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Middle-aged people may feel subhealth, because______.
A. they have lost their living hopes
B. they have more pressure in life and work
C. they have used up their energy
D. they begin to get older
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Samuel Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches about 40 years of age, their parents are usually still alive. The statistics show the change in lifestyles and responsibilities of aging (老龄化) Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents sometime after their own children have grown up. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ago, family members must provide long-term care. These facts also mean that after caregivers provide for their elderly parents, who will eventually die, they will be old and may require care too. When they do, their spouses (配偶) will probably take care of them because they have had fewer children than their parents did.
Because Americans are living longer than ever, more social workers have begun to study ways of caregiving to improve the care of the elderly. They have found that all caregivers share a common characteristic; They believe that they are the best people for the job. The social workers have also discovered three basic reasons why the caregivers take on the responsibility of caring for an elderly, dependent relative. Many caregivers believe they had an obligation (职责) to help their relatives. Some think that helping others makes them feel more useful. Others hope that by helping someone now, they will deserve care when they become old and dependent.
Samuel Preston's study shows that______.
A．lifestyles and responsibilities of the elderly are not changing
B．most American couples over 40 have no living parents
C．middle-aged Americans have to take care of their children and parents at the same time
D．elderly people may need care for a long time because they live longer after an illness
A different and not mutually exclusive ___3___ holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort ，one ___4___by purposelessness：Without jobs to give their lives ___5___ ，people will simply become lazy and depressed. ___6___today’s unemployed don ’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americanswho have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression，double the rate for ___7___ Americans. Also，some research suggests that the ___8___ for rising rates of mortality，mental-health problems，and addicting___9___poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs. Perhaps this is why many ___10___ the agonizingdullness of a jobless future.
But it doesn ’t ___11___ follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease. Such visions are based on the ___12___ of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. Inthe ___13___ of work，a society designed with other ends in mind could ___14___ strikingly different circumstances for thefuture of labor and leisure. Today，the ___15___ of work may be a bit overblown. “Many jobs are boring ，degrading，unhealthy，and a waste of human potential，” says John Danaher ，a lecturer at the National University of Irelandin Galway.
These days，because leisure time is relatively ___16___ for most workers，people use their free time tocounterbalance the intellectual and emotional ___17___ of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard day ’s work ，Ioften feel ___18___ ，” Danaher says，adding，“In a world in which I don’t have to work，I might feel ratherdifferent ”— perhaps different enough to throw himself ___19___ a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usuallyreserved for ___20___ matters.
1____
A.boasting
B.denying
C.warning
D.ensuring
2A.inequality
B.instability
C.unreliability
D.uncertainty
3A.policy
B.guideline
C.resolution
D.prediction
7A.rich
B.urban
C.educated
D.working
14A.disturb
B.restore
C.exclude
D.yield
16A.tricky
B.lengthy
C.mysterious
D.scarce
19A.off
B.against
C.behind
D.into
20A.technological
B.professional
C.educational
D.interpersonal
4A.characterized
B.divided
C.balanced
D.measured
17A.demands
B.standards
C.qualities
D.threats
5A.wisdom
B.meaning
C.glory
D.freedom
15A.model
B.practice
C.virtue
D.hardship
9A.under
B.beyond
C.alongside
D.among
18A.ignored
B.tired
C.confused
D.starved
6A.Instead
B.Indeed
C.Thus
D.Nevertheless
8A.explanation
B.requirement
C.compensation
D.substitute
13A.absence
B.height
C.face
D.course
10A.leave behind
B.make up
C.worry about
D.set aside
11A.statistically
B.occasionally
C.necessarily
D.economically
12A.chances
B.downsides
C.benefits
D.principles
The middle-aged woman is unaccustomed ______ speaking in public.
A．for
B．in
C．at
D．to
The middle-aged lady surrounded by the masses is said ______ a ______.
A．to be, main
B．being, main
C．to be, chief
D．being, chief
The middle-aged lady surrounded by the masses is said ______.
A．to be, main
B．being, main
C．to be, chief
D．being, chief
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Here's a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation.A young man has at last plucked up courage to invite.a young lady to dinner.She has accepted his invitation.He is determined to take her to the best restaurant in town, even if it means that he will be short of money during the month to come.When they get to the restaurant, he finds that the girl is on a diet.She mustn't eat this and that.Oh, but of course, she.doesn't want to spoil his enjoyment, So she let him eat as much fattening food as he wants: it's the surest way to an early grave.They spend a truly memorable evening together and never see each other again.
How miserable dieters are! You can always recognize them from the sad expression on their faces.They spend most of their time consulting calorie charts, gazing at themselves in mirrors and leaping on to weighing-machines in the bathroom.They spend a lifetime fighting a losing battle against spreading hips, protruding tummies and double chins.Some wage (作战，实行)an all-out war on FAT.Mere dieting is not enough.They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna" baths (桑拿浴), being massaged (按摩) by weird(不可思议的，离奇的) machines.Don't think it's only the middle-aged who go in for these fads(一时流行的风尚).Many of these bright young people are suffering from chron- ic malnutrition: they are tiring on nothing but air, water and the goodwill of God.Dieters starve themselves of their own free will; so why are they so miserable？ Well, for one thing, they're always hungry.You can't be hungry and happy at the same time.All the horrible concoctions(调制品，混合物) they eat instead' of food leave them permanently dis-satisfied.And, Of course, they're always miserable because they feel so guilty.Hunger just proves too much for them and in the end they lash out and eat five huge cream cakes at a sitting.And who can blame them？ At least three times a day they are exposed to tempta-tion.What a torture it is always watching others having piles of mouth-watering food
white; you only have a glass of water! What' s all this self-inflicted (自我打击的) torture (催残) for？ Saintly people deprive themselves of food to attain a state of grace.Unsaintly people do so to attain a state of misery.It will be a great day when all the dieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they hold out their plates and demand second helpings!
第 31 题 The best title for this passage is
A．On Fat
B．We Should All Grow Fat and Be Happy
C．Many Diseases Are Connected with Fat
D．Diet Deprives People of Normal Life
If you associate with such people, I'm afraid you ______ serious trouble.
A．are heading for
B．are making
C．are avoiding
D．are creating
Why do women earn less than men do？ Are the differences explained by the fact that women are looked down upon？ If so, the government has to intervene (干预), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists about the causes of the gap. One view argues that women on the average have chosen low-paid jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the labor force, which reduces their years of experience relative to men. Other people say the gap can also be explained by the difference in educational background.
Much of the gap, however, has not been fully explained. It might be the result of some prejudice (偏见) against women. It is this part that has produced calls for government action. What would happen if the government did intervene to increase the wages paid to women？ One possibility is that in comes for women as a group might actually decline (下降). An increase in wage decreases the quantity of labor imput demanded, resulting in decreased employment as the rate of hiring new workers declines The result will be a surplus (过剩) of labor. Those who can find jobs might be better off while those who had jobs might find themselves out of work.
The difference in labor incomes is most obvious between ______.
A．young men and young women
B．young women in the same industry
C．middle-aged men and middle-aged women
D．middle-aged women in the same industry
The middle-aged lady surrounded by the mass is said_______.
A. to be main
B. being main
C. to be chief
D. being chief
