The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady came in and asked, “You don’t   31  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   32  shook her head.
The landlady began   33  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   34  my house? The walls are full of nails! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her   35 room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   36  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   37  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   38  . At that time, she threw all her stuff such as her bag and umbrella on the   39  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   40  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   41  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   42  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   43  their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   44 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   45  nonstop through these holes.
　　She   46  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   47  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She   48 realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   49  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  50 , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady(女房东) came in and asked, “You don’t   36  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   37  shook her head.
The landlady began   38  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   39  my house? The walls are full of nails(铁钉)! How could I rent it to others?”
She began looking around her   40  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   41  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   42  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”
This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   43  . At that time, she threw all her stuff(填充物)such as her bag and umbrella on the   44  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   45  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   46  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   47  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   48  their wedding photo frame.
The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   49 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   50  nonstop through these holes.
　　She   51  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   52  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.
She   53  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   54  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  55  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady(女房东) came in and asked, “You don’t   36  the house any more?” He kept silent and she   37  shook her head.

The landlady began   38  the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have   39  my house? The walls are full of nails(铁钉)! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her   40  room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply   41  to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for   42  you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other   43  . At that time, she threw all her stuff(填充物)such as her bag and umbrella on the   44  once she entered the room, staring at the whole   45  and feeling terribly upset. Then he began   46  more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which   47  his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to   48  their wedding photo frame.

The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were   49 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were   50  nonstop through these holes.

　　She   51  to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house   52  we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She   53  realized that marriage was like a wall and that all   54  and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall.  55  , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

1.                A．like            B．clean           C．rent D．keep

2.                A．simply          B．barely          C．coldly    D．proudly

3.                A．observing       B．examining       C．watching  D．spotting

4.                A．shared         B．ruined          C．kept D．decorated

5.                A．familiar         B．dirty           C．empty    D．bright

6.                A．devoted        B．attached        C．optimistic D．guilty

7.                A．leaving         B．having          C．asking    D．getting

8.                A．clothes         B．pictures        C．umbrellas D．hats

9.                A．floor           B．wall            C．ceiling    D．door

10.               A．trouble         B．mess           C．confusion  D．order

11.               A．putting         B．striking         C．driving    D．beating

12.               A．hung          B．fastened        C．dropped   D．swung

13.               A．connect        B．fix             C．hang  D．put

14.               A．replaced       B．separated       C．unfastened D．removed

15.               A．crying          B．aching         C．bleeding   D．disturbing

16.               A．jumped        B．held           C．stuck D．got

17.               A．if             B．unless          C．as    D．until

18.               A．especially       B．eventually      C．fortunately D．sadly

19.               A．chaos(混乱)     B．troubles        C．quarrels   D．challenges

20.               A．Therefore      B．Besides         C．Thus  D．However

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Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.

     The current approach which     21     on younger people and on skills for employment is not      22    to meet the challenge of demographic (人口结构的) change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is currently spent on the oldest of the population.

　　 The      23     include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in      24     , that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and 11.3 million people are over state pension age.

　　“      25    needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources on young people cannot meet the new      26    ” says the report’s author, Professor Stephen.

　　The major portion of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25. When people are changing their jobs, home , partners and lifestyles more often than ever , they need opportunities to learn at every age.      27    , some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.

　　People need opportunities to make a “midlife review”to     28     to the later stage of employed life and to plan for the transition (过渡) to retirement, which may now happen    29                         at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.

　　And there should be more money      30     to support people in establishing a sense of identity and finding constructive roles for the “ third age”, the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.

21. A) operates       B) focuses      C) counts     D) depends

22. A) superior       B) regular      C) essential    D) adequate

23. A)regulations     B) obstacles     C) challenges  D) guidelines

24. A)enjoyment     B) retirement     C) stability    D) inability

25. A) Identifying    B) Learning      C) Instructing   D) Practicing

26. A) desires       B) aims                 C) needs       D) intentions

27. A) For example   B) By contras    C) In particular     D) On average

28. A) transform     B) yield          C) adjust      D) suit

29 .A) unfairly      B) unpredictably    C) instantly   D) indirectly

30. A) reliable      B) considerable     C) available   D) feasible