题目内容
Who are the elders in your family? The most common answer is that they are your parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and elder cousins ------in a word, any relative who is older than you. But that doesn’t really answer the question, does it? In a normal family, there is a big difference between being elderly and being an elder.
Elders are the storytellers, the cooks, the historians, the authorities, the knitters, and the workhorses. They are the people we respect and turn to for answers or help when we are in trouble, because of their many years of life experience. Most of all, they are the people who raised you and your loved ones and helped you growing into the people you are. For many years, they carried the burden of caring for your family and leading it to better times. Now it’s your turn to dote on them. Ensuring the welfare of your elders should come as naturally to us as raising our children.
Unfortunately, too many people take their parents’ and grandparents’ ability to care for them for granted. And in a country where so many of us live hundreds of miles from our families, looking after loved ones can be difficult. Even so, you should make sure your loved ones are taken care of no matter where they live, and try to look after the seniors living alone in your neighbor, too. Taking responsibility for the elders in our society in an important thing that all citizens should do.
46. According to the author, elders are those who .
A. are much older than us B. bring us up by working hard
C. give us money and food D. have many interesting stories
47. Which of the following opinions doesn’t the author agree with?
A. naturally that the elders should take care of themselves
B. It’s our duty to take care of the elders when they are old
C. We should take care of the elders even if a long distance separates us from them
D. Looking after the elders is as important as raising our children
48. In which of the following columns would you most probably read this passage?
A. Education B. Parenting C. Society D. Family
49.The passage was written to .
A. explain what elders are like
B. criticize those people who don’t respect elders
C. Explain why we should love elders
D. Call on people to respect and love elders
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Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a poll (民意调查) has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the hassle (烦扰) of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
The number of people turning their backs on the high street is almost one million higher than it was last year, according to the poll by YouGov. Last Christmas 2.4 million shoppers did not do any of their shopping in actual shops. The figure this year is predicted to be around 3.4 million, equal to around 7 percent of the adult population.
Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is 0ver-crow-ding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the cheek-out are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2.065 people pored, even those who are stir taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high street shops has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing wi.th store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street,humans are "social creatures" who actually like spending time together.
"Although the high street is facing a big challenge Christmas, retailers (零售商) should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away," said Mr. Boxall.
【小题1】According to the poll, in this year's Christmas
| A.about 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping |
| B.about 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops |
| C.about 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops |
| D.over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues |
| A.Something that makes people lose heart |
| B.Something that makes people lose face |
| C.Something that makes people lose interest |
| D.Something that makes people lose courage |
| A.retailers should reduce their in-store goods. |
| B.retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research. |
| C.retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping. |
| D.retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas |
| A.Concerned. | B.Doubtful. | C.Approving. | D.Objective. |