Passage 2
Most of us have got at least one elderly relative — mother, father, great-aunt granny even, still alert and cheerful, with a comfortable warm home, plenty of helpful neighbors and ourselves to drop in now and then.
But how about the other old folks? Those whose children have moved elsewhere, or don’t care? Perhaps a nobody’s Mum, who’s lived alone for years in an old house or bed-sitting room without any help or having friends or relatives around.
The local council do what they can: a cooked dinner brought on weekdays, a home help on two mornings to clean up and do the shopping, a district nurse calling now and then. But most of the time they are lonely and unhappy.
“Put her in an Old People’s Home. They’ll look after her.”
They would if they could. With a garden, a room with the television, good meals, someone to see she’s all right, and, above all, company. There are some very cozy Council Old People’s Homes around.
And the flats for the more active, with central heating, a restaurant if they don’t feel like cooking for themselves, a room to get together in, a warden to give an eye.
Just what the old folks need — if they can get in. In our town there are two homes taking sixty people together and flats for about a hundred and fifty. And a waiting list of more than a thousand.
It may seem unlikely now but it’s on the cards that you’ll be old one day. Maybe one of the lucky ones with a family to live with or helpful neighbors and friends. And maybe alone, cold, even bedridden. With nobody at all to keep you company.
So won’t it be yourselves you’ll be helping if you start moving your local council to do something more for those who’ve done their bit for society and now just aren’t wanted?
More old people’s flats for the active, more homes where the nobody’s Mum can find a bit of comfort and friendship in their last but unhappy years.
36. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. Old people are the burden of the society. B. Few people take care of their parents.
C. Old people have made contributions to the society. D. There are enough Council Old People’s Homes around. 37. In the author’s opinion, who are considered lucky ones? A. Old people who have comfortable homes to live in.
B. Old people who have a family to live with or helpful neighbors and friends. C. Old people who live alone.
D. Old people who live in the Council Old People’s Homes.
38. When the author says that if you start moving your local council to do something for old people,
you will be helping yourselves, what does he mean? A. You will be old one day.
B. You will be helping your own parents. C. You will find a lot of fun from helping others. D. Old people will thank you.
39. What does the phrase on the cards in paragraph 8 mean? A. Ordinary B. Certain C. Right D. True
40. What is the main purpose of the author by writing this article? A. Urging people to help old people and build more homes for old people. B. Criticizing the local council. C. Criticizing young people.
D. Giving a description of the Council’s Old People’s Homes.
Ⅲ. 用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音（本大题共20小题，每两小题1分，
共10分）（注意：使用新式或老式音标均可） 41. willingness 42. announcer 43. acceptance 44. apartment 45. mechanic 46. bookish 47. paragraph 48. loose 49. enquiry
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50. triumph 51. sympathetic 52. immobile 53. patiently
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54. awkward 55. stretch
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56. appointment 57. withdrawal 58. rarely
59. transition
60. acquaintance
Ⅳ. 完形填空（本大题共20小题，每两小题1分，共10分） A. 从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。 always would like for unless seemed must fixing if over from up Little Grace died in the fall. She was a beautiful little girl. But she only lived a little 61 two years. She died of polio and she suffered. She had a slight fever 62 a couple of days, but it didn’t seem 63 anything and we just kept her in bed. And we 64 certainly have called the doctor, but the fever dropped, and she 65 to be all right. So we thought it had just been a cold. Then, one day, she was 66 , playing. Isabel was in the kitchen 67 lunch for the two boys when they’d come in 68 school, and she heard Grace fall down in the living room. When you have a lot of children you don’t 69 start running when one of them falls, 70 they start screaming or something. And, this time, Grace was quiet.
B. 根据课文的内容在每个空白处填入一个恰当的词。
It may seem strange that, in an age 71 it was fashionable for ladies to 72 their hair styled, Mr. Budd should search for opportunities of making money. 73 recently a new “Ladies
Hairdressing Department” had opened opposite. The result was an 74 stream of young ladies who hurried there to 75 appointments. Day after day, Mr. Budd watched them going in and 76 of the rival shop and hoped that some of them 77 come over to him; but they never did. And yet Mr. Budd knew that he was 78 better hairdresser. He had studied especially the art of hair-dyeing, and 79 made him quite angry to see the careless way in which his 80 did this particular branch of his work.
Ⅴ.根据所学课文内容完成下列句子。（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
81. In the Outside Chance, when the young man bought tomorrow’s newspaper, he was eager to
find .
82.“It doesn’t matter if you are born in a duck-yard as long as you come from a swan’s egg.”This
sentence means .
83.The text Freedom in Dying tells us that although we might have no choice concerning the losses we
suffer in dying, .
84.The author of This Life learned from the Jewish man . 85.The first step in making a dictionary is .
86. Professor Kolb’s question sheets surprised the writer because .
87. According to the author of Another School Year — What For, college education means not only
training a person in skills but also .
88.Sangstrom came to the druggist in order to buy .
89.Dr. Coleman went to work as a garbage collector because . 90.Jesus Colon didn’t lend a helping hand to the woman because . Ⅵ. 将下列句子译成英语。（本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分） 91．食品短缺极大地困扰着这个地区。
92．玛丽搬到了市中心的一套公寓，那儿购物更方便。 93．即使杰克不在这儿，他也会通过电子邮件与你保持联系。 94．如果我负责这个项目，我就会更好地使用现有的资金。 95．那些病人在医院受到了良好的照顾，他们感到很高兴。 96．昨晚电视剧突然被特别新闻报导打断了。 97．我们必须保持身体健康，才能学习好、工作好。 98．我们的主要任务是培养学生的独立工作能力。 99．约翰北京之行的所见所闻给他留下了深刻的印象。 100．他的生意做得不错，生活比以前富裕了。
全国2005年10月高等教育自学考试综合英语（一）试题历年试卷
