1 . Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Yold

The year 2020 marks the beginning of the decade of the yold, or the “young old”, as the Japanese call people aged between 65 and 75. By continuing to work and staying socially engaged, the boomers, in their new appearance as the young old, will change the world.

The yold are more numerous, healthier and wealthier than previous generations of seniors.

    1    Of the 3.7 years of increased life expectancy in rich countries between 2000 and 2015, says the WHO, 3.2 years were enjoyed in good health. Working is one of the factors that are helping people stay healthy longer. A German study found that people who remain at work after the normal retirement age manage to slow the cognitive (认知的) decline. The yold are also better off, while the wealth of all other age groups declined.

The yold are challenging the traditional expectations of the retired in many aspects. They won’t wear indoor shoes and look after the grandchildren.     2    They also spend much more, when taking a foreign holiday, than younger adults, so they are vital to the tourism industry. And, because of the importance of pensions, the yold are transforming insurance companies from passive distributors of fixed annuities(年金) to financial service providers for customers who want to manage their pension pots more actively.

    3     Societies should be better off because public spending on health and pensions should be lower than expected, as people work longer and need less medical care.

Today, some big things will have to change, under pressure from the yold themselves. The most important is public attitudes towards older people and in particular the expectation that 60-somethings ought to quietly retire into the background.     4    The yold will demand that companies become more age-friendly and, in the process, help change attitudes towards aging itself.

A．Healthy yold people will require great changes in health spending.

B．They become one of the fastest growing groups for airline businesses.

C．The rise of the yold will definitely be a blessing to both culture and economy.

D．Health worsens with age, but the yold are resisting the decline better than most.

E．Many companies treat older workers unfairly by offering training only to younger ones.

F．Bosses may think productivity falls with age, but studies in Germany suggest things different.

2 .

A．Boss and secretary.	B．Interviewer and interviewee.
C．Manager and clerk.	D．Teacher and student.

3 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

After graduation, Susan was asked to become the executive director of the Floating Hospital. She hesitated at first, as it was a demanding job and she wondered whether she could handle it. But on second thoughts, she agreed to take the job.     1     this job turned out rewarding, she soon got tired of it.     2     (seat) at her desk one day, she wanted to go down to the New School for Social Research all of a sudden. Since she always believed intuition（直觉） was an advantage she     3     trust, she decided to have a go.

Without any plan, she titled the course ‘Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway’. Susan was nervous as she faced the first session of the twelve-week course. The two hours went on smoothly, but she then     4     (challenge) with a new fear, for she didn’t know what to present the next week. But surprisingly, every week she found she had more to say. Her confidence level growing, she realized. She had equipped     5     so much over the years about getting over fear and her students were drinking it up. At the end of the course, they were amazed at     6     shifting their thinking really changed their lives.

Susan eventually decided to write a book based on the course she had taught. She faced many obstacles. And after     7     (reject) by four agents and various publishers, she unwillingly put the proposal in a drawer.

After three years of writing, one day she went through the drawer     8     she held her much-rejected book proposal. Picking it up, she had a sharp sense that she held something in her hands many people needed to read. Therefore she set out with much determination     9    (find) a publisher who believed in her book the same way she did. This time, she succeeded. She succeeded beyond her wildest dreams.

She was so happy that she followed her heart and never gave up overcoming fears which stood     10     her way.

4 .

A．She works in a very nice restaurant.

B．The restaurant food made her ill.

C．Her job involves a lot of business dinners.

D．She feels tired when preparing meals at home.

5 . Questions are based on the following news.1.

A．In a studio.	B．In a clothing store.
C．At a beach resort.	D．At a fashion show.

2.

A．To live there permanently.	B．To stay there for half a year.
C．To find a better job to support herself.	D．To sell leather goods for a British company.

3.

A．Designing fashion items for several companies.

B．Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.

C．Working as an employee for Ferragamo.

D．Serving as a sales agent for Burberry.

4.

A．It has seen a steady decline in its profits.

B．It has become much more competitive.

C．It has lost many customers to foreign competitors.

D．It has attracted a lot of more designers from abroad.