America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today,10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society (社會(huì)) in many ways —education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society —one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position (職位、地位), marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

Many people say, ‘I am much younger than my mother—or my father—was at my age.’ No one says ‘ Act your age’ any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1．It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.

　　　 A. has made people feel younger

　　　 B. has changed people’s social position

　　　 C. has changed people’s understanding of age

　　　 D. has slowed down the country’s social development

2．The underlined word ‘one’ in the first paragraph refers to____.

　　　 A. a society　 　 B. America 　 C. a place 　　 D. population

3．."Act your age " in the last paragraph means people should ______.

　　　 A. be active when they are old

　　　 B. do the right thing at the right age

　　　 C. show respect for their parents young or the old

　　　 D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age

4．If a 20-year-old man becomes general manager of a big company, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ______.

　　　 A. normal 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. wonderful 　　　

　　　 C. unbelievable 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 D. unreasonable

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【小題1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep out
B．give up
C．pay no attention to
D．continue
【小題2】Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?
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B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D．Sharing everything they have.
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B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
【小題4】This passage is most probably written for         .
A．American students
B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America
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【小題1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A．keep out
B．give up
C．pay no attention to
D．continue
【小題2】Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?
A．Treating friends at home.
B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D．Sharing everything they have.
【小題3】Which of the following statements in True according to the passage? 
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B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
【小題4】This passage is most probably written for         .
A．American students
B．Chinese students
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【小題2】
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【小題3】
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【小題4】
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【小題5】
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【小題6】
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【小題7】
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【小題8】
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1. Reduce(減少)

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   When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

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A. to use things wisely

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C. to use less paper

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A. to throw waste thing away

B. to cover waste thing with the earth

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A. Throwing them away    B. Repairing them              C. Putting them away

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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".

   A. put down     B. give up       C. pay no attention to    D. continue

2. From the passage, we can know_________________.

 A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

 D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.

3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.

A. American students                B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America         D. American visitors to China    

 

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