陕西西安市铁一中2016届下学期开学考试英语试题及答案(3)

   Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
   One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
   To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
32. What is the passage mainly about?
    A. The problems faced by the old in society.
    B. Why we should take responsibility for the old.
    C. How we can improve the lives of the old.
    D. Where the old can go to get their pensions.
33. The underlined word "viable" most probably means"        ".
    A. impossible      B. practical     C. useful     D. important
34. What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article?
    A. To point out the need for government support for old people.
    B. To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.
    C. To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.
   D. To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.
35. The text is most likely to be found in a book about____.
    A. social science     B. historical events     C. political problem    D. political systems
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）（任娇月老师提供）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
As the pace of life continues to increase ,we are fast losing the art of relaxation. ____36____ But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
　　Stress is an natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it.____37____ A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. So don’t be too scared of stress in the daily life.
　　_____38_____ Some people are not afraid of stress,and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities.They can promote themselves to a successful state of work and make some surprising achievements under stress as they have the ability to tramform stress into their motivitation.  ____39____. They often choose to escape from reality when meeting obstacles. In fact we make choice between "fight" or "flight" and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme,but however little the stress is,it involves the same response. ____40____. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress.Since we cannot remove stress from our lives(it would be unwise to do so even if we could),we need to find ways to deal with it.

A. Relaxation is playing an increasingly important role in our daily life.
B. The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual.
C. It is when such a reaction lasts long,through continued exposure to stress,that health becomes endangered.
D. Others lose heart at the first sight of unusual difficulties.
E. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down.
F. When exposed to stress,in whatever form,we react both chemically and physically.
G. In fact ,it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be

第三部分  英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）（杨浩老师提供）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出合适填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
“Do-o-ggy! Do-o-ggy!”
Mrs. Smith was doing the house when she heard someone shouting outside.  41 about her son, she dashed out. What she saw shocked her: Her son Tommy was standing from his armchair, pointing to a cute little dog and  42  excitedly.
If you knew the 3-year-old boy couldn’t walk or speak  43  that, you would not wonder why Mrs. Smith was so shocked at the  44  of his son’s behavior. Actually, Tommy is a very  45  boy, with golden hair and big blue eyes, but when you talk with him you may find there is something wrong with him: He  46  to make eye contact with you or to respond to you; instead, he murmurs to  47  about something nobody can understand ----- he lives in a word of his own.
Mrs. Smith found that was a dog next door. He surely  48  the boy. He ran to him and sat before him, his body  49  and his tail wagging. The boy reached his hand to touch the dog’s face while the dog licked the boy’s hand with his  50 . Then they began to “talk”, “laugh”, and “walking” on  51  legs around the yard.