题目内容
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I have several calls to ______ before I go on holiday．
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A．send B．make C．ring D．phone
A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly(老年人) and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must tak
e life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions（养老金）. Furthermore, some in-situation should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options（选择）have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?
| A．The problems faced by the old in society. |
| B．Why we should take responsibility for the old. |
| C．How we can improve the lives of the old. |
| D．Where the old can go to get their pensions. |
| A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire. |
| B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years. |
| C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old. |
| D．Make available pensions for those who have retired. |
| A．impossible | B．practical | C．useful | D．successful |
| A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money. |
| B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age. |
| C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people. |
| D．There is no single solution to the problems of the old. |
| A．To point out the need for government support for old people. |
| B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people. |
| C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem. |
| D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life. |
请根据各句上下文的意义，选择正确的单词填入空白处。
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witnessed poisonous accommodations yelled relationship pension net cave rent abandon |
1.When the war broke out, all the villagers had to _________ their lands and property and left their hometown.
2.The past 20 years has __________ great changes in Shenzhen.
3.Old Wang lives on a ________, which comes to about 1,500 yuan per month.
4.Those mushrooms are __________. You will die if you eat them.
5.Since our first meeting, Xiao Lin and I have established a beautiful __________.
6.I have got a well-paid job with that company. Besides, ___________ and meals are included.
7.The fisherman cast his _________ a third time but this time he drew in a boot instead of a fish.
8.Don’t enter that dark __________. There may be some fierce animals hidden inside it.
9.With the housing prices rising the __________ of a house also goes up.
10.Seeing the boy climbing up to the top of the tall tree, he _________, “be careful!”
选择正确词组（每小题1分，共6分）
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1. After ________the university, he was employed by an oversea company.
2. It seemed that the whole city lay _________after the flood.
3. _________he hurried his breakfast and washed the smelly clothes.
4. I like swimming while my son __________playing with toy blocks
5. I have made it clear that I will never________ to anybody.
6. I don’t ________the price, so long as the air-conditioner is of fine quality.
短语填空：（从方框中选择恰当的短语填入句子中，注意使用其正确形式，每小题1分，
共10分）
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on behalf of build up in spite of run out of as long as feel like task risks be opposed to come about due to |
1.I wonder how it ___________ that the Chinese team did beat the American team.
2.________________ evreyone here, I wish you a very happy stay in Beijing.
3.This traffic accident was ______________ his overdrinking.
4.Taking exercise can _________________ your strength and health.
5.He ________________ my view, but he didn’t put forward his own.
6.I have ______________ my money. Would you mind lending me some ?
7.Finally he decided to go shopping _________________ of the rain.
8.I’m very tired and I don’t _______________doing anything at all..
9.One can’t get rich without ________________.
10.I don’t mind where we go ____________there is sunshine,beaches and so on .