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This pattern of independence often results in serious 14 for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live 15 the age of 70. The job retirement age is 16 65. The children have left home, married, and 17 their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes.
18 the major problem of many elderly couples is not 19 . They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation(职业) 20 a close family group.
1. A. share B. have
C. exchange D. hold
2. A. either B. though
C. as well D. also
3. A. discussed B. followed
C. seen D. heard
4. A. asked B. made
C. said D. allowed
5. A. control B. support
C. agreement D. criticism
6. A. for B. on
C. without D. in
7. A. in B. at
C. on D. for
8. A. too B. almost
C. nearly D. quite
9. A. fit B. meet
C. suit D. satisfy
10. A. break up B. break into.
C. break through D. break away from
11. A. reached B. got
C. arrived D. developed
12. A. In truth B. In name
C. Indeed D. In a word
13. A. heavy B. light
C. strong D. weak
14. A. questions B. problem
C. matters D. affairs
15. A. to B. till
C. from D. beyond
16. A. only B. usually
C. sometimes D. seldom
17. A. set forth B. set aside
C. set up D. set down
18. A. But B. Therefore
C. In contrast D. On the other hand
19. A. local B. national
C. political D. economic
20. A. or B. nor
C. and D. but
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In the American family the husband and wife usually 1 important decision making. When the children are old enough, they take part 2 . Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness(宽容)of American parents. The old rule that" children should be seen and not heard” is rarely 3 , and children are often 4 to do what they wish without strict parental 5 . The father seldom expects his children to obey him 6 question, and children are encouraged to be independent 7 an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom 8 far. Others think that a strong father image(形象)would not 9 the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to 10 their parental families by the time they have 11 their late teens or early twenties. 12 , not to do so is often regarded as a failure, a kind of 13 .
This pattern of independence often results in serious 14 for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live 15 the age of 70. The job retirement age is 16 65. The children have left home, married, and 17 their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes.
18 the major problem of many elderly couples is not 19 . They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation(职业) 20 a close family group.
1. A. share B. have
C. exchange D. hold
2. A. either B. though
C. as well D. also
3. A. discussed B. followed
C. seen D. heard
4. A. asked B. made
C. said D. allowed
5. A. control B. support
C. agreement D. criticism
6. A. for B. on
C. without D. in
7. A. in B. at
C. on D. for
8. A. too B. almost
C. nearly D. quite
9. A. fit B. meet
C. suit D. satisfy
10. A. break up B. break into.
C. break through D. break away from
11. A. reached B. got
C. arrived D. developed
12. A. In truth B. In name
C. Indeed D. In a word
13. A. heavy B. light
C. strong D. weak
14. A. questions B. problem
C. matters D. affairs
15. A. to B. till
C. from D. beyond
16. A. only B. usually
C. sometimes D. seldom
17. A. set forth B. set aside
C. set up D. set down
18. A. But B. Therefore
C. In contrast D. On the other hand
19. A. local B. national
C. political D. economic
20. A. or B. nor
C. and D. but
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We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. 1 the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife 2 a cupboard outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “ 3 it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack(行李架). I’ve always 4 one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was $20 5 , and the cupboard 6 onto the roof rack.. It 7 six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heave, too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually 8 that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us 9 . Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said,“There’s a long line of cars 10 . Why don’t they pass us, I wonder?”In fact a police car did pass. The two officers inside 11 us seriously as they passed. But then with great kindness, they 12 us through the rush hour traffic. The police car stopped 13 our village church. One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “ 14 need any more help?” I was a bit 15 . “Thanks, officer,” I said.“You have been very kind. I live 16 beside the road.”
Then he 17 our car; first the flowers, then the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was 18 else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the 19 struck me like a stone between the eyes. I laughed at 20 . “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks.” I drove as fast as I could, still thinking over this funny experience.
1. A.Filling B.Making C.On D.With
2. A.found B.noticed C.watched D.observed
3. A.Buy B.Hold C.Make D.Own
4. A.wanted B.found C.required D.noticed
5. A.shorter B.less C.fewer D.poorer
6. A.was wrapped B.was hung C.was tied D.was passed
7. A.looked B.measured C.appeared D.seemed
8. A.careful B.polite C.frightened D.attentive
9. A.past B.across C.out D.through
10. A.along B.behind C.ahead D.together
11. A.looked at B.shouted at C.glared at D.smiled at
12. A.took B.directed C.pointed D.led
13. A.in B.before C.on D.with
14 .A.Do you B.Will you C.Could you D.Would you
15. A.surprised B.frightened C.worried D.excited
16. A.nearly B.just C.straight D.almost
17. A.searched B.struck C.examined D.watched
18. A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something
19. A.problem B.truth C.matter D.incident
20. A.my wife B.the officer C.myself D.the cupboard
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What could I do? Ten minutes later I was $20 5 , and the cupboard 6 onto the roof rack.. It 7 six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heave, too.
In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually 8 that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us 9 . Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said,“There’s a long line of cars 10 . Why don’t they pass us, I wonder?”In fact a police car did pass. The two officers inside 11 us seriously as they passed. But then with great kindness, they 12 us through the rush hour traffic. The police car stopped 13 our village church. One of the officers came to me. “Right, sir,” he said. “ 14 need any more help?” I was a bit 15 . “Thanks, officer,” I said.“You have been very kind. I live 16 beside the road.”
Then he 17 our car; first the flowers, then the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing. “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was 18 else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the 19 struck me like a stone between the eyes. I laughed at 20 . “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks.” I drove as fast as I could, still thinking over this funny experience.
1. A.Filling B.Making C.On D.With
2. A.found B.noticed C.watched D.observed
3. A.Buy B.Hold C.Make D.Own
4. A.wanted B.found C.required D.noticed
5. A.shorter B.less C.fewer D.poorer
6. A.was wrapped B.was hung C.was tied D.was passed
7. A.looked B.measured C.appeared D.seemed
8. A.careful B.polite C.frightened D.attentive
9. A.past B.across C.out D.through
10. A.along B.behind C.ahead D.together
11. A.looked at B.shouted at C.glared at D.smiled at
12. A.took B.directed C.pointed D.led
13. A.in B.before C.on D.with
14 .A.Do you B.Will you C.Could you D.Would you
15. A.surprised B.frightened C.worried D.excited
16. A.nearly B.just C.straight D.almost
17. A.searched B.struck C.examined D.watched
18. A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.something
19. A.problem B.truth C.matter D.incident
20. A.my wife B.the officer C.myself D.the cupboard
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完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 36 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 37 a driving offence (犯规,犯法).
Then one day she nearly 38 her record. A police car 39 her, and the policemen in it saw her 40 a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed 41 that she would be punished.
42 Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 43 old to drive a car, and that the 44 why she had not stopped at the red 45 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 46 old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When the judge had finished what he was 47 , Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was 48 and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 49 a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.
When she had 50 done this, she took the thread(n.线) out of the needle again and handed 51 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your 52 . I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”
The judge took the 53 and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was 54 , and her record 55 unbroken.
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