"Hey, little boy, will you support me when I’m getting old?" Wang Wenshan, 35, a

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"Hey, little boy, will you support me when I’m getting old?" Wang Wenshan, 35, asked his newborn baby as he picked him up at home．
The Chinese tradition of raising sons to support parents in their old age has been weakened by the rapidly growing economy and improving standard of living．As is the case with more and more developed countries, China faces an aging society．People are living longer and having fewer children．Therefore, many Chinese families are falling into a 4-2-1 family pattern: a couple raises one child and supports four elderly parents．But few realize that a problem is likely to happen ahead．
The aging of the population is a trend that now affects a growing number of countries．Not long ago, the Information Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, issued a white paper on measures China is taking to help its elderly population．The paper said China s population entered the aging period at the end of the 20th century as the proportion rote） of people aged 60 and above accounted for over 10 percent of the entire population, By the end of 2005, China had nearly 144 million people over 60, accounting for 11 percent of the population, according to the white paper．
An expanding aged population inevitably means that many issues must be settled, as the problem concerns every aspect of society．It puts more pressure on each family, causing disturbing economic consequences and serious social problems．It also challenges the labor force supply and the pension system．
"I used to think that it’s not an issue for me to provide, for the aged," said Wang, whose parents and parents-in-law all enjoy pensions and medical insurance．But last year Wang s father suffered a serious illness and afterward Wang began to feel the pressure on his shoulders．
After his father recovered, Wang opened bank accounts for each parent and deposited some money into the account every month to prepare for future uncertainties．In addition, he has to save money every month to provide for his son s future education．"I m now breaking my back working to support my family: saving pensions for the parents, my son s education funds, and living costs．"
Wang also bought some commercial old-age insurance for himself．"We have to take precautions before it is too late, and many of my colleagues share the same view," he said．
小题1:Which of the following is not caused by an aging society?

A．Social problem．	B．The problem of the pension system．
C．More pressure on the family．	D．Unemployment．

小题2:From the passage, we can infer___．

A．the aging people problem is one of the concerns for the Chinese government

B．China will encourage young couples to have more than one child

C．many people have realized the problem of aging society

D．children will not support their parents in an aging society

小题3:Which of the following can be used to replace the underlined word inevitably?

A．Surprisingly．	B．Certainly．
C．Hopefully．	D．Unluckily

小题4:From the text we can see that .

A．China is the only country to face an aging society

B．most of the developing countries face an aging society

C．countries with a large population face an aging society

D．more and more developed countries face an aging society

答案

小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D

解析

小题1 D. 在Paragraph 4中，“It puts more pressure on each family, causing disturbing economic consequences and serious social problems．It also challenges the labor force supply and the pension system．”选项A、B、C所述内容均包含在内，而It also challenges the labor force supply所指为employment这一问题，而非选项D，故而D为正确答案
小题2 A  在Paraghaph 3中，讲到“国务院新闻办公室就中国采取措施帮助其老龄人口这一问题发表白皮书”，故A项正确。选项B所述内容文中并未提及；由But few realize that a problem is likely to happen ahead．可知选项C错误；由Paraghaph 6和7所述Wang Wenshan 的做法可知D项与原文不符。
小题3 B   Surprisingly意外地 Certainly 无疑地，确定地；当然地；必定；准    Hopefully抱有希望地  Unluckily 不幸地根据语境应选B项
小题4 D  在Paraghaph 2中As is the case with more and more developed countries 可知选项D正确，其它各项均未提及
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In recent years, especially during the l960s, there was much discussion about “the brain drain (排干, 流失),” which dealt with the problem of students and learned people who left their own countries for other countries that offered better chances for study, research, and employment．For example, according to a report from U．N., between 1962 and l966 more than 50 percent of all engineering graduates of Iran and 14 percent of Iranian scientists left their country for work abroad．Over 30 percent of Chilean engineers and 15 percent of Turkish physicians also went to work in other countries．Probably the greatest brain drain occurred among young scientists who had gone abroad to study．Many of them had planned to return to their countries to teach but chose to remain in more industrialized nations where they were able to continue their work and their research in fields in which there were no job possibilities at home．The countries that attracted most of these scientists were the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia.
　　Recent studies show that the brain drain to the United States may be decreasing．Many foreign scientists are going home again, and in some cases American scientists are leaving the United States for employment in other countries．The main reasons are that good jobs are becoming fewer here, money for national research has been sharply cut, and university fellowships reduced too．However, in the field of medicine the drain to the United States still goes on．Today more than one of every five American doctors is foreign - born, and several thousand foreign doctors immigrate to the United States each year．Over eighty countries have asked the State Department to send students who are skilled in important fields such as medicine back home when their study programs are over.
小题1:Which of the following is not the reason for “the brain drain”?

A．Good housing.	B．Better research condition.
C．Good job possibility	D．Better chances of study..

小题2:The brain drain to the United States may be decreasing mainly because __________.

A．many foreign scientists are ordered to return to their motherlands

B．they don’t need any foreign scientists now

C．there are fewer and fewer good jobs in the USA

D．the universities refuse to provide money for the foreign scientists

小题3:How many American doctors are foreign - born?
A．About half of them.　　 B More than 20 percent　
C．Several thousand.　　 D．About 15 percent.
小题4:Which is the best title for this passage?
A．How to seek a job in the USA.　　 B．Doctors’ immigration to the USA.
C．A strange case. D．The brain drain.

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We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are:
BTW(by the way); BRB(be right back); LOL(laughing out loud); IMO(in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
info(information); puter(computer); pic(picture); sec(second)
We ususally don’t see people when we communicate on the Internet, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feelings”, such as:
:-) (happy); ;-)(joking); :-((sad); :-O(surprised)
These days, many forums(论坛)have picture feelings. For example:

(happy) (sad) (angry) (cool)
There are even whole new words, like ”newbie’s” (someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called “flaming” the person.
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
小题1:Why do people type acronyms?

A．To show their feelings.	B．To make jokes.
C．To save time.	D．In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.

小题2:What does “BTW, my computer is not working well, :-( ”mean?

A．The person is happy about getting a new computer.

B．The person has to go away from his/her computer.

C．The person is angry at somebody.

D．The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

小题3: If someone is angry, what may he type?

A．

B．BRB

C．LOL

D．

小题4:E-talk will probably_______.

A．keep changing	B．stay the same
C．be used by people on the telephone	D．be easy for newbie’s to understand.

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A growing number of students in the United States are studying Mandarin(普通话). It is the official language of China. More and more people speak Mandarin than those who speak other languages in the world.
Schools that teach Mandarin want to prepare students for a future in which they are likely to work with people from China. Business in China is booming(繁荣的), and that trend(趋势) is expected to grow.
The US government is trying to encourage even more public schools to teach Mandarin. Officials are considering spending about $1 billion on Mandarin programs in schools. China is getting involved(参与) too. The Chinese government has donated Mandarin textbooks to US schools. Some schools are also taking part in teacher exchange programs with China.
“It is important for students to learn Mandarin and Chinese culture,” said Mary Patterson, a school principal(校长) in Portland, Oregon. “Students who do so will have wider opportunities when they become adults.”
小题1:Why are US schools teaching Mandarin?

A．To help students communicate with Chinese students.

B．To encourage students to move to China,

C．To prepare students for the future.

D．To get students interested in business.

小题2:The underlined word “donated” (in Paragraph 4) can be replaced by “______”?

A．provided

B．kept

C．made

D．found

小题3: What is the best title for this passage?

A．Why US students learn Mandarin	B．Schools in China
C．How to speak Mandarin	D．China today

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Scientific discoveries have changed man’s life a great deal during the past century. First of all, they have greatly improved material well-being in several areas of life. In the field of medicine, cures for life threatening diseases have enabled people to live longer. In communication, the telephone and e-mail have made it possible for us to communicate with anyone in the world without leaving our homes or offices. Advances in transportation allow businessmen to fly across the ocean in the morning and return home the same evening. Space technology has put men on the moon. More efficient ways of using available resources, such as coal and solar power, have been explored.
Scientific discoveries have also changed man’s moral atmosphere. Ethical (伦理的) issues are raised by these discoveries. Should we keep a terminally ill person alive through drugs and machines or should we allow him to die in dignity? With advances in transportation had come the problem of pollution for nearly every major city in the world. If cities become uninhabitable, then such technical advances may come with too great a price to pay. Many people also question the wisdom of sending men to the moon when there are urgent problems that have not been solved on earth. During future years, increasing attention must be given to the moral as well as the practical applications of science.
小题1:Scientific discoveries have improved man’s life in several fields. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A．medicine	B．communication and transportation
C．education	D．space technology

小题2: Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Scientific discoveries have only changed man’s moral atmosphere.

B．Scientific discoveries have only changed man’s material well-being.

C．Scientific discoveries have helped people find efficient ways of using available resources.

D．Men are sent to the moon because there are urgent problems that have not been solved on earth.

小题3:At the end of the passage the author says that increasing attention must be given to _________.

A．the moral applications of science	B．the practical applications of science
C．urgent problems on the earth	D．both A and B

小题4:The best title for the passage is __________.

A．Science discoveries	B．Science and daily life
C．Advances in transportation	D．City pollution

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This is a dangerous world we live in．The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people contract HIV, more teens are using drugs, etc．You know this because you have heard all the statistics on the news and in the paper． But do you really have an accurate idea what they mean? The numbers are growing up, but how do they compare to the growth in population? Are more cases of these diseases being reported because of better testing techniques, or are the diseases more common? The fact is that without knowing the background statistics mean very little．
This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous．For example, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide．This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors（肿瘤）, is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental dependence for those who take the chemical even once．After reading his report, more than 75% of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class voted to forbid this dangerous chemical! Every one of the above statements is true, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth．The students made the mistake because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical’s full background．
The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said．When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before forming an opinion with only half-truths．Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his or her own view, and will leave out information that is different to his view．For example, look again at the statistics that suggest skiing is safe．Only 32 people may die each year when skiing, while 897 die from lightning strikes, but which is really the most dangerous? If you think about it, you realize far fewer people go skiing each year than the number of people who are in danger of a lightning strike．When you think about it, skiing is more dangerous than you might at first think when looking at statistics．If we teenagers are to be left in this world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own views, rather than be easily persuaded by another’s．To be warned is to be prepared．
小题1:In the first paragraph, what problem does the writer want to warn us?

A．We are now living in a dangerous world．

B．We get a lot of false statistics from the media．

C．Statistics alone without full background doesn’t give us an accurate pictures of things．

D．There are around us more and more murders, diseases, etc．

小题2:Why does the writer use the example in the second paragraph?

A．To argue that high school students are easily persuaded．

B．To show the danger of reporting only part of the information．

C．To prove what is necessary to us might be dangerous．

D．To warn us of the harmful substance around us．

小题3:Relative information is often left out because__________．

A．Relative information is not that important．

B．too much information will make readers feel confused．

C．the author is trying to show what he or she says is true．

D．readers are not able to analyze so much information at once．

小题4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．We should learn to think critically and look at problems from all sides．

B．Some measures must be taken to protect our dangerous world．

C．The growing trend of reporting only half-truths is getting out of control．

D．Teenagers ought to improve their ability of telling right from wrong．

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