The old men who enjoy their lives associate with their fellows who ________________.
Why did Jenny kept her old love letters?
A.Because she loved some of the men who wrote to her.
B.Because she thought they were a part of her life.
C.Because her daughter often played with them.
Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage, many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the woman who ends up doing the work around the house. She cleans the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some 75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as buying and carrying grain, coal and other supplies for the home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their later years is a problem that needs to be dealt with by all the society.
If they had more money, elderly women______.
A.would have no more problems
B.could live a fairy life
C.would get more respect
D.would need no care of others
Why did the team of 10 Americans had a goal of making history?
A.Because it is the first team that topped Mt. Everest.
B.Because all of the members of the team are blind men except Erik Weihenmeyer.
C.Because one of its members is Erik Weihenmeyer, who hopes to become the first blind man to clear the famed Mt. Everest.
D.Because all of the members of the team are old men who are eager to climb the famed peak.
C
Women have more problems than men in old age. First of all, they have less money—or no money at all—and because of this, they often feel they get less respect, even at home. Quite a large number have no pension (退休金) because they have never worked outside the home, and thirty-eight percent are supported mainly by their husbands or children. Second, a larger number of old women than old men become widows (single women). Men are normally older than the women they marry, and women generally live longer than men. The remarriage among older widows is lower than that among widowers (single men). Statistics (统计) from 1990 in Shanghai show only 52 percent of elderly women with husbands still living, compared to (与……相比) 82 percent of men.
Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage, many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the woman who ends up doing the work around the house. She cleans the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some 75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as buying and carrying grain, coal and other supplies for the home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their later years is a problem that needs to be dealt with by all the society.
If they had more money, elderly women______.
A. would have no more problems
B. could live a fairy life
C. would get more respect
D. would need no care of others
Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage, many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the woman who ends up doing the work around the house. She cleans the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some 75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as buying and carrying grain, coal and other supplies for the home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their later years is a question that needs to be dealt with by all the society.
第44题:If they had more money, elderly women ________.
[A] would have no more problem
[B] could live a fairy life
[C] would get more respect
[D] would need no care of others
Thanksgiving Day
The American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year, a special dinner was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The people who had settled there had left England because they were forbidden to keep their religious belief. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in sailing across the ocean. The ship which carried them was called "the Mayflower". The North Atlantic was hard to travel. There were bad storms and huge waves. With the help of the Indians, they learned to live in the new land. These Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. They could enjoy religious freedom. They learned how to grow their crops in accordance with the climate and soil. Now when they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner. They also wanted to pray God for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. They remembered those who did not live those the shores of Massachusetts. They thought of the 65 day's journey which tested their strength.
The first celebration of a day of Thanksgiving is approximately about______.
A.100 years old
B.200 years old
C.300 years old
D.400 years old
"Many men actually do experience domestic violence, although we don't hear about it (52) ," Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle, one of the authors, told Reuters Health. "They often don' t tell (53) we don' t ask. We want to get the message out to men who (54) experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to (55). "
The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical (56) such as threats that made them (57) for their safety, controlling behavior. (for example, being told who they could associate with and where they could go), and constant name-calling.
Among men 18 to 54 years old, 14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner (58) in the past five years, while 6. 1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.
Rates were lower for men 55 and (59) , with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.
Overall, 30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of_(60) violence at some point in their lives. About half of the violence the men (61) was physical.
However, the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as (62) suffered by women in a previous study; 20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe, compared to 61 percent of (63) .
Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental problems (64) those who had not, especially older men, the (65) found.
51. A. by
B. at
C. on
D. for
Staying Active in Old Age Keeps People Mobile
People over 70 who aren't active are more likely to develop problems walking or climbing stairs within a few years, according to a new study,
These findings suggest that it's very important to stay_______(51) in old age,study author Dr. Marjolein Visser told Reuters Health.
"Physical activity in old age is as important________(52) taking your medications(药物)," Visser noted. "You do not need to join an expensive, fancy sports club with high-tech (高科技的) equipment. Your body will already ________(53) from regular walking."
Visser, a Dutch (荷兰的) scholar, explained that________(54) active helps
prevent people from becoming breathless during simple activities, increase muscle mass and strength, and maintain the balance people need to walk up stairs, for instance.
To investigate how important exercise is to older adults, Visser's team interviewed 3,075 men and________(55) between the ages of 70 and 79, all of whom said they had no problems walking one-quarter of a mile or climbing________(56). The investigators followed the subjects for 4-1/2 years, noting who developed problems _________(57) and climbing stairs.
During the study, 34 percent of men and 47 ________(58) of women said they
began to struggle with walking and climbing stairs. People________(59) were
inactive were twice as likely to report these problems as people who said they got regular exercise.
People who didn't exercise but had active lifestyles appeared to be at a somewhat higher risk of developing_______60) walking and climbing stairs, relative to people who exercised _________(61). Still, leading an active lifestyle. appeared to protect people________(62) problems better than being generally inactive, the researchers report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics (老年医学) Society.
Among people who were inactive,________(63) who walked even a little bit -
such as brisk (轻快的) walking for a little over an hour per week - were at a lower __________(64) of mobility (可动性) problems.
"If you do not like to exercise or you cannot exercise ________(65) of serious health problems or functional limitations, do try to be as active as possible," Visser advised.
第 51 题
A.young
B.new
C.still
D.active