4、For an increasing number of students at American universities , Old is suddenly in . The reason in clear : the aging of America means jobs . Besides the aging of the body―boom (生育高峰) population , a longer life means that the nation’s elderly population is certain to grow greatly over the next 50 years . By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65 , up from 14 percent in 1995. The change causes some questions for government and society , of course . But it also creates jobs in medicine and health fields , and in law and business as well. “Besides the doctors , we’re going to need more sociologists , biologists , city planners and lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老人学).

Lawyers can major in “elder law” , which covers everything including nursing-home abuse (虐待) and age discrimination . Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers , 74 million strong , are likely to be the wealthiest group of retires in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with , say , an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says .

Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with biology”. So the took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it . She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and in was very satisfying.”

49．“…Old is suddenly in” (Line 1, Para.1) most probably means “      ”

       A．America has suddenly become a nation of old people

       B．gerontorogy has suddenly become popular

       C．more elderly professors are found in American colleges

       D．older students begin to be admitted into American colleges

50．Which the aging of America , lawyers can gain interest        .

       A．from the passing of the “elder law”

       B．from offering special services to the elderly

       C．by increasing their professional knowledge

       D．by winning the trust of the elderly to gain their own interests

51．Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage ?

       A．Retirees who are interested in business

       B．The volunteer workers in retirement homes

       C．College graduates with an MBA or law degree .

       D．Experts also with a good knowledge of gerontology .

52．It can be seen from the passage that the explosion of America’s elderly population        .

       A．will provide good jobs in many areas

       B．will bring a very big problem on society

       C．may lead to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination

       D．will create new fields of study in universities

3、Education is not an end , but a means to an end . In other words , we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them . Our purpose is to fit them for life .

In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all whether rich or poor , clever or stupid-one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation . But we can already see that free education for all is not enough ; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees , they refuse to do what they think “low” work , and , in fact , work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries . But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of a professor , we can live without education, but we would die if we have no food . If no one cleaned our streets and tooled the rubbish away from our houses , we should get terrible diseases in our towns …

In fact , when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life , it means that we must be educated in such a way that , firstly , each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and , secondly , that we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society , and that is very bad to be ashamed of one’s work . Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society .

45．The writer of this passage thinks that        .

       A．education can settle all of the world’s problems

       B．free education for all probably leads to a perfect world

       C．free education won’t help to solve social problems

       D．all the social problems can’t be solved by education

46．The writer wants to prove that        .

       A．our society needs all kinds of jobs

       B．our society needs free education for all

       C．a farmer is more important than a professor

       D．people with university degrees refuse to do what they think “low” work

47．The purpose of education is        .

       A．to choose the system of education

       B．to prepare children mainly for their future work

       C．to let everyone receive education fit for him

       D．to build a perfect world

48．The passage tells us about        of education .

       A．the means           B．the system          C．the value             D．the type

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1、I used to be ashamed of my grandma . I know that’s a   21     thing to say, but it was true until today , so I have to     22   it .

The    23    started when my friend Katy found Grandma’s false teeth floating in a glass on the bathroom sink . I was so used to seeing them that I    24    took notice of them . But Katy shouted , laughing and    25    to talk to them . I had to get down on my knees and    26    her to shut up so my grandma wouldn’t    27    and get hurt .

After that happened , I   28     there were a million things about Grandma that were embarrassing .

Once she took Jill and me out to Burger King .  29     ordering our hamburgers well-done , she told the person behind the counter , “They’ll have two Whoppers (巨无霸) well-to-do.” Jill burst out laughing , but I almost    30    .

After a while , I started wishing I could    31    Grandma in a closet . I even complained to my parents . Both my parents said I had to be careful not to make Grandma feel    32    in our home .

Then last Wednesday, something happened that    33    everything completely . My teacher told us to help find interesting old people and   34     them about their    35    for a big Oral History project . I was trying to think of someone when Angie pushed me gently .

“Volunteer your grandmother ,” she whispered . “She’s    36    and rich in experience.”

That was the last thing I ever thought Angie would say about my grandma .

This is how I ended up on    37    today interviewing my own grandmother before the whole school assembly . All my friends and teachers were listening to her    38    she was a great heroine . I was   39     of my grandma and hoped she would    40    know that I had been ashamed of her .

37、chemistry                           A．stomach                        B．research              C．merchant               D．sandwich

36、hungry              A．singer                  B．hang           C．language       D．length

35、technique            A．exciting                 B．magazine               C．listen                  D．holiday

34、height                      A．eight                 B．either           C．neighbor        D．receive

33、surprise          A．furniture            B．purpose               C．curtain                 D．Saturday