Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

Hong Kong Is Aging

by reporter, Amada Su

March 18, 2015

A report from the Statistics Department (统计局) shows that the population of Hong Kong will reach from 7 million to 8.89 million in 30 years’ time. The population ________ 65 years old will reach 28% compared with the present rate of 13%.

Hong Kong people ________ not to have children nowadays and they live much longer than before. These reasons have destroyed the population structure and ________ a worrying situation. Hong Kong has become the city with the ________ birth rate around the world for years. Hong Kong people live even longer than the Japanese. Hong Kong men and women can live to 83.1 and 90.1 years respectively (各自) ________.

Under these circumstances, the ________ population is getting smaller and the amount of medical spending in the future is getting larger. The Hong Kong government has encouraged people to give birth and worked on the medical plan for the future. ________, over 80% of Hong Kong people think that the government has not done enough. They said that the government should think of a complete population plan.

1.A.over B.about C.under D.around

2.A.like B.prefer C.enjoy D.think

3.A.found out B.led to C.taken place D.broken out

4.A.highest B.tallest C.lowest D.shortest

5.A.on average B.at most C.at least D.in average

6.A.elderly B.working C.native D.urban

7.A.In fact B.However C.Therefore D.Then

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words

What is life? It is like a game in which you are playing with f1. balls in the air. You name them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of g2.. If you drop one of these, they will break. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to have balance in your life. How?

Don’t look on your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is s3..

Don’t let other people set goals for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. N4. is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible. The quickest way to r5. love is to give it; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don’t run t6. life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless. It’s a treasure (珍宝) you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is h7., tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift: that’s why we call it “the p8.”. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.

—Our Chinese women's volleyball team won at FIVB Women's World Cup.

—What _________ wonderful news!

A.a B.／ C.an

—I heard that he was terribly ill these days.

—Really? Are you sure ________that?

A.about B.at C.for

—Will you buy ________when you travel to another country?

—Yes, of course.

A.something special B.special anything C.anything special

一 ________do you visit your grandparents?

—Twice a year. They live in the countryside.

A.How long B.How soon C.How often

In two years, there will be ________three subway lines in Changsha.

A.others B.another C.the other

It's funny that my mother doesn't cook as ________as my father.

A.best B.better C.well

—Excuse me, would you mind ________ down the radio a little bit?

—Oh, sorry. I didn't notice you were working.

A.to turn B.turning C.turn

Changsha is becoming more and more popular, and ________tourists visited it during National Day holiday.

A.thousand B.thousands C.thousands of