单项选择题
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根据以上内容，回答题。 As is mentioned in the first paragraph, most people believe that __________
A． A) ads are a waste of time 
B． B) ads are unavoidable in life
C． C) they are easily misled by ads 
D． D) they are not influenced by ads

2、回答题
Caring for Elderly Parents Catches Many Unprepared
Last July, Julie Baldocchi's mother had a massive stroke(中风)and was paralyzed. Baldocchi suddenly had to become a family caregiver, something that she wasn't prepared for.
"I was flying by the seat of my pants," says Baldocchi, an employment specialist in San Francisco. Both of her parents are 83, and she knew her father couldn't handle her mother's care.
The hospital recommended putting her mother in a nursing home. Baldocchi wasn't willing to do that. But moving her back into her parents' home created other problems.
Baldocchi, 48, is married and lives about a mile away from her parents. She has a full-time job and has back problems that make it difficult for her to lift her mother. "I couldn't do it all," she says. "But I didn't even know how to find help. "
With help from the Family Caregiver Alliance, she eventually hired a live-in caregiver. "But even if you plan intellectually and legally, you're never ready for the emotional impact," Baldocchi says. In the first two months after her mother's stroke, she lost about 30 pounds as stress mounted.
More than 42 million Americans provide family care giving for an adult who needs help with daily activities, according to a 2009 survey by the AARP. An additional 61.6 million provided at least some care during the year.
And many are unprepared.
Starting with the paperwork
While many parents lack an advance care directive, it's the most basic and important step they can take. The directive includes several parts, including: a durable power of attorney(授权书)，which gives someone legal authority to make financial decisions on another's behalf; a health care proxy(代理委托书)，which is similar to the power of attorney, except it allows someone to make decisions regarding medical treatment; and a living will that outlines instructions for end-of-life care. (For example, parents can say if they want to be kept alive by artificial measures.)
"It's invaluable for the kids, because it's hard to make those decisions for a parent," says Jennifer Cona, an elder-law attorney at Genser & Cona in Melville, N.Y..
An advance care directive is the first line of defense if a situation arises, says Kathleen Kelly, executive director of the Family Caregiver Alliance, which supports and educates caregivers. Without an advance directive, the family will have to petition the court to be appointed the parent's legal guardian, says AgingCare. com.
It's important for families to talk about long-term care so the adult children know their parents' preferences,wishes and goals, says Lynn Feinberg, a caregiving expert at AARP. But it's not an easy conversation.
Elderly parents are sometimes suspicious of their children's financial motives, says Susan John, a financial planner at Financial Focus in Wolfeboro, N.H.. One client asked John to hold a family meeting because they needed an intermediary to talk about financial issues, she says.
And when there are many siblings(兄弟姐妹)，the family decisions can become a three-ring circus with much acrimony(尖刻)，says Ann-Margaret Carrozza, an elder-law attorney in Glen Cove, N.Y..
Families who need information and help sorting out disagreements can call on elder-law attorneys, financial planners, geriatric(老年人的)care managers and care giver support,rouos. In February, AARP said it will offer its members a new caregiving support service through financial services firm Genworth. Navigating the long-term care system
Many families are unprepared for quick decisions, especially when they find out that Medicare doesn't pay for long-term care, Feinberg says.
The median cost of a year in a private room at a nursing home in 2011 was $77,745, according to Genworth.
And only those who have spent most of their assets can qualify for Medicaid to pay for the nursing home.
Assisted living is another option. Residents can have their own apartment to maintain some independence.
But the facilities generally provide personal care services, such as meals, housekeeping and assistance with activities.
Still, it's not cheap: The national median cost in 2011 was $39,135, according to Genworth. Assisted living isn't covered by Medicaid.
If they have a choice, at least 90% of elderly parents prefer to stay at home as long as they can, according to
AARP research.
But it is possible that the parents can no longer safely live at home, and it can be hard for children to move them into an adult care facility.
There may be another option. Sometimes the home can be modified so a parent can stay there. For example,
Baldocchi put in a chair lift for her mother. She also arranged for a home caregiver.
The job of family caregivers
Family Caregivers take over many responsibilities. One might manage a parent's finances, while another sibling will take the parent to doctors' appointments and shopping. Those who live with a parent take on a significant and sustained burden of care.
Jan Walker moved into her mother's home in Leesburg, Fla. After her mother, who is 83, had fallen, she wasn't able to get around as well.
Walker, 55, has three brothers. But she is the only daughter, is divorced and has no children. "I always knew that this was the role that I would have. and I guess my mind was prepared for it," says Walker, who now is a full-time caregiver and works from home as a tutorial instructor for a digital scrapbooking(剪贴簿)website.
"When you get into the trenches, it's literally baptism(洗礼)by fire," she says.  "New things come up. It's not just about advance planning for finances or medical care. It's everything," she says.
Caregivers need to also watch their own health. "There is such a thing as caregiver burnout," Cona says.
Among female caregivers 50 and older, 20% reported symptoms of depression, according to a 2010 study on working caregivers by MetLife.
"It's a hard job," Walker says. "But most worthwhile things are hard. She was always there for me when I needed a helping hand. It's only natural that I be here for her now. "
The sentence "I was flying by the seat of my pants" (Line 1, Paragraph 2) implies that __________.
A．Baldocchi thought her workload was too heavy
B．Baldocchi felt sad that her parent was paralyzed
C．Baldocchi was unprepared to give 'up herjob
D．Baldocchi was not ready to take care of her parents all day long


3、回答题：

Theword "bungled" in Paragraph 2 can be best replaced by__________



4、 Questionsare based on the following passage.
A recent global survey of 2,000 high-net-worth individUalS found that 60% were not planning on a traditional retirement. Among US participants, 75% expected to continue working in some capacity even after stepping away from full-time jobs. "Manyof these people made their wealth by doing sometting they're passionate (有激情的) about,”.says Daniel Egan, head of behavioral finance for Barclays Wealth Americas.  " Given the.. choice,  they prefer to continue workirtg, "  Barclays calls these people"nevertirees."
Unlike many Americans compelled into early retirement by company restrictiolls, the average nevertiree often has no one forcing his hand. tf 106-year-old investor Irving Kahn, head of his own family firm, wants to keep coming to work every day, who's going to stop him? Seventy-eight-year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's job security is guaranteed in the Constitution.
It may seem that these elderly people are trying to cheat death. In fact, they are. And it's working. Howard Friedman, a professor at UC Riverside, found in his research that those who work hardest and are successful in their careers often live the longest lives. "People are generally being given bad advice to slow down, take it easy, stop worrying, and retire to Florida,, he says. He described one study participant, still working at the age of 100, who was. recently disappointed to see his son retire.
"We're beginning to see a change in how people view retirement," says George LeeSon, codirector of the Institute of Population Ageing at Oxford. Where once ret~rement was seen as a brief reward after a long struggle through some miserable job, it is now akin (近似) to being cast aside, What Leeson terms "the Warren Buffett effect" is becoming more broadly appealing as individuals come to "view retirement as not simply being linked to economic productivity but also about contribution, "
Observers are split on whether this is a wholly good thing, On the one hand, companies and financial
firms can benefit from the wisdom of a resilient ( 坚韧的 ) chief, On the other, the new generation can find it more difficult to advance--an argument that typically holds little sway to a nevertiree.

What do we learn about the so-called "nevertiree$" ?
A．They are passionate about making a fortune.
B．They have no choice but to continue working.
C．They love what they do and choose not to retire.
D．They will not retire unless they are compelled to.


5、听录音，回答题：


A．Give his ankle a good rest.
B．Treat his injury immediately. 
C．Continue his regular activities.                
D．Be careful when climbing steps.


填空题
6、Questionsare based on the following passage.
　　Once again, science supports what your grandmother told you: A good night's sleep helps your body fight a cold.
　　People who 47 fewer than seven hours of sleep per night in the weeks before being 48 to the Cold virus were nearly three times as likely to get sick as those who averaged eight hours or more, a new study found.
　　Researchers used frequent telephone 49 to track the sleep habits of more than 150 men and women aged 21 to 55 over the course of a few weeks. Then they exposed the 50 to the virus, quarantined them for five days and kept track of who got sick.
　　51 sleeping more, sleeping better also seemed to help the body fight illness: Patients who fared better on a measure known as "sleep efficiency"--the percentage of time in bed that you're 52 sleeping--were also less likely to get sick.
　　The results held true even after researchers adjusted for 53 such as body-mass index, age, sex, smoking and pre- existing antibodies to the virus, Like your grandmother, the researchers aren't exactly sure why sleeping better makes you less likely to develop a cold.
　　But they do take a stab at the answer: "Sleep 54 influences the regulation ofproinflammatory cytokines, histamines, and other symptom mediators that are released in 55 to infection." In plain English, maybe tossing and turning when you're infected with the cold virus 56 to the symptoms that define a cold.
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请在（36）处填上答案。

8、The young girl __________ (礼貌地拒绝)the boy’s offer for dinner．

9、根据以下资料回答题


When was the first AIDS patient diagnosed in China?


简答题
10、Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Challenge. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below.
1．中国加入WT0，使中国面临着许多挑战。
2．有挑战才有机会。 
3．中国应如何迎接挑战。