阅读理解。 Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents an

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阅读理解。     Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents and four grandparents in their
families. But have you ever thought about how to take care of four to twelve old people when you grow
up and get married? This could be a problem for most Chinese youths as China is entering new stage of
an aging society.
     An aging society refers to one where lo percent or more of its population is over 60. By the end of 2007,
Chinese over 60 years old have made up 11.7 percent of the nation"s total population "China is getting old
before becoming rich," said Cai Chuang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The
population increase that has powered Chinese growth for three decades will give way over the next ten years
to a rapid aging of the society. This will lead to weaker economic growth, because of a lack of labor
resources.
     As a result of the family planning policy, it is expected that the country"s total working population will
decrease after 2015.
     China is not the only country getting old. More than 60 countries have become aging societies and one
in three people in the European Union is a senior citizen.
    However, experts said that China doesn"t have a highly developed social security network to support the
old. Social security is an insurance program protecting those in need, including the old, the disabled and
others. 1. An aging society is a society that _____. [     ]
A. less than 10% of its population is over 60
B. 10% or more of its population is over 60
C. there are four old people in a family
D. most of its population is over 60 2. If China enters an aging society, _____. [     ]
A. there will not be enough labor resources
B. the family planning policy will be ended
C. everyone needs to take care of four to twelve old people
D. China will have a highly developed social security network 3. What does Cai Chuang mean by saying"China is getting old before becoming rich? [     ]
A. China will be an aging society, then be a developed country.
B. China will be a rich country before being an aging society.
C. An aging society will affect Chinese economy development.
D. China will stop developing because of its aging problem. 4. The passage mainly talks about _____. [     ]
A. an aging society
B. Chinese social problems
C. family planning policy
D. aging problem in China

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阅读表达。阅读下面短文，按照要求完成阅读任务。     It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the
misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are
out of touch with modern ways; that they always have the final say; that they do not trust their children
to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems; and that they have no sense of humor,
at least in parent-child relationships.
     I think it is true that parents often form too low an estimate of their teenage children and also forget
how they themselves felt when young.
     Young people often anger their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainment, and music.
This is not their intention. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted.
So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or language or clothes
or hairstyles anger their parents, this gives them additional pleasure. They feel they are better, at least in a
small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
     Sometimes you are a rebel, and proud because you do not want your parents" praise of what you do. If
they did give praise, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming
that you are oppressed; you can"t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of childhood,
when you are completely under your parents" control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to
be responsible for yourself.
     If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your
parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and
initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do. Because you have the ability to
make decisions and do things without to be told what to do. 1. What do the examples of parents given in the first paragraph show? (No more than 10 words)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
2. According to the passage, why teenagers don"t want their parents. praise of what they do? (No more than
   15 words)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the writer"s advice to teenagers to improve parent-child relationship? (Only l word)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
4. Please explain the underlined word "initiative" in English (No more than 15 words)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Do you often have strange clothes and hairstyles? Please give your reasons. (No more than 15 words)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________

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阅读理解。     School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday.
     They said adolescent (青春期的) girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate
are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boy with similar experiences.
     "For girls it is more serious to be school failure," said Carolyn McCarty, a University of Washington
researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
     "We already know that it leads to more poverty, higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates
of job stability. And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls," McCarty said in a
statement.
     The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle, Washington,and included people from
18 school in high-crime neighborhoods.
     The group was separated evenly by gender (性别) and nearly half were white, 24 percent were black, 21
percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups.
     Overall, 45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure,
but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17 percent for the boys.
     "This gender shows that while school failure is more typical for girls, it appears to have more severe
consequences when it does occur," McCarty said. 1. What is the purpose of writing this article? [     ]
A. Taking good care of the school boys.
B. Asking the US researchers to search more evidences.
C. Giving help to the graduated students.
D. Paying more attention to the girls experiencing school failure. 2. Carolyn McCarty is _____.[     ]
A. a scientist
B. a researcher
C. a professor
D. a student 3. The underlined word "it" in Para. 4 means _____. [     ]
A. school failure
B. a adolescent girl
C. a school boy
D. a university

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阅读理解。     America is a society in which children have watched about 18,000 television commercials (商业广告)
by the time that they have reached their middle teens. My friend Jolie learned this fact a few weeks ago and
decided to do something about it. She thinks that the number of commercials that children see can influence
the way in which they view the world. That is, Jolie believes that children who watch so many advertisements
will grow up to believe that the most important thing in life is to buy, buy, buy! This, says Jolie, is wrong. A
little child cannot understand advertisements for what they are and so believes totally in what he or she hears.
     I have been thinking about what Jolie has told me. I suppose that she is right. I know that it is easy to
control the minds of children because they don"t see things logically as adults do. And I am upset myself at
how the advertisers can control a child"s outlook on the world. I think I should join Jolie in her efforts to
change advertising methods when it comes to advertisements for children. I really have a responsibility (责任)
to make sure that future generation are given every chance to develop their minds without being influenced by
anything bad.
     Of course, there is another side to the problem. After all, parents ought to take responsibility for what their
children watch and how much television they see. I know that many parents just want their children to be quiet,
and so they let them watch as much television as they want. But,in the long run,the methods of advertisers have
great power because we are society of consumers (消费者). I only hope that someday there can be an answer
of this problem. Children need our guidance, not the guidance of advertisers. 1. Compared with adults, children can _____. [     ]
A. not tell good advertisements from bad ones
B. be more interested in TV advertisements
C. sit for longer hours watching advertisements
D. not judge things reasonably 2. The author thinks that _____.      [     ]
A. children should not be affected by TV advertisements
B. watching television is unhealthy to children
C. most TV advenisements tend to tell lies
D. little children have difficulty in understanding advertisements 3. In order to prevent children from watching too much television, the author suggests that _____. [     ]
A. parents keep their children away from the television sets
B. advertisements be changed to suit the needs of children
C. more programs be started to give guidance to children
D. ways be found to have the least influence of commercials on children 4. American children will have watched 18,000 _____. [     ]
A. hours of commercials when they are about 15 years old
B. television commercials when they are about 15 years old
C. hours of commercials when they have reached middle age
D. television commercials when they have reached middle age 5. The main idea of the passage is that _____. [     ]
A. children should watch any television commercials
B. television advertising has a bad influence on children
C. the number of commercials that children see can influence the way in which they view the world
D. parents ought to take responsibility for what and how much their children watch on TV

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阅读下面的短文，然后用大约 =30个词概括其内容要点。      The motor vehicle has killed and disabled more people in its brief history than any bomb or weapon ever
invented. Much of the blood on the street flows basically from careless behavior of drivers who refuse to
respect the legal and moral rights of others. So the killing on the road may be regarded as a social problem.
     In fact, the enemies of society on wheels are rather harmless people, just ordinary people acting carelessly,
you might say. But carelessness is no excuse when one"s actions could bring death or damage to others.
     Researchers have estimated that as many as 80 percent of all automobile accidents are caused due to the
psychological condition of the driver. Emotional upsets can slow drivers" judgments and reactions, and blind
them to dangers that might otherwise be obvious. The experts wam that it is important for every driver to
make an effort to keep one"s emotions under control.
     Yet drivers are not the only people to blame for road accidents. Street walkers regularly break traffic
regulations. They are at fault in most vehicle walker accidents and many cyclists even be- lieve that they need
not follow the basic rules of the road.
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阅读理解。     There are only 12 shopping days until Christmas, and the British public is going present-shopping crazy.
But some parents might have left it too late to buy the present their child really wants for Christmas.
     Every year there seems to be a certain craze which sweeps across Britain, whether through clever
marketing or peer pressure (同龄人压力), so that practically every child in the country wants the same thing
for Christmas.
     Of course, with thousands of parents trying to make their child"s Christmas, it"s quite easy for the most
popular presents to get sold out before everyone can buy one. This leads to parents going to extraordinary
lengths to find the desired gift.
     In past years, the most favoured toys have included Tracy Island, from the "Thunderbirds" TV series, and
Buzz Lightyear, from the "Toy Story" film. This years must-have present is the Nintendo Wii, an indication
that British children are becoming more and more technologically savvy (有见识的).
     Other presents which are expected to top Christmas wish-lists this year are several toys related to TV
programmes, such as popular science-fiction series "Doctor Who", and pre-school sense "In the Night Garden",
as well as the main character from the "Transformers" movie.
     As parents desperately (拼命地) search shops and online retailers (零售商) for the gifts their children want,
some people are cashing in. Those who predicted the trends bought some of the top presents earlier in the year,
and can now sell them for great profits online.
     Special stock-check websites have been set up to warn parents as soon as a certain item becomes available
anywhere. But with so many people signed up it"ll still be a race against time to buy the toys before they sell out
again.
     Some children will inevitably (不可避免地) be disappointed on Christmas morning, but let"s hope that the
chocolates, Christmas dinner and the many other presents will make up for it. 1. What"s the best title of the passage? [     ]
A. Must-have Toys
B. How to Do Shopping Before Christmas
C. What Presents Suit Your Children
D. A Good Time to Earn Money 2. From the writer"s opinion,almost all the children in Britain need _____.[     ]
A. different gifts according to their own interest
B. the same thing because of some influences such as TV, or films
C. Tracy Island or Buzz Lightyear
D. presents liked by their parents 3. What"s the underlined phrase "crashing in" in the sixth paragraph mean? [     ]
A. Come in quickly.
B. Get to buy presents.
C. Change presents into money.
D. Hurry to make money. 4. Why some children will be disappointed? [     ]
A. Because the presents they want have been sold out before their parents can buy them.
B. Because the presents are too expensive to buy.
C. Because their parents won"t meet their needs.
D. Because their love for the presents will change soon.

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