19．There used to be four common life phases :childhood.adolescence.adulthood and old age．Now.there a——青夏教育精英家教网——

19．There used to be four common life phases （阶段）：childhood，adolescence，adulthood and old age．Now，there are at least six：childhood，adolescence，odyssey，adulthood，active retirement and old age．Of the new ones，the least understood is odyssey，the decade of wandering that frequently occurs between adolescence and adulthood．
They see that people in this age bracket are delaying marriage．They're delaying having children．They're delaying permanent employment．People who were born before 1964tend to define adulthood by certain achievements moving away from home，becoming financially independent，getting married and starting a family．
In 1960，roughly 70percent of 30-year-olds had achieved these things．By 2000，fewer than 40percent of 30-year-olds had done the same．
Yet with a little imagination it's possible even for baby boomers （生育高峰期的人） to understand what it's like to be in the middle of the odyssey years．It's possible to see that this period is a sensible response to modern conditions．
Two of the American best social scientists have been trying to understand this new life period．Through their work，you can see uncertainty that now characterizes this stage．Young people grow up in tightly structured childhoods，Robert Wuthnow of Princeton observes，but then graduate into a world of uncertainty．Old success recipes don't apply，new systems have not been established and everything seems to give way to a less permanent version of itself．Dating gives way to Facebook and hooking up．Newspaper reading gives way to blogging．For example，in 1970，49percent of adults in their 20s read a daily paper，now it's at 21percent．
The job market is changeable．Graduating seniors don't find corporations offering them jobs that will guide them all the way to retirement．Instead they find a vast menu of information economy options，few of which they have heard of or prepared for．

67．Which is the correct order of the following life phases？B
a．childhood    b．adolescence    c．adulthood
d．old age      e．odyssey        f．active retirement
A．a-b-c-d-e-f B．a-b-e-c-f-dC．a-b-e-d-f-c  D．a-b-c-e-d-f
68．By 2000，most of the 30-year-oldsD．
A．were financially dependent
B．got well-prepared for the employment
C．got married early and started their family
D．preferred blog writing to newspaper reading
69．We can learn from Paragraph 5that young peopleC．
A．favor the world full of changes
B．grew up in unstable childhoods
C．feel uneasy about the present situation
D．may refer to the experience of their seniors
70．The passage is probably followed by a paragraph about theC
A．concerns about active retirement phase
B．reasons for the birth of the odyssey phase
C．influences of the odyssey phase on the society
D．situations of active retirement in other countries．

18．Many of us liking cooking but never have much time for it．Helen Fry's new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people．It has over 1，000 recipes，from the famous Spanish gazpacho to Swedish smorgasbord．The book is well written and the photographs and drawings are clear．（They are like those in the excellent Quick Dressmaking and Quick Gardening．） The book has a strong plastic cover．It is easy to find your way around it too．And busy people，notice this!Mrs Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready．
Quick Cooking has 4 parts，one for each season．This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper----and，of course，better．There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries，and most of the recipes are easy to follow．You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese，and make an unusual dish out of it．For example，there are no fewer than 40 recipes for eggs!Mrs Fry does not plan complete meals for the"quick book"．The beginners will have to find out a lot of things for himself----or herself．But this ought not to be difficult with such a good book．I wanted to try many of the recipes as soon as I read them．For people with little spare time，Helen Fry's Quick Cooking is of excellent value．

63．Helen Fry's book is called Quick Cooking becauseC．
A．you can cook all the dishes in it quickly
B．there is over 1，000 recipes in it
C．it is written for people who don't have much time
D．it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly
64．Busy people should notice thatD．
A．all the recipes in the book are easy to follow
B．there are clear photographs and drawings in the book
C．the book has a strong cover
D．they are told how long each dish takes to cook
65．This passage is mainly probablyA．
A．a book review
B．a notice
C．a letter to an editor
D．an introduction on cooking
66．We can infer from the passage thatC．
A．Helen Fry is good at writing books quickly
B．Complete meals are planned only for beginners
C．There are quite a few"quick books"for busy people
D．Beginners are advised to start making meals out of the cheapest materials．

17．Before the college entrance examination，many students have shown ________ of tension．Some have trouble in sleeping while others have lost their appetite．（　　）

16．It's beyond their expectation what great trouble they have _____ the problem _____（　　）

	A．	to solve； being discussed		B．	solving； discussing
	C．	to solve； to discuss		D．	solving； being discussed

15．This software for English study_____ a lot of learners who are weak in oral English．（　　）

appeals against

14．He promised to do that for me_____ I allowed him_____ for a few days．（　　）

	A．	on condition that； to leave		B．	on condition if； to leave
	C．	on condition that； leaving		D．	on the condition that； leaving

13．To distinguish yourself in your future days，________，you should be strong in mind．（　　）

	A．	the first time		B．	for the first time
	C．	first of all		D．	after all

12．Being honest to others should be everyone's______ of life．_______，our world will be more peaceful．（　　）

	A．	aim； If so		B．	standard； If that
	C．	belief； Even so		D．	principle； If so

11．What petrified me was not what she said but______ she said it．I have no idea where her pride comes from．（　　）

in the way that

10．Filling the questionnaire to help us understand what we can______ to make UTOPIA（成外部落） more popular with you will be appreciated．（　　）

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