Lawyers can specialize in “elder law”, which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse 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 retirees 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 bacteria.” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”

【1】With the aging of America, lawyers can benefit ________.

A. from the adoption of the “elder law”

B. from presenting their professional services to the elderly

C. by enriching their professional knowledge

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

【2】Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?

A. Retirees who are business-minded.

B. The volunteer workers in retirement homes.

C. college graduates with an MBA or law degree.

D. Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology.

【3】Why can businessmen gain profit in the emerging elder market?

A. Retirees are more generous in spending money.

B. They can employ more gerontologists.

C. The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power.

D. There are more elderly people working than before.

【題目】假設(shè)你是李華，兩周前你從網(wǎng)上訂購了一套英語書蟲系列讀物（Bookworm Series），昨天才收到貨，且包裝破損、數(shù)量不足。請就此向網(wǎng)點客服寫郵件投訴。要點如下：
1）介紹購物情況；
2）反映存在問題；
3）提出解決方案。
注意：1）詞數(shù)100左右；
2）可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫；
3）開頭語已為你寫好，不計入總次數(shù)。
To whom it may concern,

Li Hua

1、寫信目的；

2、網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲?qū)δ愕挠绊懀▽W(xué)習(xí)，生活方面)：

3、尋求建議或幫助。

注意 1、詞數(shù)100左右：

2、可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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【1】When the fire alarm ________ (響起), people ran out of the building immediately. (go)

【2】She got high enough marks to ________ (申請) this university. (for)

【3】I have no idea how John would ________ (反應(yīng)) the news. (react)

【4】The meeting ________ (結(jié)束) at last after his speech. (come)

【5】Doctors continues to ________ (取得進步) in the fight against diseases. (make)

Between 1912 and the 1990s, New Jersey State was home to more than 20 diner manufacturers who made probably 95 percent of the diners in the U.S., says Katie Zavoski, who is helping hold a diner exhibit. What makes a diner a diner? (And not, say, a coffee shop?) Traditionally, a diner is built in a factory and then delivered to its own town or city rather than constructed on-site. Zavoski credits New Jersey’s location as the key to its mastery of the form. “It was just the perfect place to manufacture the diners,” she says. “We would ship them wherever we needed to by sea.”

VISIT “Icons of American Culture: History of New Jersey Diners,” running through June 2017 at The Cornelius House / Middlesex County Museum in Piscataway, New Jersey

GOOD FOOD, GOOD TUNES

Suzanne Vega’s 1987 song “Tom’s Diner” is probably best known for its frequently sampled “doo doo doo doo” melody (旋律) rather than its diner-related lyrics. Technically, it’s not even really about a diner — the setting is New York City’s Tom’s Restaurant, which Vega frequented when she was studying at Barnard. Vega used the word “diner” instead because it “sings better that way,” she told The New York Times. November 18 has since been called Tom’s Diner Day, because on that day in 1981, the New York Post’s front page was a story about the death of actor William Holden. In her song Vega sings: “I Open / Up the paper / There’s a story / Of an actor / Who had died / While he was drinking.”

LISTEN “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega

MEET THE DINER ANTHROPOLOGIST

Richard J.S. Gutman has been called the “Jane Goodall of diners” (he even consulted on Barry Levinson’s 1982 film, Diner). His book, American Diner: Then Now, traces the evolution of the “night lunch wagon,” set up by Walter Scott in 1872, to the early 1920s, when the diner got its name (adapted from “dining car’’), and on through the 1980s. Gutman has his own diner facilities (floor plans, classic white mugs, a cashier booth); 250 of these items are part of an exhibit in Rhode Island.

READ American Diner: Then & Now (John Hopkins University Press)

VISIT “Diners: Still Cooking in the 21st Century,” currently running at the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island

【1】In what way is a diner different from a coffee shop?

A. Its location. B. Its management.

C. From what it is built. D. Where it is constructed.

【2】What do we know about Vega’s 1987 song “Tom’s Diner”?

A. It warns people not to drink. B. It was inspired by Tom’s Diner Day.

C. Its melody is preferred to its lyrics. D. Its original title was Tom’s Restaurant.

A. Did a new development come then B. Then came a new development

C. Came then a new development D. Then did a new development come

1. 選修你校開設(shè)的中國畫課程；

2. 上課時間和地點；

3. 工具和材料：毛筆、墨和宣紙等；

參考詞匯： 選修課 optional course 中國畫 Chinese Painting 毛筆 Chinese brush

注意：1. 詞數(shù)100左右；

2. 可以適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

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增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Last month, my good friend Mark got an expensive watch as his birthday present. He showed to everyone in my class proud. I really envied him and every day I ask my mum to buy me an expensive present. However, to my disappointment, I only got a second-hand bike at that special day. So one day while I was riding my “dear” bike back home from school, I passed the shop that my mum worked. I saw a familiar figure kneeling down in the front of it, cleaned the outside steps of the shop. It was my mum! She worked so harder to raise me! Tear in my eyes, I got off the bike and worked together with her.

Still, since I eat almost every meal with the eating utensil(器皿) of choice in China it’s not uncommon for a new friend or acquaintance to come to a simple 【3】 (conclude) after observing me that my Chinese husband, Jun, must 【4】 (show) me how to use them.

They are wrong. I’ve used chopsticks ever since I was a teenager, a time when my sister and mother were both fond of Chinese cuisine and introduced me 【5】 many new dishes, along with the 【6】 (prefer) utensils in China. We always kept bamboo chopsticks along with our 【7】 (knife), forks and spoons, ready for whenever we happened to have Chinese food for dinner. It was my closest family 【8】 observed my first mistakes I made in using chopsticks.

Plus, I lived over two years in China before Jun and I started dating and I 【9】 (expect) to use chopsticks in almost every restaurant, stand and bar. Trust me, when you’re hungry you figure out pretty fast what it takes to down(咽下) 【10】 meal with these utensils.

【題目】閱讀理解
Blind imitation is self-destruction. To those who do not recognize their unique worth, imitation appears attractive: to those who know their strength, imitation is unacceptable.
In the early stages of skill or character development, imitation is helpful. When I first learned to cook, I used recipes and turned out some tasty dishes. But soon I grew bored. Why follow someone else’s way of cooking when I could create my own? Imitating role models is like using training wheels on a child’s bicycle; they help you get going, but once you find your own balance, you fly faster and farther without relying on them.
In daily life, imitation can hurt us if we subconsciously(下意識地) hold poor role models. If, as a child, you observed people whose lives were bad, you may have accepted their fear and pain as normal and gone on to follow what they did. If you do not make strong choices for yourself, you will get the results of the weak choices of others.
In the field of entertainment, our culture glorifies celebrities. Those stars look great on screen. But when they step off screen, their personal lives may be disastrous. If you are going to follow someone, focus on their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.
Blessed is the person willing to act on their sudden desire to create something unique. Think of the movies, books, teachers, and friends that have affected you most deeply. They touched you because their creations were motivated by inspiration, not desperation. The world is changed not by those who do what has been done before them, but by those who do what has been done inside them. Creative people have an endless resource of ideas. The problem a creator faces is not running out of material; it is what to do with the material knocking at the door of imagination.
Study your role models, accept the gifts they have given, and leave behind what does not server. Then you can say, “I stand on the shoulders of my ancestors’ tragedies and stories, and know that they are cheering me on.”
（1）To avoid the bad result of imitation, we should ________.
A.forget daily fear and pain
B.ask others for decisions
C.choose the right example
D.stay away from stars
（2）According to the author, the world moves on because of those who are ________.
A.desperate to insurance others with their knowledge
B.willing to accept others’ ideas
C.eager to discover what their ancestors did
D.ready to turn their original ideas into reality
（3）What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?
A.To highlight the importance of creatively.
B.To criticize the characters of role models.
C.To compare imitation with creation.
D.To explain the meaning of success.