My uncle is a butcher, who is skilled at      the pork.

    A．cutting down     B．cutting up   C．cutting off  D．cutting out

In our school, students are            according to how much they know and how old they are.

    A．classified   B．combined C．listed   D．made

—What do you think of the meeting held yesterday evening?

    —It was a tiring one,          I kept falling asleep.

    A．where    B．which    C．that D．during which

Tony has to go to school by bus because his bicycle        .

    A．will be repaired                     B．is repaired

    C．has been repaired                    D．is being repaired

Many experts stick to the view       teacher development is      the key to quality education lies.

    A．which; where                         B．which; in which

    C．that; where                          D．that; in which

The sun was shining brightly,       everything there       more beautiful.

    A．making; look B．to make; looked  C．and made; looking    D．and making; be looked

This printer is of good quality.        it break down within the first year.

    A．Should   B．Would    C．Could    D．Might

—Why are you so nervous?

    —To our great surprise, we found        by the strangers.

    A．we monitored                        B．ourselves monitored

    C．us to monitor                       D．ourselves monitoring

My friend Li Ping felt        when he was not admitted into the university.

    A．cooled down  B．cast down    C．taken down   D．out down

With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved（心爱的）__36__child．But they may not realize that they will have to “__37__”the love as their__38__ones grow old．They will have to__39__lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their__40_parents and grandparents．China is being__41__country．

According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one   42   10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to   43   from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. The   44  for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.

In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this__45__is under stress as the market ey puts millions of young Chinese on the road__46__better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents__47  ．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their__48__for support when they’re old．China has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__49__protecting those__50__, including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, __51__they are still not highly developed．

As more people grow__52__, China will have fewer working people, __53__will slow down economic growth. According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should  54  its people to have more than one child in the future  55  China should keep its labor population and total population size stable(稳定的).

1.A．only               B．lonely           C．friendly         D．heartily

2.A．take up            B．take back        C．pay back         D．pay for

3.A．hated              B．loved            C．tired            D．hearted

4.A．care for           B．bring up         C．look for         D．pay attention to

5.A．daughter’s or son’s B．niece’s or nephew’s                  

C．wife’s or husband’s   D．aunt’s or uncle’s

6.A．an old             B．an aging         C．a developing     D．a developed

7.A．where              B．when             C．which            D．that

8.A．an article         B．an email         C．a magazine       D．a report

9.A．conclusion         B．character        C．figure           D．survey

10.A．tradition         B．opinion          C．saying           D．way

11.A．in favor of       B．in search of     C．in the way of    D．in the face of

12.A．out               B．off              C．ahead            D．behind

13.A．friends           B．relatives        C．parents          D．children

14.A．an act            B．a case           C．a program        D．a plan

15.A．in danger         B．in need          C．in desperate     D．in disaster

16.A．but               B．or               C．and              D．so

17.A．strong            B．realistic        C．rich             D．old

18.A．as                B．which            C．what             D．that

19.A．forbid            B．promise          C．encourage        D．order

20.A．so that   B．though   C．even if  D．because