With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved(心爱的) 1 child．But they may not realize that they will have to “ 2 ” the love as their 3 ones grow old．They will have to 4 lots of old people－their parents, grandparents, their 5 parents and grandparents．China is becoming 6 country．
According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one 7 10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65．According to 8 from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation's total population．The 9 for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent．
In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this 10 is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road 11 better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents 12 ．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their 13 for support when they're old．China has increased its basic social security(基本社会保险)plan which is 14 protecting those 15 , including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, 16 they are still not highly developed．
As more people grow 17 , China will have fewer working people, 18 will slow down economic growth．According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should 19 its people to have more than one child in the future 20 China should keep its labor population and total population size stable(稳定的)．
Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 1 ．I wished that someday I'd 2 and have six children, and at 3 my house would be full of 4 and love．
I found the 5 who shared my dream, but we had not 6 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 7 he was just six days old．Then nature 8 us again．Within two years we 9 two biological children to the family－not as many as we had hoped for, 10 compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory 11 ．
12 our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 13 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 14 before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 15 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．
Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right．Our Christmas boy brought 16 into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧)．He made us 17 and act better than we were．
Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 18 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 19 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room．We moved to California, leaving 20 our friends and church．
(1)
[ ]
A．
my friends
B．
my brothers
C．
my children
D．
me
(2)
[ ]
A．
like
B．
marry
C．
better
D．
love
(3)
[ ]
A．
night
B．
New Year
C．
Christmas
D．
home
(4)
[ ]
A．
energy
B．
people
C．
child
D．
hope
(5)
[ ]
A．
woman
B．
man
C．
wife
D．
son
(6)
[ ]
A．
planned
B．
wanted
C．
expected
D．
imagined
(7)
[ ]
A．
after
B．
before
C．
when
D．
until
(8)
[ ]
A．
disappointed
B．
surprised
C．
interested
D．
encouraged
(9)
[ ]
A．
brought
B．
took
C．
hoped
D．
added
(10)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
because
C．
but
D．
while
(11)
[ ]
A．
crowd
B．
family
C．
couple
D．
item
(12)
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A．
As
B．
Before
C．
After
D．
Once
(13)
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A．
house
B．
card
C．
gift
D．
tree
(14)
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A．
ever
B．
still
C．
even
D．
vet
(15)
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A．
sounds
B．
songs
C．
noises
D．
voices
(16)
[ ]
A．
color
B．
bright
C．
love
D．
dream
(17)
[ ]
A．
look
B．
cheer
C．
research
D．
figure
(18)
[ ]
A．
early
B．
late
C．
unexpectedly
D．
happily
(19)
[ ]
A．
stopped
B．
gone
C．
passed
D．
entered
(20)
[ ]
A．
behind
B．
for
C．
away
D．
out
完形填空
Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 1 ．I wished that someday I'd 2 and have six children and at 3 my house would be full of 4 and love．I found the 5 who shared my dream, but we had not 6 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 7 he was just six days old．Then nature 8 us again．within two years we 9 two biological children to the family not as many as we had hoped for, 10 compared with 11 childhood, three made an entirely 12 crowd．
As our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 13 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 14 before we'd finished the thanksgiving turkey(感恩节火鸡)．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 15 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．
Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were 16 ．Our Christmas boy brought 17 into lives with his good cheer, his wit．He made us look and act better than we were．
Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 18 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 19 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room．We moved to California, leaving 20 our friends and church．
(1)
[ ]
A．
my friends
B．
my brothers
C．
my children
D．
me
(2)
[ ]
A．
like
B．
marry
C．
better
D．
love
(3)
[ ]
A．
night
B．
New Year
C．
Christmas
D．
home
(4)
[ ]
A．
energy
B．
people
C．
child
D．
hope
(5)
[ ]
A．
woman
B．
man
C．
wife
D．
son
(6)
[ ]
A．
planned
B．
wanted
C．
expected
D．
imagined
(7)
[ ]
A．
after
B．
before
C．
when
D．
until
(8)
[ ]
A．
disappointed
B．
surprised
C．
interested
D．
encouraged
(9)
[ ]
A．
brought
B．
took
C．
hoped
D．
added
(10)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
because
C．
but
D．
while
(11)
[ ]
A．
quiet
B．
noisy
C．
happy
D．
exciting
(12)
[ ]
A．
satisfactory
B．
great
C．
small
D．
necessary
(13)
[ ]
A．
house
B．
card
C．
gift
D．
tree
(14)
[ ]
A．
ever
B．
still
C．
even
D．
yet
(15)
[ ]
A．
sounds
B．
songs
C．
noises
D．
voices
(16)
[ ]
A．
right
B．
silly
C．
kind
D．
clever
(17)
[ ]
A．
color
B．
bright
C．
love
D．
dream
(18)
[ ]
A．
early
B．
late
C．
unexpectedly
D．
happily
(19)
[ ]
A．
stopped
B．
gone
C．
passed
D．
entered
(20)
[ ]
A．
behind
B．
for
C．
away
D．
out
完形填空
Once upon a time a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk．When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea 1 upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶)of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other, 2 to give an answer．
Rather 3 , the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace．Any one who offers an answer will be handsomely awarded．Those who fail will be 4 ．”
The time limit was due in the twinkling(闪烁)of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wit’s end．At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer．The king told his 5 ministers to go with the child for the measurement．To their 6 , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy．No 7 to go to the pond．” This made the king laugh 8 , “Alright, let us know what it is．” The child winked(眨眼)and said, “That 9 on the size of the bucket．If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is half as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if…” “Stop! That’s it．You’ve got the 10 ．” The king was satisfied and the child was duly rewarded．
Why did the ministers feel it so different to settle the problem? Because they fell in a pitfall(陷阱), following a wrong way of thinking．People’s thinking often goes a habitual way－the beaten track of straightforwardness． 11 is a static(静态的)way presupposing every object definite and certain, i．e．the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly 12 ．If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone 13 ．Why not change your mode of thought－from static to dynamic(动态的), from concrete to 14 ? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer－flexible yet 15 to solve the problem．
Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s approach towards a problem．
