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9．It is ____comfort for ______patients to be close to their loved ones．（　　）

8．A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives．It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society．I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem．
First，employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees．To make this possible，a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose．But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees，it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs．
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual．This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement．This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years． This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor．In addition，the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly．This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions．Furthermore，some institutions should be created for senior citizens，which can help provide a comfortable life for them．Unfortunately，as the present situation in our country shows，this is not a truly viable answer．The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly，particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young．
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent．
To sum up，all these options have advantages and disadvantages．Therefore，it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations．

41．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．The problems faced by the old in society．
B．Why we should take responsibility for the old．
C．How we can improve the lives of the old．
D．Where the old can go to get their pensions．
42．According to the passage，how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people？D
A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire．
B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years．
C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old．
D．Make available pensions for those who have retired．
43．The underlined word"viable"most probably means"B"．
A．impossible B．practical C．useful D．important
44．What can be concluded from the passage？D
A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money．
B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age．
C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people．
D．There is no single solution to the problems of the old．
45．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article？C
A．To point out the need for government support for old people．
B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people．
C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem．
D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life．

7．I was going to offer you some cake but there's________left．（　　）

6．China ________ a sharp increase in the number of aged people over the past decade．（　　）

5．People living more than three thousand meters above sea level find it difficult to raise vegetables all year long．People living in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia，for example，cannot grow vegetables outdoors during the months of May through September．It is very cold in the highlands at that time of year．If traditional farming methods are used，vegetables will not survive．
However，there is another way to grow vegetables throughout the year in cold areas．It is a method of gardening developed by a private agency called World Neighbors．The method uses"hot houses"built below ground．A hot house is a building covered with plastic or glass in which vegetables or flowers are grown．The traditional hot house is built above ground．
The air temperature is cold in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia during the winter．But，the winter sun is hot．So，World Neighbors advises farmers there to build hot houses below ground．The design is simple．The material does not cost much．Here is how World Neighbors says to build it：Dig a hole two and one-half meters wide and six meters long．Make it about two meters deep．Build wall with a door in one end of the hole．Dig steps from the ground down to the door．
Now，build a wall along the top edge of the hole．Make it about one-half meters tall．Earth bricks work fine．Build two shorter walls on the ends．These will be uneven； one side will be as high as the existing wall．The other side will be at ground level．Leave a small opening in each of these sloping walls．This prevents the hot house from becoming too hot．Now，make the roof．Build a wood frame．Cover it with clear plastic．Connect it to the brick walls．
The underground hot house we have described is large enough for two raised vegetable beds．Each is one meter wide and six meters long．Each is seeded and watered just as if it were in a garden above ground．
The dirt walls protect the growing plants from the cold．The clear plastic roof permits the sun's heat to enter．At night，the roof should be covered with straw．This helps prevent cold air from entering．An under ground hot house this size will provide enough vegetables for one family．Groups needing more vegetables can make it bigger．

66．If you lived in Peru，youC．
A．should raise the special kinds of vegetables that can endure cold
B．could not plant at all
C．had to work out some new unusual plans
D．would not have many vegetables to eat
67．To our surprise，the"hot houses"invented by World Neighbors areB．
A．covered with a transparent plastic ceiling
B．built under ground
C．quite small
D．hotter than traditional ones
68．The hot house can be kept warm by usingD．
A．a big oven
B．an electricity heater
C．the heat of the earth's interior
D．the sun shine
69．The measure to prevent the hot house from becoming too hot is toB．
A．make the roof sloped
B．dig holes on the walls
C．make the wall not vertical
D．make the walls shorter than the ground level
70．According to the passage，the method suggested by World Neighbors isD．
A．new and difficult B．uneasy to explain
C．at trial step D．simple and practical．

4．-I saw Lucy and her boyfriend in the park at nine yesterday evening．
-impossible．She the Internet with me in my home then．（　　）

3．-I phoned you at 7yesterday evening but nobody answered．
-Oh，I ________ my dog in the park then．（　　）

2．-Has Tom already finished his new story？
-I Have no idea．He it last month．（　　）

1．---Wow，so many new houses!I can't believe that．It used to be a poor village．
---Yes． has changed here．（　　）

20．She tried two different methods，yet ______ of them seemed to work very well．（　　）

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