The United States estimates that about one out of every 10 people on the planet today is at least 60 years old. By 2050, it’s projected to be one out of 5. This means that not only will there be more old people, but there will be relatively fewer young people to support them.

Professor Richard Lee of the University of California at Berkeley says this aging of the world has a great effect on economics. “Population aging increases the concentration of population in the older ages and therefore it is costly,” he said.

Aging populations consume (消耗) more and produce less. With more people living longer, it could get expensive. But Mr. Lee says with continuing increases in worker productivity and smart planning, it can be manageable.

Societies have different methods for caring for the elderly, but each carries a cost. Generally, there are three types of support. Seniors can live off the wealth they gained when they were younger. They can rely on their family to take care of them, or they can rely on the government.

In industrialized nations, governments created publicly-funded (公共資助的) support systems. These worked relatively well until recent years, when aging population growth in places like the United States and Western Europe began to gradually weaken the systems’ finances. These nations now face some tough choices. Mr. Lee says the elderly in some of these countries must either receive less money, retire later or increase taxes to make the system continuable.

Most developing nations haven’t built this type of government-funded support, but have instead relied on families to care for their elderly. These nations also generally have a much younger population, which means their situation is not as urgent as more developed nations. But Mr. Lee says that doesn’t mean they can ignore the issue. “Third World countries should give very careful thought to this process, to population aging and how it may affect their economies — now, before population aging even becomes an issue,” he explained.

1.“Aging” in this text means ___________________ .

A. there are more young people than old people

B. an increasing number of old people are dying

C. more and more young people are growing old

D. the percentage of old people in the world is increasing

2. What is Professor Richard Lee’s attitude towards population aging?

A. Indifferent. B. Negative.

C. Optimistic. D. Worried.

3.The publicly-funded support systems in industrialized nations___________________.

A. are facing the risk of failing

B. have failed to provide support for the old

C. will be replaced by other support systems

D. have greatly affected the nations’ economies

4. We can infer from the text that developing nations___________________.

A. don’t see population aging as an issue

B. should prepare for population aging.

C. are facing urgent situations of population aging

D. have better ways to deal with population aging.

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完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

We were moving．Our new home would be across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge，in another district of New York City．We were _________ the only home I had ever known．To my_________ ，it occurred right before the beginning of sixth grade．Not only would I not be able to _________ elementary school with my friends，but I would have to start a new school life with new students who had known each other _________ me．I spent the summer _________ to a new neighborhood，but making friends didn’t come _________to me．

In addition，the _________of starting a new school life hung over me like a black cloud．The first day of school arrived too quickly，as I hadn’t _________ well．I entered my new classroom trying very hard not to appear as _________ as I felt，but it wasn’t easy．Twenty-eight kids turned to_________ me，which made me more nervous．

Mr Bernstein welcomed me to the class and _________ me to the other students．Then he _________ me to an empty desk in the back of the room，next to another girl．Her name was Janet and she was assigned to be my _________．I slowly walked across the room to take my seat．

Mr Bernstein began to rapidly _________ the requirements for our class．After class，we walked to the cafeteria，sat together and happily talked a lot about our _________．We both had two sisters，and she lived about a fifteen-minute walk away from my house．In addition，her parents were as _________ as mine：no make-up，nail polish，or stockings．The smiles on both our faces broadened with each new _________．On that first day in a new school，things turned out to be quite _________．

It has now been over thirty-five years．A lot of things have been_________ in both of our lives：graduation，college，marriage，divorce，and children．But the _________that began from that first day of middle school is still going strong．

1.A．repairing B．purchasing C．destroying D．1eaving

2.A．sadness B．delight C．surprise D．embarrassment

3.A．visit B．select C．finish D．enter

4.A．except B．besides C．1ike D．with

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Our environment isn’t as green and beautiful as it should be. There are steel(鋼鐵) monsters blocking out the sun, blowing out dangerous smoke, and letting out poisonous chemicals into rivers, cars producing harmful waste gas, people throwing out waste in a wrong way and all other kinds of sources that ruin the planet. Facing current environmental problems, people need to do their best to save the earth.

You can see many big garbage dustbins in the streets. They’re not there for a show, but for you to drop your waste. We should realize that what we do does count. So next time you get that urge to throw gum or a chocolate package out of the car window, or “accidentally” drop as you walk down the street, ask yourself how much waste you’ve been contributing to the environment with that bad habit going on for years.

At home, the first thing we can do to protect the environment is avoid letting water run continuously and make sure that taps（水龍頭）are not leaky（漏的），which would help greatly in scrimping. Another is to use energy-saving lights, and turn them off before you leave the rooms. It is not only energy-saving, but also cuts down electricity costs.

Recycling is a method to make items reusable. Many things you want to throw out can be made into new products through the reproducing process. Use your imagination to come up with ways on things that you can use again.

Pass the message of simple ways to save the environment on to kids. Starting with kids is a good way of teaching the message early in their lives, in the hope that they can carry it forward as they grow older.

With environmental protection awareness in mind, we can do what we can, for the results are to have a big effect on the planet. As long as we do our part, the world is one small step closer to being saved.

1.In the first paragraph the author uses “steel monsters” to describe________.

A. huge buildings B. high mountains

C. big factories D. characters in fairy stories

2.From the fifth paragraph, we can know that ________.

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B. protecting the environment should start from childhood.

C. wonderful life comes from environmental protection

D. protecting the environment benefits the country and the people

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A. The more people do their part, the greener the environment will be.

B. Selling what you don’t want any more is a kind of recycling.

C. To protect the environment may help you save some money.

D. Your bad habits for the environment are a valuable contribution.

4.The passage is mainly about_____________.

A. the use of garbage dustbins

B. how to save water and electricity

C. how to save the environment

D. our current environmental problems

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完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I love working with my dad, but I hated the summer job he gave me. He owned a small _________ in Bank Street. In his shop, the most recently _________person got the worst job, and the boss，son was also_________ .

I didn’t want to spend hours _________ the frost on the ceiling of the walk-in freezer, and it was the Saturday afternoon’s _________that I hated most. We received fresh chicken every day. Chicken sat in wooden boxes and was _________ with crushed ice. During the week, the ice and the blood of the chicken slowly leaked into the containers under the chicken，creating its bloody _________ .

There was only one _________ to get rid of the blood and wash the containers： hold my _________and carefully slide the containers from under the chicken， as I tried not to _________ the contents over my clothes, and then _________ into the drain (下水道）.

Soon, _________who have cut lawns, painted houses, woriced in offices, or maybe even worked in the butcher’s will _________ to school. Some will have great memories _________ others will come back with _________ ones.

Looking back, I thought my father could have 56 met from my weekly disaster. However, my dad, who had dropped out of school to help support his family after his father died, was a teacher for me _________. He knew treating me _________from his other employees would be an unfair thing. Most importantly，he taught me to _________ those who do the hard and _________ tasks in life.

For the next six summers，I returned not as the boss, son，but as one of other guys，and I cleaned the dirty containers every Saturday afternoon.

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短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號（∧），并在此符號下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

In recent years, the volunteering spirit has spread between the Chinese people, especially youngsters. Actually, an increased number of people become volunteers every year in China.

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As high school student, we should get active involved in volunteering activities. Only by participating we learn how to work well in a team, how to improve our social skills. Undoubtedly, all of these are important for our growth. So, we should take an action to learn and to grow.

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閱讀下列材料,在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(一個詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式

In 2015, Adele Adkins（阿黛爾·阿德金斯）said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble ___1.___(beat) the competition, ___2.___ (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its ___3.___ successful one. Her third album, 25, ___4.___ ( release) on Nov 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become ____5.___ best-selling album of 2015. No ___6.___ USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec 28.

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書面表達(dá)

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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

A mother has lost parts of both of her legs after she saved the lives of her two children by lying on top of them as a deadly tornado swept through their home. Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, yet her son and daughter escaped without a single scratch after the tornado destroyed their Henryville, Indiana home.

Henryville was nearly entirely destroyed by a series of tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest, killing 39 and leaving thousands homeless. But while the Decker family lost their dream home to the severe weather, they are celebrating their safety. Mrs. Decker is now in a stable condition; her husband said, “What I told her was, ‘you are alive and you get to see your kids grow up.’ ” Joe Decker told the reporters.

Mr. Decker said that he had sent a text message to his wife from his workplace to tell her a tornado was heading for their three-story home. She rushed their eight-year-old son Dominic and five-year-old daughter Reese into the basement, where she tried her best to protect them from the storm.

Mrs. Decker typed out what had happened by using an iPad in the hospital. She saw part of the house collapse（坍塌）on her and pulled her daughter out of the way. She doesn’t remember anything after that.

The home, which was partly built by Mr. Decker and his wife’s father, is now completely destroyed, with a bathtub 200 feet away in a filed, the Courier Journal reported. The house took about nine mouths to build and four seconds to fall, Mr. Decker added.

CEO Carl J. Tyler praised the Deckers who lost everything and said that the company has set up a trust fund to help pay their medical bills and the losses they suffered. He added, “They are some of the hardest working, giving people you could ever want to meet.”

1.The Deckers’ attitude towards their suffering from the tornado is .

A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. angry D. unsure

2.When the tornado was about to hit their home, Mr. Decker was .

A. setting out to go back home

B. working by using an iPad

C. sending text messages to other workers

D. reminding his wife about the tornado

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Mrs. Decker’s brave deed is thought highly of.

B. Mrs. Decker was asked to apply for a trust fund.

C. The Deckers are considered to be the hardest workers.

D. The Deckers are under great pressure to pay medical bills.

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