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 American society(社会)in many ways－education, medicine, and business．Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society－one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages．
A person's age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position(职位、地位), 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 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first 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' any more．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 ________．
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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' in the first paragraph refers to ________．
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A．
a society
B．
America
C．
a place
D．
population
(3)
"Act your age " in the last paragraph means people should ________．
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A．
be active when they are old
B．
do the right thing at the right age
C．
show respect for their parents young or the old
D．
take more physical exercise suitable to their age
(4)
If a 20-year-old man becomes general manager of a big company, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ________．
This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English．It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation．
To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works．At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary．
If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word．“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English．When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English．
The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly．It uses a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation．If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音标)with some words to show you how they are pronounced．Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word．
The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word－its DEFINITION．
In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words．This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(简单解释)and easy to understand．
When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for．
Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world．
(1)
This dictionary cannot help you with ________．
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A．
singing
B．
grammar
C．
spelling
D．
pronunciation
(2)
________of the words in the dictionary have two spellings．
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A．
All
B．
One
C．
Few
D．
Some
(3)
The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “颜色”in this dictionary is________．
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A．
colour
B．
collar
C．
color
D．
corner
(4)
The phonetic alphabet helps you each word correctly．
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A．
understand
B．
write
C．
say
D．
know
(5)
The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is ________．
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A．
词性
B．
词条
C．
词义
D．
词库
(6)
How many words are there in this dictionary?________．
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A．
Two thousand
B．
One thousand
C．
One hundred
D．
We don’t know
(7)
The dictionary explains ________．
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A．
some of the difficult words
B．
all the words in a simple way
C．
all the easy words
D．
the words of two meanings
阅读理解
It was getting late．There was no noise in the forest．We could only hear the birds singing．And then,a bear梐 big brown bear梒ame into the forest.
The bear stopped under a tall tree．He was very hungry．He looked up into the tree．
There in the nut tree was his supper梐 supper of nice nuts．But the nuts were high up in the tree．The hungry bear could not reach them．But he knew how to get his supper．He climbed up the tree．
Up and up he climbed．He climbed onto a big branch of the tree．He sat there and then shook(摇)the branch again and again At last the branch broke．The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts．
The bear sat up and looked around．With his big paws(爪)he picked up the nuts and ate them up．
(1)
How did the brown bear get his supper?
A.He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there．
B. He shook the apples off a tree and ate them．
C．He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them．
D. He fell down with the branch of the tree．Then he took the nuts and ate them．
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(2)
The bear was ________．
A.black B．brown
C．black and white D．brown and black
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(3)
The story took place ________.
A. in the morning B．at noon
C．before evening came D．at midnight
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(4)
The word "branch" in this passage means ________ in Chinese．
