There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.

　It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the rate of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.

　What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.

　Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.

　Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development.

　Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.

1.The rate of older people________.

2.According  to passage, which of the following are governments most worried about

3. It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ________.

4.Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?

5.The author concludes in the last paragraph that ________.

There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the rate of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.

1. 1.

   The rate of older people________.

   1. A.
      is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
   2. B.
      is one-seventh of the population in developing countries
   3. C.
      will increase much faster in China than in France
   4. D.
      will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
2. 2.

   According  to passage, which of the following are governments most worried about

   1. A.
      Thediseasesanddisabilityofolderpeople.
   2. B.
      Thelongerlifeandgoodhealthofpeople.
   3. C.
      Thelossoftaxesonolderpeople.
   4. D.
      Theincreasingrespectforolderpeople.
3. 3.

   It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ________.

   1. A.
      be treated differently in different cultures
   2. B.
      enjoy a similar lifestyle
   3. C.
      be ignored as society changes
   4. D.
      be valued by the yonger generations
4. 4.

   Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?

   1. A.
      Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
   2. B.
      Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.
   3. C.
      Making sure adequate income protection for older people.
   4. D.
      Providing free health care for sick older people.
5. 5.

   The author concludes in the last paragraph that ________.

   1. A.
      governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
   2. B.
      population ageing is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently
   3. C.
      people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem
   4. D.
      much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem

When one looks back upon the fifteen hundred years that are the life span of the English language, he should be able to notice a number of significant truths. The history of our language has always been a history of constant change—at times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent collision between two languages. Our language has always been a living growing organism, it has never been static. Another significant truth that emerges from such a study is that language at all times has been the possession not of one class or group but of many. At one extreme it has been the property of the common, ignorant folk, who have used it in the daily business of their living, much as they have used their animals or the kitchen pots and pans.         At the other extreme it has been the treasure of those who have respected it as an instrument and a sign of civilization, and who have struggled by writing it down to give it some permanence, order, dignity, and if possible, a little beauty. 

As we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments that are of special and immediate importance to us. One is that since the time of the Anglo-Saxons there has been an almost complete reversal of the different devices for showing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings that the older language did by means of changes in the forms of words. Function words, you should understand, are words such as prepositions, conjunctions, and a few others that are used primarily to show relationships among other words. A few inflections, however, have survived. And when some word inflections come into conflict with word order, there may be trouble for the users of the language, as we shall see later when we turn our attention to such maters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is that as language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. The eighteenth century, for example, produced from various sources a tendency to fix the language into patterns not always set in and grew, until at the present time there is a strong tendency to restudy and re-evaluate language practices in terms of the ways in which people speak and write.

1．In contrast to the earlier linguists, at present, more and more attention is paid to_________.

A. the standardization of the language 

B. language practices in terms of current speech rather than standards or proper patterns 

C. the improvement of the language than its history 

D. the rules of the language usage 

2．From the study we know that language is ________.

A. a possession of upper class. 

B. a possession of lower class. 

C. a possession of the whole society. 

D. the only property of those who treasure it much. 

3．Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage? 

A. It is generally believed that the year 1500 can be set as the beginning of the Modern English.

B. Some other languages had great influence on the English language in its development. 

C. The English language has been and still in a state of relatively constant change. 

D. Many classes or groups have contributed to the development of the English language. 

4．The author of these paragraphs is probably a(an) _________. 

A. writer specially interested in English                   

B. person who pays much attention to people of lower classs          

C. teacher who teaches the English language             

D. expert in studying languages 

5．Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage? 

A. The history of the English language. 

B. Our changing attitude towards the English language. 

C. Our changing language. 

D. Some characteristics of modern English.

There is no place like home―as long as it is far enough away, it seems.

Britain has become a nation of nomads（流浪者），with nearly half of us living more than 100 miles from the town or village where we grew up, research shows.

The trend is being fuelled by the Internet, better communications and property wealth.

People who move away fit into four separate categories―Sheep, Hens, Cows or Pigs.

Sheep are people who change home for economic and emotional peace. Hens are home and environment care-seekers. Cows are career or work shifters, while pigs are people caught up in grand parental support. It is far from the common believed idea of Coronation Streets, where close-knit generations of the same family live within a few streets of each other throughout their lives. Less. Than 20 percent of people now live in the town where they were born. Instead, young adults move away to find work, get married or seek adventure.

Many use the Internet to work from a home which need not be within easy traveling distance of their workplace.

Also joining the moving crowd are older people who either move to be near grandchildren or retire to new homes.

One in ten of those who do make away makes a complete break, and now lives 500 miles or more from where they grew up.

Women are likely to leave as men, a sign of independence that would not have excited in the 1950s and 60s.

People in the North-East, North-West, Yorkshire and Scotland are the most likely to live in the community where they were born, the study found.

67．According to the research in the passage, British people tend to ________.

A．become more independent whenever they graduate or grow up

B．live or work far away from where they were born or grew up

C．live near their own homes

D．become more close to each other

68．Which of the following is not a reason for the trend mentioned in the text? _________.

A．The wide use of Internet            B．Improved communications

C．People becoming richer             D．More job opportunities

69．Who are not likely to move away from home? ___________.

A．Older people                     B．Women

C．People in Scotland             D．Young people

70．Which of the following can be regarded as a Cow? __________.

A．A person who changes job often

B．A person who leaves home because of family trouble

C．A person who retires to a new home

D．A person who breaks away from his home

People who offer love, listening and help to others may be rewarded with better mental health themselves, according to a new study of churchgoers in the September/October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.

The study is one of the first to track the positive health benefits of altruistic(利他的) behavior, says Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D. of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

"The findings really point up how helping others can help oneself," Schwartz says.

Schwartz and his workmates analyzed (分析) the information collected by the Presbyterian Church for 2,016 church members. The members were asked about how often they "made others feel loved and cared for" and "listened to others", and how often they received this attention in return.

The members also answered the questions about their mental and physical health. Most of the church members were in good physical and mental health to begin with, experiencing only normal levels of anxiety and depression. While the researchers did not find any significant differences in physical health clearly related to giving and receiving help, they concluded that giving help was a better predictor of good mental health than receiving help. But feeling crushed (压倒) by others' demands can have negative psychological(心理的) effects, according to the researchers.

"Although our findings suggest that people who help others experience better mental health, our findings also suggest that giving beyond one's own resources is related with worse reported mental health," Schwartz says. Church leaders, older people, women and those who took satisfaction from prayer (祷告) were more likely to be helpers rather than receivers, according to the study. People who give help to others may be less likely to focus inward on their own anxieties and depression or more likely to see their own troubles in mind, leading to better mental health, say the researchers.

Alternatively, it may be that "people who are functioning well psychologically are better able and hence more likely to give help," Schwartz says.

69. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Older people are more likely to help others.

B. The researchers got the result from those who were given help.

C. Altruistic actions may result in better mental health.

D. Feeling crushed by others' demands can be negative.

70. One reason why helping others results in better mental health is that _____.

A. the helper may pay less attention to his own anxieties

B. helpers may be rewarded by other church members

C. the receiver will share the sorrow with the helper

D helping others itself is a kind of physical exercise

71. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?

A. It's more blessed to give than to receive.   B. Well begun, half done.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way.         D. Every advantage has its disadvantage.