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SECTION B (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

The worst US economic recession (萧条) in 70 years is forcing senior citizens out of retirement, leaving them fighting for jobs in a weak labor market or risking homelessness.

A study by Experience Works, released on Tuesday, showed 46 percent of the 2,000 low income people over 55 years who participated needed to find work to keep their homes. Nearly half of them had been searching for work for more than a year.

“These people are at the age where they understandably thought their job-searching years were behind them,” said Cynthia Metzler, president and CEO of Experience Works.

“But here they are, many in their 60s, 70s and beyond, desperate to find work so they can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.”

According to the study, many of the participants had no intention of working past their 60th birthday, but had to change plans after being dismissed or following the death of the partner. Over a third of the participants had retired.

Ninety percent of respondents 76 years and older planned to continue working for the next five years.

Huge medical bills due to a personal illness or that of a spouse(配偶) were also reasons for coming out of retirement, the survey found. The longest and deepest economic slump since the 1930s is making finding a job for the low-income elderly workers a difficult challenge.

The Experience Works study found that 46 percent of the elderly jobseekers were sometimes forced to choose between paying rent, buying food or medication. Almost three-quarters believed their age made it harder to compete for jobs with younger workers.

“This study underscores calls for the need to create policies that remove barriers to employment for older workers and provide additional programs and services specifically aimed at helping older people re-enter the work force or remain working,” said Metzler.

81.What has caused the American retired senior citizens back to work? (No more than 8 words)

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82.Why is it hard for the elderly job seekers to find a job? (No more than 13 words)

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83.Use several words to describe the possible feelings of the elderly job seekers? (No more than 4 words)

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84.What might be the solution to the problem according to the study? (No more than 15 words)

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第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文。掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将其涂黑

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession 36 in the way of being a good parent．

I no longer consider myself the 37 of the universe．I show up．I listen．I try to laugh．I

am a good friend to my 38 ．I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约) 39 what they

say．I am a good friend to my friends，and they 40 me．Without them，there would be nothing to say to you today．

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today：Get a 41 ．A real life，not a desire of the next 42 ，the bigger paycheck，the larger house．

Get a life in which you are not 43 ．Find people you love，and who love you．And remember that love is not 44 ，it is work． 45 the phone．Send an e-mail．Write a letter．And realize that life is the best thing and 46 yon have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to 47 our lives，oar days，our hours，and our minutes．It is so easy to exist 48 to live．I learned to live many years ago．Something really，really 49 happened to me，something that changed my life in ways that，if I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all．And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest 50 of all．

I learned to love the 51 ，not the destination．I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it．completely and totally．And I tried to do that．in part，by telling others what I had learned．

By telling them 52 ：Read in the backyard with the sun on your face．Learn to be happy-

And think of life as a deadly 53 ，because if you do 54 it ought to be lived，you will live it with joy and 55 ．

36．A．come B．stand C．take D．block

37．A．body B．star C．center D．planet

38．A．child B．husband C．mother D．friend

39．A．mean B．express C．concern D．convince

40．A．for B．of C．with D．to

41．A．job B．family C．life D．home

42．A．promotion B．success C．baby D．accomplishment

43．A．busy B．guilty C．immature D．alone

44．A．game B．fun C．enthusiasm D．leisure

45．A．Pick up B．Take up C．Hold up D．Get up

46．A．whether B．what C．/ D．that

47．A．waste B．spend C．kill D．pass

48．A．in favour of B．instead of C．in spite of D．in honoue of

49．A．nice B．fierce C．bad D．great

50．A．decision B．method C．1ife D．lesson

51．A．trip B．journey C．tour D．travel

52．A．this B that C．it D．follows

53．A．routine B．acquaintance C．illness D．enemy

54．A．as if B．how C．as D．than

55．A．delight B．sorrow C．anxiety D．passion

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Mr. Barton,

I am writing for the residents’ association (业主协会) to inform you of our feelings about your act. We’ve really had enough of you. Although we have tried to speak to you politely on several occasions, you have always answered with a stream of verbal abuse(辱骂).

Ever since you moved in three months ago, you have shown very little consideration for the other residents of this building, though many residents expressed their unhappiness with you. For the past six weekends, you have held very noisy parties, which have not finished until early the next morning. As you know, most of the people here are elderly or have very young children, and the noise keeps them awake all night. You don’t have to be so noisy, do you? Last weekend the situation deteriorated when two of your friends fought with each other on the first floor. The fighting was so bad that the police had to be called. What’s more, your friends left the stairs in a terrible state --- they even broke two windows on their way out! We feel that we can’t bear this type of act.

We strongly demand that you pay for this damage to the window soon. If you don’t and you carry on being a nuisance(令人讨厌的人或物). We will kick you out! Legal steps will be taken if necessary.

Yours sincerely

61. What does the writer feel?

A. Excited B. surprised C. Angry D. Happy

62. What does the word “deteriorated” mean?

A. Changed B. Improved C. Moved D. Worsened

63. What is the main purpose of the letter?

A. To ask Mr. Barton to leave the building for the peace.

B. To inform Mr. Barton of the noise he made.

C. To talk about what Mr. Barton did.

D. To give a warning to Mr. Barton.

64. Why were the police called?

A. Because Mr. Barton broke two windows.

B. Because Mr. Barton made too much noise.

C. Because Mr. Barton’s friends fought.

D. Because Mr. Barton beat a child and an old man.

65. What is true according to the letter?

A. Mr. Barton paid no attention to the others’ unhappiness.

B. Mr. Barton never replied to the others’ unhappiness

C. Mr. Barton always said sorry to those unhappy with him.

D. Mr. Barton never apologized to the other residents.

.______, I'm in favour of your plan.

A.Honest speaking B.Honestly spoken

C.Honestly speaking D.Honest to speak

----- Did your father go to America?

----- No, his boss suggested that he _____ there.

A. not go B. didn’t go C. wasn’t going D. not to go

Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. _____76____. We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.

Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.

Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._____77_____ .

The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube._____78______.

First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap ; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole.

______79______.

Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily.

______80____.

As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

A．We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things

in our daily lives.

B．Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way

when they are heated or cooled.

C．Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

D．The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will

expand and rise even higher.

E．They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.

F．Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal把..粘住) them together.

G．People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the

world.

—— Excuse me!

—— ______?

??—— how can I get to the nearest post office?

A. Yes B. That’s ok C. What’s wrong D. Pardon

．—I finished all my work today．

—If____, you can help others with their work．

A．so B．not C．possible D．ever

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