Working Women Over 70 Caught in the Retirement Trap At 74 ，Marie Maes is scrambling to find a work.

Even though she spent four 1 working in Colorado hospitals and Seattle nursing homes，the retired licensed practical 2 lives just above the poverty line on little more than $12 a day after she pays her rent.

  She is among a near-record and 3 number of women working well into their 70s, thanks to smaller Social Security checks，4careers，smaller pensions，longer life spans than men and bad 5 planning.

"Of course I 6to get back to work," said Maes,a direct and optimistic woman. Asked whether she considers herself poor，she replied， " I never gave it a thought，but I guess I

  Over the past 14 years，the number of women 8 in the United States between the ages of 70 and 74 nearly 9 from 324,000 to 618,000，according to the Labor Department.

  More elderly people are looking for work these days，10 city job fairs not necessarily because they want to, 11 because they need the money.

  Single older women like Maes are particularly weak. Nearly one in five of them lives in 12 ，more than three times the rate of the 13people of the same age. And many carry fewer resources into their 70s than men.

The gap suggests the nation's retirement system is 14 Maes and plenty of other women. Instead of 15 the New Mexico native for decades of hard work,it left her an empty bank account, $824 a month from Social Security and 16 to get back to work.

  Maes' 17 is not uncommon. She started work later in life, 18 less money and relied on her husband to prepare for their retirement.

  Marge Hampton， 70 ，chairwoman of a community group for older 19   ，once said，

  "We looked to the man to take care of us... Then one day we 20   and said, ' Oh my God, what is here?'"

(   ) 1. A. years    B. months     C. weeks    D. decades

(   ) 2. A. nurse    B. doctor    C. teacher    D. professor

(   ) 3. A. decreasing   B. extending  C. spreading    D. growing

(   ) 4. A. longer    B. better     C. earlier    D. shorter

(   ) 5. A. working    B. family    C. financial    D. studying

(   ) 6. A. need    B. ought      C. used    D. plan

(   ) 7. A. do        B. have       C. am    D. will

(   ) 8. A. living    B. playing    C. working    D. staying

(   ) 9. A. doubled    B. rose       C. appeared    D. grew

(   ) 10. A. taking    B. leaving     C. packing    D. visiting

(   ) 11. A. but        B. and        C. instead    D. then

(   ) 12. A. richness    B. poverty   C. danger    D. trouble

(   ) 13. A. single    B. married      C. rich    D. poor

(   ) 14. A. preventing    B. discouraging   C. failing    D. stopping

(   ) 15. A. saving    B. paying      C. prizing    D. rewarding

(   ) 16. A. pressure    B. worry      C. power    D. pleasure

(   ) 17. A. example    B. situation     C. suffering    D. optimism

(   ) 18. A. took    B. wasted        C. made    D. spent

(   ) 19. A. women    B. men           C. workers    D. nurses

(   ) 20. A. cheered up    B. picked up     C. stood up    D. woke up

1-5 DADDC      6-10 ACCAC 

11 -15 ABBCD     16 -20 ABCAD

本文以Marie Maes為例，講述了美國社會中，由于種種原因，退休之后還需工作的老人的現(xiàn)狀。

1. D指Marie Maes在醫(yī)院工作了四十年，dec?ade是" 十年" 之意，其 他答案與文章不符。

2. A從上文她的工作經(jīng)歷可推斷出Marie Maes是"護(hù)士"而不是醫(yī)生。

3. D指像她這樣由于退休金少，自己又沒什么積蓄，退休后還需工作的女性人數(shù)在不斷地"增長"，所以選groWing。

4. D由于工作年限"短"，女性不得不在退休后繼續(xù)工作以維持生計。

5. C指個人的"理財"計劃不周。

6. A指她目前迫于生計，"需要"出去工作。

7. C當(dāng)被問及是否認(rèn)為自己貧困時，她說從來沒想過，伹她認(rèn)為自己的確如此。am后省略"poor"。

8. C此處是指"在工作的"老年婦女的人數(shù)，所以用working0

9. A從下文的數(shù)字變化"from 324,000 to 618 ，000"可推斷出幾乎增長了一倍。

10. C指找工作的老人"擠滿了"勞動市場， pack有"占據(jù)"、"布滿"之意。

11. A考查"not... but..."句型。此句意為：不是想要去工作，而是因為他們需要錢。

12. B指五分之一的老年單身婦女生活在"貧困"之中。

13. B由此段開頭的"Single older women like Maes"可推斷出此處應(yīng)指"已婚"婦女。

14. C fail (sb.：)表"忽略"，"忘記"，"讓某人失望"等意思。

15. D指對數(shù)十年辛苦工作的"獎賞"。

16. A指數(shù)十年的努力工作沒有帶來回報，卻帶來了重返工作的"壓力"。

17. B situation指"情形"，example指"例子"， suffering指"磨難",optimism指"樂觀"，此處指和Marie Maes一樣情形的人。

18. C前面講Maes工作較晚，所以make money(賺錢）就少。

19. A從下文"We looked to the man to take care of us…"可推斷出，這個組織一定是關(guān)心和Marie Maes一樣的婦女，所以用women。

20. D與丈夫在一起時，女人們往往一直靠丈夫。離婚以后如夢初醒，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)一切要靠自己，所以此處用woke up比較合適。

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