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20.A new report said middle class workers could still be working (33)even if/even though they are at the age of 70,to help out their grown up children.Middle class workers (34)aged(age) 50and above are being forced to delay their retirement,with many blaming their children,a report revealed yesterday.
To many middle class workers,(35)whatever bothered them from work couldn't compare with the possibility that they might postpone their retirement date by around five years.
It is not just the rising cost of living that is causing the delay.Many pointed to the fact that they are constantly having to provide for their grown-up children at an age (36)when they assumed they should be financially independent.
Actually,one in five middle class workers (37)must keep working in order to support their children.Many workers struggled all along to the retirement date,only (38)to realize(realize) that they had to switch to a part-time working pattern,also called semi-retirement.Rarely (39)did people hear of the concept of semi-retirement in the past but now semi-retirement has become the routine among wealthier people in their 50s and 60s,regarded as (40)a sign of the country's on-going worsening economy.
分析 本文主要讲述中产阶级延迟退休年龄,从而可能引发的一系列社会问题.
解答 33. even if/even though.考查让步状语从句. 新闻报道说,中产阶级工人即使他们已经70岁却要继续工作,帮助他们的成年子女.
34.aged 考查形容词,50岁及以上的中产阶级被迫延迟退休,aged…岁的,
35.whatever考查主语从句,根据 couldn't compare with the possibility 可知主语从句中缺主语,对许多中产阶级的工人来说,无论什么打扰他们工作的因素与这个可能性都无法比拟.
36.when 考查定语从句,他们认为他们在这个年龄 应该经济独立了,age在定语从句中作时间状语,故填when
37.must 考查情态动词,事实上,五分之一的中产阶级,为了支持孩子,必须继续工作,
38.to realize 考查结果状语,to do,出乎意料的结果状语,许多工人一直奋斗到退休日期,
39.did考查部分倒装,否定词rarely放句首的部分倒装.部分倒装的句式相当于一个一般疑问句.
40.a考查固定短语,a sign of一个…的标志,被认为是这个国家经济持续恶化的一个标志.
点评 话题比较靠近时事,理解文章更容易.从语法角度来说,主要考察情态动词,名词性从句,状语从句,常用搭配,相对来说灵活性更大一些,弱化了语法的考点,强化了考生的运用能力.

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