【题目】 Marjorie Baer used to joke about her retirement plans. She wasn't married and had no kids, but she didn't intend to be alone—she and all her single friends would move into a fictional home she called Casa de Biddies. Instead, Baer developed terminal brain cancer when she was 52. But just as she'd hoped, her friends and family provided her with love and care to the end.

Ballance was only the first of Baer's friends who became her unofficial caregivers. With her brother Phil Baer from Los Angeles, they worked out a system to watch over their friend and allow her to keep some of the privacy and independence she cherished.

Baer's good friend Ruth Henrich took Baer to doctors' appointments and helped her deal with all the aspects of life —answering machines, TV controls, and even phone numbers. After Henrich sent out an e-mail request, a group of volunteers signed up to ferry Baer back and forth to radiation therapy(放疗). Others in Baer's circle offered up particular talents: A nurse friend helped Baer figure out how to get what she was due from Social Security and her disability insurance; a lawyer pal helped Baer with her will; a partner who was an accountant took over her bills when she could no longer manage them. "There was this odd sense that the right person always showed up," says Ballance. Their arrangement worked remarkably well.

Unmarried women are one of the fastest-growing groups in America; experts are concerned about how care-giving will be managed for them as they age. If the experience of Baer's friends is a guide, the Internet will play a role. It's already making it possible to create communities of caregivers who may have only one thing in common: the person who needs their help. On personal "care pages" set up through services such as Lotsa Helping Hands, friends and family members can post a list of tasks that need to be done, volunteer to do them, and keep updated on the person's condition. As Baer's cancer progressed, for example, her friends set up a page on Yahoo! where people could sign up to deliver meals or do errands(差事).

Catherine Fox, one of the friends who were present when Baer died, was deeply affected. "It was so comforting to know that if you're willing to ask for help, the generosity of family and friends can be phenomenal(显著的). It makes me feel secure and hopeful to know that help is there when you need it. "

【1】The most appropriate title of this passage should be ______.

A.On her own, but not alone

B.A friend in need is a friend indeed

C.A new practice of American government

D.An impressive advantage of the Internet

【2】The underlined part in paragraph four suggests that the Internet will ______.

A.play a role in American future pension system

B.provide online medical care for aged unmarried women

C.help manage care-giving for unmarried women as they age

D.help those aged unmarried women to kill their spare time

【3】The writer tells us the story of Marjorie Baer for the purpose of ______.

A.reminding us to be kind and make as many friends as we can

B.informing that there will be a new trend of care-giving for the single elderly

C.persuading us that we can enjoy our retirement even if we don’t have a child

D.introducing the convenience that will be brought by the Internet after we retire

【题目】完成句子(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

【1】With the fog-haze weather appearing frequently, nowadays many a citizen _____________________ live where the air is fresher. (desire)

由于雾霾天气频繁出现,现在很多市民正渴望生活在空气更清新的地方。

【2】I do hope so because I want you to live _______________________ as I have. (as)

我的确希望你这样做,因为我希望你能像我这样过健康的生活

3】If you had expressed yourself in another way, the clerk ____________________ all through the campaign.(conduct)

如果你用另外一种方式表达自己,那个店员在整个争论中会表现好的

【4】As a person with a strong sense of collective honor and responsibility, he always grasps at anything ___________________________ his class and group. (benefit)

作为一个有集体荣誉感和责任心的人,他总是抢着做任何有利于班级和小组的事情。

【5】Many netizens don’t spent 2,000 dollars going to Brazil just to watch a football match. ( worthwhile )

许多网民认为花两千美元去巴西只为看一场足球不值得

【6】______________________ the new teaching system, the foreign student began to fit in well with his new classmates and made great progress. (adapt)

适应了新的教育系统后, 那个外国学生开始融入了他的新同学中并取得了很大进步。

【7】Though tomorrow would be the first day for little Jenny to attend school, with ______________________, she felt a little excited instead of anxiety. (accompany)

尽管明天是小珍妮第一天上学,但是有她妈妈陪她,她感到有点兴奋而不是焦虑。

【8】Mr. Johnson owns a big corporation, _________________________, his son, junior Johnson will take charge of the daily management. (absence)

约翰逊先生拥有一家大公司,在他不在期间,他的儿子小约翰逊将主管公司的日常管理。

【9】A new system has been designed to limit the usage of the Internet in this school, so it’s strange that the students _______________________________ it. (access)

这个学校设计了一个新体系来提高网速。因此,很奇怪,这里的学生竟然自由的使用网络。

【10】The car ran down the hill, and the driver was reported, according to the local newspaper, __________________ in the accident. (kill)

车从山上滚了下来。据当地报纸报道,司机在这场事故中丧生了

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