid

19.AInstead ? BHowever ? CTherefore ?? DSo

20.Akeep up with? Bin line with? Cput up with? Dcatch up with

 

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  After the first World War, a small group of old soldiers returned to their village in Britain.Most of them managed to   1   fairly well, but one-Francis Binstering, who had been wounded and never recovered his   2   was unable to work regularly.  3   he became very poor.Yet he was too   4   to accept anything from the people in the village.

  Once these old soldiers held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made   5  money.Grandin produced a curiosity(稀奇的东西)-a large old   6   coin.Each man examined it with   7   as it passed around the long table.All,   8  , had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk,   9   the gold piece was soon forgotten.Later, when Grandin   10   it and asked for it, the coin was gone.

  One of them suggested everyone be searched,   11   which all agreed, except Blustering.“You   12  , then?” asked Grandin.Blustering said with a red face, “Yes, I cannot allow it.”

  One by one, the others turned out their pockets.When the coin was   13   to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering.Under the   14   stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home.

  A few years later, Grandin had his house repaired.A workman found the gold coin   15   in dirt between planks(板)of the floor.Hurrying to Blustering’s home, Grandin apologized to him.

  “But why didn’t you allow yourself to be   16  ?” Grandin asked.

  “Because I was a   17  , ”Blustering said brokenly.“For weeks we had not enough to eat and my pockets were full of   18  , that I had taken from the table to   19   home to my wife and   20   children.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

get on

B.

get around

C.

get through

D.

get away

(2)

[  ]

A.

energy

B.

strength

C.

spirit

D.

ability

(3)

[  ]

A.

In time

B.

At times

C.

In no time

D.

On time

(4)

[  ]

A.

willing

B.

anxious

C.

painful

D.

proud

(5)

[  ]

A.

a good deal of

B.

a large number of

C.

a great many of

D.

the number of

(6)

[  ]

A.

silver

B.

metal

C.

gold

D.

perfect

(7)

[  ]

A.

joy

B.

interest

C.

delight

D.

pleasure

(8)

[  ]

A.

but

B.

however

C.

or

D.

otherwise

(9)

[  ]

A.

until

B.

so that

C.

after

D.

even if

(10)

[  ]

A.

realized

B.

recognized

C.

remembered

D.

ignored

(11)

[  ]

A.

on

B.

to

C.

with

D.

about

(12)

[  ]

A.

allow

B.

accept

C.

refuse

D.

forbid

(13)

[  ]

A.

slow

B.

gradual

C.

never

D.

hardly

(14)

[  ]

A.

eager

B.

relaxing

C.

sorry

D.

pitying

(15)

[  ]

A.

lost

B.

forgotten

C.

buried

D.

found

(16)

[  ]

A.

searched for

B.

searched

C.

looked for

D.

looked

(17)

[  ]

A.

robber

B.

thief

C.

father

D.

husband

(18)

[  ]

A.

money

B.

coins

C.

dinner

D.

food

(19)

[  ]

A.

fetch

B.

bring

C.

send

D.

carry

(20)

[  ]

A.

naughty

B.

angry

C.

poor

D.

hungry

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What is your favorite English letter?  Many of you may say Q. Why?  Because
so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ?  What do you talk about?  The CCTV reporter,  Miss Wang,  interviews three kids. Let’s listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ?  What do you talk about?
 Lin Yuhan,  Xi’an:  On weekends. We talk about homework and chat with each other.
  Tang Xuting,  Shanghai:  At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang,  Dalian:  Our class goes online together at 4: 00~6: 00pm on weekends. We complain about homework,  chat and talk about computer games.
  What do you put on your QQ blog(博客)?
  Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
 Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos,  but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons(动画片)like Tennis Prince Conan.
  Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot(拍摄)them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher,   he is so funny that everyone watches it.
   How do you like QQ?
 Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives of both good times and sad times.
  Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
  Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone,  your parents sometimes listen to your conversation. There’s no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.
【小题1】What does Yang Yuhang talk about on QQ on weekends?
①homework     ②chat
③test answers   ④computer games

A.①②B.②③
C.①②④D.②③④
【小题2】What does Lin Yuhan put on her QQ blog?
A.Some pictures.B.Good articles.
C.DV films.D.Japanese cartoons.
【小题3】Which one is TRUE according to this article?
A.Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships.
B.Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ.
C.Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives.
D.Tang says he chats on QQ on weekends though he has lots of homework.

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  It's 7 am Kyoto (东京), Japan, and the taxi company has just called a second time to say they can't find my house.  1  I tell him directions. even a blind person can  2  , look impatiently at my watch, and wait. Only two hours remain until my  3  leavesand it's an hour-and-a-half trip to Osaka airport.

  The telephone rings  4  .“Terribly sorry,”begins the clerk. Then I  5  what's happened: flooded with  6  , the company is too busy. I've heard this happens when the weather gets  7  . I shout into the  8  that I have a plane to catchI must be in Seoul  9  and I'll meet the  10  a few hundred meters away on a bridge over the Kamo River.

  Standing in the heavy  11  , I look up and down. No  12  From the other direction a white car comes up, then stops. A young man opens the door, signing to me to  13  . Shaking with cold and  14  , I climb inside.

  In the most  15  Japanese, the man explains to me that he is the person with whom I have spoken  16  this morning. He apologizes again and again, but does not explain why a taxi could  17  except to say they are“very, very busy”this morning.

  A few hours later, seated into my seat as the storm-delayed 727  18  , I open the  19  . My eyes wander to the headline (标题) of a short article:“Taxi Strike Begins this Morning in  20  .”

1.

[  ]

A.For the first time
B.Once again
C.Several times
D.Many times

2.

[  ]

A.see
B.feel
C.touch
D.follow

3.

[  ]

A.car
B.ship
C.taxi
D.flight

4.

[  ]

A.again
B.too
C.a second time
D.no more

5.

[  ]

A.am pleased with
B.am surprised at
C.realize
D.am terrified at

6.

[  ]

A.calls
B.rain
C.roads
D.buses

7.

[  ]

A.fine
B.cloudy
C.sunny
D.bad

8.

[  ]

A.clerk's ear
B.phone
C.speaker
D.company

9.

[  ]

A.at noon
B.by noon
C.by afternoon
D.in the evening

10.

[  ]

A.plane
B.clerk
C.car
D.taxi

11.

[  ]

A.wind
B.crowds
C.rain
D.clouds

12.

[  ]

A.taxi
B.car
C.bus
D.plane

13.

[  ]

A.get on
B.get off
C.get out
D.get in

14.

[  ]

A.wind
B.anger
C.hunger
D.illness

15.

[  ]

A.rude
B.polite
C.pleasant
D.impatient

16.

[  ]

A.three times
B.twice
C.only once
D.four times

17.

[  ]

A.push me aside
B.not pick me up
C.put away
D.put off

18.

[  ]

A.lands
B.drivers
C.starts
D.takes off

19.

[  ]

A.book
B.magazine
C.newspaper
D.window

20.

[  ]

A.Japan
B.Kyoto
C.Osaka
D.Seoul

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