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ive 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 pany. 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 fort 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 fortable 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. 用國際音標標出下列單詞中劃線字母或字母組合的讀音(本大題共20小題,每兩小題1分,共10分)(注意:使用新式或老式音標均可)41. willingness / /42. announcer / /43. acceptance / /44. apartment / /45. mechanic / /46. bookish / /47. paragraph / /48. loose / /49. enquiry / /50. triumph / /51. sympathetic / /52. immobile / /53. patiently / /54. awkward / /55. stretch / /56. appointment / /57. withdrawal / /58. rarely / /59. transition / /60. acquaintance / /Ⅳ. 完形填空(本大題共20小題,每兩小題1分,共10分)A. 從下列單詞中選擇適當?shù)脑~填空,每個詞只能用一次。(本大題共30小題,每小題1分,共30分)1. _______ late 1990’s, about two thousand adults were enrolled