America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — edu??cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop work??ing isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the popula??tion in America ________.

A. has made people feel younger                B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age      D. has slowed down the country’s social development

2. The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

A. a society           B. America          C. a place           D. population

3. “Act your age” means people should ________.

A. be active when they are old              B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect to their parents young or old  D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

A. normal     B. wonderful         C. unbelievable     D. unreasonable

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many　ways — edu??cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop work??ing isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

It can be learned from the text that the aging of the popula??tion in America ________.

A. has made people feel younger

       B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age

D. has slowed down the country’s social development

The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

A. a society           B. America          C. a place           D. population

“Act your age” means people should ________.

A. be active when they are old

B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect to their parents young or old

D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

f a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

A. normal      B. wonderful         C. unbelievable     D. unreasonable

Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature yesterday, honored for work that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, describes the landscape of the dispossessed(被流放者)," the Swedish Academy said.
The 56-year-old author, who immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987, first gained public attention in 1982 with a collection of short stories titled Niederungen, or Lowlands in English, which was promptly censored(审查通过) by her government.
In 1984 an uncensored version was smuggled to Germany where it was published and her work describing life in a small, German-speaking village in Romania was popular with the readers there. That work was followed by Oppressive Tango in Romania.
"The Romanian national press was very critical of these works while, outside of Romania, the German press received them very positively," the Academy said. "Because Mueller had publicly criticized the dictatorship(独裁) in Romania, she was prohibited from publishing in her own country.” In 1987 she immigrated to Germany with her husband two years before dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was toppled from power.
Mueller's parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania and father served in the Waffen SS during World War II. After the war ended, many German Romanians were deported(放逐) to the Soviet Union in 1945, including her mother, who spent five years in a work camp in what is now Ukraine.
Most of her works are in German, but some works have been translated into English, French and Spanish, including The Passport, The Land of Green Plums, Traveling on One Leg and The Appointment.
Mueller has given guest lectures at universities, colleges and other venues in Paderborn, Warwick, Hamburg, Swansea, Gainsville (Florida), Kassel, Gottingen, Tubingen and Zurich among other places. She lives in Berlin. Since 1995 she has served as a member of Deutsche Akademie fur Sprache und Dichtung, in Darmstadt."
Mueller is the 12th woman to win the literature prize. Recent female winners include Austria's Elfriede Jelinek in 2004 and British writer Doris Lessing in 2007.
The award includes a $1.4 million prize and will be handed out on December 10
51．Herta Mueller was awarded Nobel Prize in literature because of____________.
A．her public criticism upon the dictatorship in Romania
B．her works with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose
C．her works describing the life of the dispossessed in Germany 
D．the popularity of her works with the readers in the German-speaking village
52．Which of the following statements is mentioned by the author?
A．German Romanians were treated unfairly in Germany in the 1940s.
B．Her parents were dispossessed to Ukraine after the World War II.
C．Her first work was published in Germany in the early 1980s.
D．Her works were all translated into versions in different languages.
53．It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that _____.
A．people then in Romania had the right to say whatever was true.
B．Herta Mueller left her home country after the dictatorship was ended.
C．Herta Mueller immigrated to Germany together with her parents.
D．Romanian citizens lived a hard life without democracy in the 1980s.
54．According to the passage, which of the following works has an English version? 
A．Lowlands in English                  B．Oppressive Tango in Romania.  
C．Traveling on One Leg                 D．The Land of Green Plums
55．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Mueller made great contribution to literature through hard work
B．Mueller won the Nobel Prize for her great literature works.
C．Mueller gained great popularity by describing dictatorship.
D．Mueller was treated badly in Romania and immigrated to Germany.

　　For those coming to Shanghai for a short stay, a nice way to remember the days in Shanghai is to buy various souvenirs. So here we list four Shanghai souvenir shops.

Younik

　　Younik is unique-a concept store serving as a showcase for the works of six local fashion and jewellery designers. Cashmere is cheap in China and Jenny Ji has made the most of its luxury with highly original designs such as a coat for 6 000 yuan. Dennis Yang specialises in hand-painted leather,while artist Jiang Qiong'er focuses on jewellery. The other artists are Lu Kun, Zheng Da and Chang Sifeng.

Location: 2nd floor, 18 The Bund

Tel: 021-63237066

Jooi Design

　　This is not easy to find. Go 50 metres up Lane 210, which leads off Taikang Road, until you see the entrance to what looks like an old factory building on the right. On the second floor you'll find Jooi. The company's embroidered (绣花的) silk bags, scarves and dresses have achieved such success that they are stocked by London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

Location: Studio 201 Taikang Road

Tel:021-64736193

Jin Zhi Yu Ye

　　Qipaos and Chinese silk jackets make good gifts. There are a lot of shops selling both, and Jin Zhi Yu Ye is one of the best. You might pay anything from 1 500 to 4 300 yuan for a chocolate-brown silk dress decorated with a hand-embroidered peacock motif(装饰图案). The two old ladies who run the shop can help you pick out matching shoes and bags.

Location: 72 South Maoming Rd

Tel: 021-62155031

Lilli's

　　Lilli's four shops stock pretty hand bags, silk-bound diaries and hand-crafted jewellery. Gifts for men include silver bookmarks, key rings and money clips decorated with traditional motifs. From the front, the main shop looks like an apartment block.

Location: 1D Mao Sheng Mansion, 1051 Xiazha Rd

Tel:021-62156253/1011

(1) We can learn from the passage that cash-mere is________.

[　　]

A．used by designer Dennis Yang

B．designed as the expensive souvenirs

C．a kind of cheap souvenirs sold in a unique shop

D．an expensive coat specially designed for the travelers

(2) If you want to buy a silk dress and are on South Maoming Rd now, the nearest shop you can go to is________.

[　　]

A．Younik

B．Jooi Design

C．Jin Zhi Yu Ye

D．Lilli's

(3) According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

[　　]

A The four souvenir shops are on the same street

B．Bags are sold in two of the shops.

C．Younik is not a shop but a showcase.

D．All of the shops are not easy to find.

(4) What is the passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．A nice way to remember the days in Shanghai.

B．An introduction of some souvenir shops.

C．The various gifts to be on sale in Shanghai.

D．The location of souvenir shops in Shanghai.

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — edu?cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop work?ing isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1. 1.

   It can be learned from the text that the aging of the popula?tion in America ________.

   1. A.
      has made people feel younger
   2. B.
      has changed people’s social position
   3. C.
      has changed people’s understanding of age
   4. D.
      has slowed down the country’s social development
2. 2.

   The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

   1. A.
      a society
   2. B.
      America
   3. C.
      a place
   4. D.
      population
3. 3.

   “Act your age” means people should ________.

   1. A.
      be active when they are old
   2. B.
      do the right thing at the right age
   3. C.
      show respect to their parents young or old
   4. D.
      take more physical exercises suitable to their age
4. 4.

   f a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

   1. A.
      normal
   2. B.
      wonderful
   3. C.
      unbelievable
   4. D.
      unreasonable