Most of the retired people are happy__ their quiet life in the countryside.

A.on

B.of

C.with

D.to

A.on

B.of

C.with

D.to

A.survived

B.retired

C.belove

D.manufactured

A．A retired factory worker

B．A manager of a big company

C．A university professor

D．A student studying overseas

【题目描述】

Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.

Section A

Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

16. Most of the retired people are happy ________ their quiet life in the country- side.

A) to

B) of

C) with

D) on

【我提交的答案】：A

【参考答案与解析】： 正确答案：C

答案分析：

【我的疑问】（如下，请求专家帮助解答）

为什么 啊

nd was busy most of the time. When he was 65, the normal retirement age, he decided that he didn't want to stop, so he carried on working for another two years. Eventually, when he was nearly 68, his wife, Dolly, asked him to retire because she wanted to enjoy their old age together. Reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son.

But he was unhappy. He didn't know what to do with himself. Although he read a lot of books and he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife, he was bored and began to get depressed because he hated being retired.

Then one day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper and, without telling his wife, he bought a small crockery (陶器) factory. The next week he told his family. They were horrified and worried. They thought he was too old at 71 to start work again.

He is now 76 and he has expanded the company considerably. He has increased the number of staff from 6 to 24 and he has found many new customers for the products. He has developed the export market and has improved profits by 200%. He has opened a new design office and employed three young designers. They have been all over the world to get new ideas, and one of them has gone to France this week to a major trade fair. Most importantly, he hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.

1)、The topic sentence of Para. 1 is ______.

A.Morgan Rees has always been a good businessman

B.he used to own three petrol stations and was busy most of the time

C.when Morgan Rees was 65, he got retired

D.reluctantly, he handed over the business to his son

2)、The topic sentence of Para. 2 is ______.

A.he didn't know what to do with himself

B.he went on holiday to interesting places with his wife

C.he was unhappy after he got retired

D.none of them

3)、Which of the following statements can best express the main idea of Para. 3？

A.One day he saw an advertisement in the newspaper.

B.He bought a small crockery factory in secret and started work again.

C.He told his family he bought a small crockery factory.

D.His family was horrified and worried when they learned he bought the small factory.

4)、What is the central idea of the last paragraph？

A.Morgan Rees has worked until he is 76.

B.Morgan Rees has developed the export market and improved the profits by 200%.

C.Morgan Rees hasn't been bored since he bought the factory.

D.Since he started working again, Morgan Rees has expanded the company considerably, which has enriched his retired life.

5)、The passage mainly deals with ______.

A.why Morgan Rees bought a small crockery factory

B.how Morgan Rees lived his retired life more happily by turning to work again

C.how Moran Rees became a good businessman

D.how Moran Rees expanded the company considerably

hours a week with some charitable organization to practically full-time work for a social agency, just as there are opportunities for voluntary service【C1】______ (VSO) for young people before they take up full-time employment,【C2】______ there are opportunities for overseas service for【C3】______ technicians in developing countries. Some people,【C4】______ those who retire early,【C5】______ their technical and business skills in countries【C6】______ there is a special need.

So in considering voluntary or【C7】______ community service there are more opportunities than there【C8】______ were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time 【C9】______ , and depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different.【C10】______ some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not【C11】______ them by commercial criteria.

The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different【C12】______ , both personal and 【C13】______ . One should not join them 【C14】 ______ to arm them with professional expertise. They must be joined with commitment to the【C15】______ , not business efficiency. Because salaries are【C16】______ or non-existent may voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for【C17】______ , simply because they enjoy the work.

Many community activities possible 【C18】______ retirement were also possible during one's working life but they are to be undertaken 【C19】______ seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider 【C20】______ ommunity service.

【C1】

A．over sea

B．oversea

C．overseas

D．over seas

ho have retired are【C1】______ glad to exchange the routines of work【C2】______ the satisfaction that a more leisured life may bring. Many other workers are 【C3】______ to give up their jobs. The desire to continue working often【C4】______ harsh economic reality, for retirement usually brings a sharp drop in income. Some workers fear the loss of social identity that can result from 【C5】______ a job. They may be left with "nothing to do" ,and may find that they are【C6】______ a life with significant meaning and fulfillment. Those old people who would like to continue working are too often victims of【C7】______ is perhaps the most striking example of age discrimination, the practice of mandatory retirement,【C8】______ people are forced to give up their jobs【C9】______ when they reach a certain age. Until recently the precise age for mandatory retirement【C10】______ from job to job. The usual mandatory retirement age in the U. S. A. , however, was sixty-five.

The objection to mandatory retirement is that it throws people out of their jobs at a【C11】______ arbitrary age, with out any regard to their individual abilities. There is no【C12】______ to suggest that most people over the age of sixty-five or seventy are【C13】______ working; at the turn of the century, in fact,70 percent of men over sixty-five were 【C14】______ in the labour force. Mandatory retirement【C15】______ implies that people are capable of productive labour【C16】______ the day before their seventieth birthday, then【C17】______ become physically or mentally incapable of【C18】______ their jobs. It also implies that we treat all members of the same age group 【C19】______ they had identical competence or incompetence at their jobs when, in fact, the mental and the physical abilities of any group of people【C20】______ at the same time become more dissimilar, not more similar, as they grow older.

【C1】

A．only too

B．too

C．very too

D．not

a job in the auto industry. And in that year the average autoworker could meet monthly mortgage (抵押贷款) payments on an average home with just 13.4 percent of his take-home pay. Today a similar mortgage would claim more than twice that share of his monthly earnings.

Other members of the autoworker’s family, however, might be less inclined to trade the present for the past. His retired parents would certainly have had less economic security back then. Throughout much of the 1960s, more than a quarter of men and women age 65 and older lived below the poverty level, compared to less than 10 percent in 2010.

In most states, his wife could not have taken out a loan or a credit card in her own name. In 42 states, a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband. And nowhere did a wife have legal protection against family violence.

Most black workers would not want to return to a time when, on average, they earned 40 percent less than their white counterparts (职位相对的人), while racially restrictive agreements largely prevented them from buying into the suburban neighborhoods being built for white working-class families.

Today, new problems have emerged in the process of resolving old ones, but the solution is not to go back to the past. Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.

The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challenges. According to a recent poll, more than 80 percent of Americans believe that their current family is as close as the one in which they grew up, or closer. Finding ways to improve the lives of the remaining 20 percent seems more realistic than trying to restore an imaginary golden age.

61. What do we learn about American autoworkers in 1950？

A) They had less job security than they do today.

B) It was not too difficult for them to buy a house.

C) Their earnings were worth twice as much as today.

D) They were better off than workers in other industries.

62. What does the author say about retired people today？

A) They invariably long to return to the golden past.

B) They do not depend so much on social welfare.

C) They feel more secure economically than in the past.

D) They are usually unwilling to live with their children.

63. Why couldn’t black workers buy a house in a white suburban neighborhood？

A) They lacked the means of transportation.

B) They were subjected to racial inequality.

C) They were afraid to break the law.

D) They were too poor to afford it.

64. What is the result of no-fault divorce？

A) Divorce is easier to obtain.

B) Domestic violence is lessened.

C) It causes little pain to either side.

D) It contributes to social unrest.

65. What does the author suggest society do？

A) Get prepared to face any new challenges.

B) Try to better the current social security net.

C) Narrow the gap between blacks and whites.

D) Improve the lives of families with problems.