中国农业银行的前身是农业合作银行，2015年是其成立的（　）年。

2014年资源税改革将（　）改革由“从量计征”转为“从价计征”。

2015年10月5日，跨太平洋战略经济伙伴关系协定（TPP）的谈判取得了突破性进展，下列选项中，属于TPP的发起国的是（　）。

国务院印发《关于开展农村承包土地的经营权和农民住房财产权抵押贷款试点的指导意见》（简称《意见》），下列关于《意见》提出的试点的五项主要内容中说法错误的是（　）。

中国农业银行的企业制度性质是（　）。

国际资本转移的常用测算模型中，卡廷顿法国际资本转移可以通过国际收支表进行（　）。

在微观经济学中，一种可变投入的生产函数通常称为（　）。

下列情况中，构成商品有效需求的是（　）。

习近平访问英国达成了（　）亿英镑的贸易协议。

2006年某企业经营活动产生的现金流入量为3000万元，现金流出量为2400万元；投资活动产生的现金流入量为300万元，现金流出量为1400万元；筹资活动产生的现金流入量为1500万元，现金流出量为1000万元；汇率变动导致现金流入量为100万元，则在该企业2006年度现金流量表上，现金和现金等价物净增加额为（　）万元。

在开放经济体中，一国对所有产品和劳务的支出所反映的是（　）。

信息层层传递，容易造成信息的遗失和失真，从而导致相互之间的信息差异化较大的沟通方式是（　）。

2015年，女排世界杯夺魁是中国队获得的世界杯第（　）连冠，也是球队在时隔11年后第（　）次荣膺世界冠军。

冲突规范，又称为法律适用规范，国民法通则规定：“中华人民共和国公民和外国人结婚适用婚姻缔结地法律”，说明冲突规范是一种（　）。

根据风险收益对等观念，在一般情况下，下列各筹资方式中资本成本由小到大依次为（　）。

中国人民银行决定，自2015年9月15日起改革存款准备金考核制度，由现行的时点法改为（　）考核。同时，存款准备金考核设每日下限。

以下选项中，不属于电子商务凭借的网络平台的是（　）。

一般性货币政策的主要作用在于对（　）进行总量调控，对整个经济产生影响。

藏历新年，人们见面时都要说“扎西德勒”是什么意思？（　）

中国人民银行决定，自2015年8月26日起，下调金融机构人民币贷款和存款基准利率，以进一步降低企业融资成本。其中，一年期存款基准利率下调（　）个百分点。

人体必需的六类营养素中有三大热能营养素，在体内经过氧化可能产生能量，下列不属于热能营养素的是（　）。

下列关于负债的表述中，不正确的有（　）。

2015年是朝鲜劳动党成立（　）周年。

不属于票据的是（　）。

2015年9月，继北京和广州之后，（　）成功申办了亚运会。

对前景理论引申出的四个基本结论表述错误的是（　）。

被称为“城在海上，海在城中”的城市是（　）。

下列属于我国内海的是（　）。

下列选项中，属于复利的是（　）。

下列哪项不是农行五金产品？（　）

如今，改革进入深水区，无论简政放权还是调节收入，仍有部门、地方的利益_____，仍有保守、畏难的观念_____。方此之时，不能进一步解放思想、实事求是，就难以看清各种利益固化的症结，难以找准突破的方向和着力点。
依次填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是（　）。

承受是一种精神，是人生_____而美丽的—番心境。不论你愿意与否，生活本身的内容，决定了我们终将是山、是海，是那只_____、默默跋涉的戈壁骆驼，终将以胸怀以肩膀去承受生活的各种施加。
依次填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是（　）。

许多领导者不会和下属成为朋友，只追求合作伙伴的关系，其原因是担心掺杂了太多的情感因素会导致管理效率降低。没错，职场最终是一个拼实力的地方，即使你的个性不受人欢迎、没什么资历和背景，只要有足够的能力，一样会贏得他人的尊敬和信任。职场中的信任，仅靠好感和情感认同是无法长期维系下去的，而是要靠实力去印证的客观事实。这段文中意在说明（　）。

将以下6个句子重新排列组合：

（1）产能合作符合双方的共同利益，有助于推动中拉经贸合作升级。

（2）并带动贸易、投资和金融合作三大引擎有效运行，实现中拉经贸合作的全面升级。

（3）从而逐步摆脱中低端制成品换大宗商品的传统模式，促使贸易结构向多元化调整。

（4）更为重要的是，通过产业链衔接，中拉之间能够形成价值链分工。

（5）当前，中国经济步入“新常态”，拉美经济也处于转型期，双方都面临着经济下行和产业升级的压力。

（6）产能合作有助于中国实现优势产能的规模效应，也有益于拉美改善基础设施，改变单一的经济结构，是实现中拉共赢的有效手段。

排列组合最连贯的是（　）。

下列各句没有语病的是（　）。

从所给四个选项中，选择最合适的一个填入问号处，使之呈现一定的规律性（　）。

（　）。

把下面的六个图形分成两类，使每一类图形都有各自的共同特征或规律，分类正确的一项是（　）。

根据以下图形的规律，问号处应填入的是（　）。

下图给定的是纸盒的外表面，下列哪一项能由它折叠而成？（　）

最近一项调查显示，近年来在某市高收入人群中，本地人占70%以上，这充分说明外地人在该市获得高收入相当困难。
以下哪项如果为真，才能支持上述结论？（　）

这个班级已有同学违纪作弊。如果上述断定是真的，则在下述三个断定中：
Ⅰ.这个班级没有同学不违纪作弊
Ⅱ.这个班级有的同学没有违纪作弊
Ⅲ.这个班级所有的同学都未违纪作弊
不能确定真假的是（　）。

近年来，立式化妆品的销量有了明显的增长，同时，该品牌用于广告的费用也有同样明显的增长。业内人士认为，立式化妆品销量的增长，得益于其广告的促销作用。
以下哪项如果为真，最能削弱上述结论？（　）

英国肯特大学的研究人员让两组志愿者分别玩益智游戏和观看关于跑车的纪录片，然后再让他们进行室内自行车耐力测试。结果，自认为筋疲力尽的第一组成员比第二组更容易放弃。然而，研究者却发现，两组志愿者的血压、耗氧量及心排血量之间并没有差异。由此可以推出（　）。

英语六级考试结束后，关于王刚、刘超二人是否能通过考试，宿舍同学有如下讨论：

王刚说：或者我能通过，或者刘超能通过，或者我和刘超都能通过。

李强说：王刚一定能通过。

杨帆说：刘超能通过。

赵进说：王刚没有可能通过。

考试成绩出来后，证明四人的话有两人说的是真的，两人说的是假的。

根据以上陈述，可推出（　）。

商店出售啤酒，规定每4个空瓶可换一瓶啤酒，小张买了24瓶啤酒，那么他家前后共能喝掉多少瓶啤酒？（　）

14人参加乒乓球比赛，赛制为双数淘汰制，即任何人累计输两场即被淘汰，那么要产生一名冠军至少要安排（　）场比赛。

环形跑道的周长为400米，甲乙两人骑车同时从同一地点出发，匀速相向而行，16秒后甲乙相遇。相遇后，乙立即调头，6分40秒后甲第一次追上乙，问甲追上乙的地点距原来的起点（　）米。

某个公司规定工作日加班工资为正常工资的1.2倍，周末加班为工资的1.5倍。员工小王每个月工资是4400元，每月实际工作22天，每天8小时。本月小王周末加班2天，实领工资5600元，那么小王工作日加班（　）小时。

某工程由小张和小王两人合作刚好可在规定时间内完成。如果小张的工作效率提高20%，那么两人只需用规定时间的9/10就可完成工程；如果小王的工作效率降低25%，那么两人就需要延迟2.5小时完成工程。则规定的时间是（　）小时。

某公司举办运动会，参赛的员工组成一个正方形方阵，若减少方阵的一列和一行，则会减少23人，那么，该方阵应由（　）名员工组成。

野生动物保护机构考查某圈养动物的状态，在n（n为正整数）天中观察到：①有7个不活跃日（一天中有出现不活跃的情况）；②有5个下午活跃；（2）有6个上午活跃；④当下午不活跃时，上午必活跃。则n等于（　）天。

甲乙约在上午10点在C地谈生意，已知C地与甲乙两人所在地的距离比是11:15。甲走3分钟的路程相当于乙走4分钟的路程，乙上午9点出发，可以整10点到达C地，甲最晚在（　）出发才能准时到达C地。

1，1，8/7，16/11，2，（　）。

-21，-18，-9，18，（　）。

根据下列资料，回答下列小题。

已知2013年购物行为占全球目的地旅游服务额的30%，按照材料图表中相关信息，2013年全球旅行交易结构中住宿金额约为（　）。

根据下列资料，回答下列小题。

根据材料相关信息，下列消费行为中在2013年全球旅行交易结构占比最高的是（　）。

根据下列资料，回答下列小题。

根据材料及图形的相关内容，不能得出以下哪项结论？（　）

根据下列资料，回答下列小题。

下列各月中，我国在线旅游移动端月度覆盖人数增速最快的是（　）。

根据下列资料，回答下列小题。

按照材料中的预测，与2013年相比，全球2018年目的地旅游服务中增长最快的是（　）。

Muriel Ali is the landlord of a _____ brownstone apartment building in Brooklyn.

He is neither _____ European，nor American. He is from _____ Australia.

_____details are subject to confidentiality requirements in accordance with the latest workplace regulations.

This hotel _____ $60 for a single room with bath.

Governor Ogden's new economic policies will focus on _____ more jobs in Paxton County.

_____the formal part of this evening's proceedings, you are all welcome to pass into the dining hall for a relaxed buffet dinner.

_____ of the boys in the class who have passed the test is to receive certificates.

For a limited time only, this exquisite collector's item will be offered at forty percent off of the original_____.

Michael is very good at each subject, and it is _____ that he will be admitted by the university in which he has been longing to study.

For some years now,our investment fund has been_____from the rapid rise in the price of gold．

The girl likes _____ and _____.

You thought they could have completed the project,_____?

One of the main tasks of statisticians is to _____ update databases so that accurate reports can be published as needed．

Only when we hurried to the airport _____ the fight was canceled.

The big snow lasted five days. People trapped in the station were badly in _____ of food and water.

He was speaking so fast _____ we could hardly follow him.

The city council admits that_____of the new tunnel will seriously disrupt vehicular and pedestrian traffic over the next 9 months.

There is no evidence _____ he was on the site of the murder.

His composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any _____ of it.

In today's rapidly changing world, no professional can_____to pass up the opportunity to upgrade his or her qualifications.

Family caregivers of seniors should be cognizant of stress as it relates to their loved ones. Knowing the signs and detecting them early on can help seniors learn to recognize stress factors and to take steps to alleviate the effects stress can cause. Activities such as yoga, walking and other physical exercises designed for seniors are great tension relievers. Many seniors enjoy the benefits of tai chi classes geared to their physical abilities. The Mayo Clinic supports this gentle form of martial arts as a way to relieve stress and help other health-related conditions.

Some seniors are unable to participate in physical activities, but there are other ways to reduce stress. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night's sleep can keep stress at bay. Joining a non-physical group activity, such as a bridge club or volunteering, offers socialization and a chance to clear the mind of daily responsibilities. There are also local agencies that can help with tasks that might cause undue stress for seniors. Respite care organizations can help with housework or grocery shopping. Religious organizations often have groups who can assist seniors with yard work or other strenuous tasks around the home.

The fact that stress is a part of life does not mean that overwhelming stress is a burden seniors have to shoulder all alone. With help, seniors can combat stress and its negative effects. Spend time helping seniors determine what burdens they face. Help them plan ways suited to their lifestyles that are not only fun but that can minimize the pressures stress can cause. By doing so, the quality of life seniors experience can increase, further paving the way for them to lead independent lives within the comfort of their own homes.

Which of the following is not mentioned as one way to reduce seniors' stress?（　）

Family caregivers of seniors should be cognizant of stress as it relates to their loved ones. Knowing the signs and detecting them early on can help seniors learn to recognize stress factors and to take steps to alleviate the effects stress can cause. Activities such as yoga, walking and other physical exercises designed for seniors are great tension relievers. Many seniors enjoy the benefits of tai chi classes geared to their physical abilities. The Mayo Clinic supports this gentle form of martial arts as a way to relieve stress and help other health-related conditions.

Some seniors are unable to participate in physical activities, but there are other ways to reduce stress. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night's sleep can keep stress at bay. Joining a non-physical group activity, such as a bridge club or volunteering, offers socialization and a chance to clear the mind of daily responsibilities. There are also local agencies that can help with tasks that might cause undue stress for seniors. Respite care organizations can help with housework or grocery shopping. Religious organizations often have groups who can assist seniors with yard work or other strenuous tasks around the home.

The fact that stress is a part of life does not mean that overwhelming stress is a burden seniors have to shoulder all alone. With help, seniors can combat stress and its negative effects. Spend time helping seniors determine what burdens they face. Help them plan ways suited to their lifestyles that are not only fun but that can minimize the pressures stress can cause. By doing so, the quality of life seniors experience can increase, further paving the way for them to lead independent lives within the comfort of their own homes.

What does the author say about stress?（　）

Family caregivers of seniors should be cognizant of stress as it relates to their loved ones. Knowing the signs and detecting them early on can help seniors learn to recognize stress factors and to take steps to alleviate the effects stress can cause. Activities such as yoga, walking and other physical exercises designed for seniors are great tension relievers. Many seniors enjoy the benefits of tai chi classes geared to their physical abilities. The Mayo Clinic supports this gentle form of martial arts as a way to relieve stress and help other health-related conditions.

Some seniors are unable to participate in physical activities, but there are other ways to reduce stress. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night's sleep can keep stress at bay. Joining a non-physical group activity, such as a bridge club or volunteering, offers socialization and a chance to clear the mind of daily responsibilities. There are also local agencies that can help with tasks that might cause undue stress for seniors. Respite care organizations can help with housework or grocery shopping. Religious organizations often have groups who can assist seniors with yard work or other strenuous tasks around the home.

The fact that stress is a part of life does not mean that overwhelming stress is a burden seniors have to shoulder all alone. With help, seniors can combat stress and its negative effects. Spend time helping seniors determine what burdens they face. Help them plan ways suited to their lifestyles that are not only fun but that can minimize the pressures stress can cause. By doing so, the quality of life seniors experience can increase, further paving the way for them to lead independent lives within the comfort of their own homes.

According to the passage, what's the benefit of minimizing the pressures caused by seniors' stress?（　）

Family caregivers of seniors should be cognizant of stress as it relates to their loved ones. Knowing the signs and detecting them early on can help seniors learn to recognize stress factors and to take steps to alleviate the effects stress can cause. Activities such as yoga, walking and other physical exercises designed for seniors are great tension relievers. Many seniors enjoy the benefits of tai chi classes geared to their physical abilities. The Mayo Clinic supports this gentle form of martial arts as a way to relieve stress and help other health-related conditions.

Some seniors are unable to participate in physical activities, but there are other ways to reduce stress. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night's sleep can keep stress at bay. Joining a non-physical group activity, such as a bridge club or volunteering, offers socialization and a chance to clear the mind of daily responsibilities. There are also local agencies that can help with tasks that might cause undue stress for seniors. Respite care organizations can help with housework or grocery shopping. Religious organizations often have groups who can assist seniors with yard work or other strenuous tasks around the home.

The fact that stress is a part of life does not mean that overwhelming stress is a burden seniors have to shoulder all alone. With help, seniors can combat stress and its negative effects. Spend time helping seniors determine what burdens they face. Help them plan ways suited to their lifestyles that are not only fun but that can minimize the pressures stress can cause. By doing so, the quality of life seniors experience can increase, further paving the way for them to lead independent lives within the comfort of their own homes.

Why is it necessary for family caregivers to get aware of seniors' stress?（　）

Family caregivers of seniors should be cognizant of stress as it relates to their loved ones. Knowing the signs and detecting them early on can help seniors learn to recognize stress factors and to take steps to alleviate the effects stress can cause. Activities such as yoga, walking and other physical exercises designed for seniors are great tension relievers. Many seniors enjoy the benefits of tai chi classes geared to their physical abilities. The Mayo Clinic supports this gentle form of martial arts as a way to relieve stress and help other health-related conditions.

Some seniors are unable to participate in physical activities, but there are other ways to reduce stress. Eating a healthy, well-balanced diet and getting a good night's sleep can keep stress at bay. Joining a non-physical group activity, such as a bridge club or volunteering, offers socialization and a chance to clear the mind of daily responsibilities. There are also local agencies that can help with tasks that might cause undue stress for seniors. Respite care organizations can help with housework or grocery shopping. Religious organizations often have groups who can assist seniors with yard work or other strenuous tasks around the home.

The fact that stress is a part of life does not mean that overwhelming stress is a burden seniors have to shoulder all alone. With help, seniors can combat stress and its negative effects. Spend time helping seniors determine what burdens they face. Help them plan ways suited to their lifestyles that are not only fun but that can minimize the pressures stress can cause. By doing so, the quality of life seniors experience can increase, further paving the way for them to lead independent lives within the comfort of their own homes.

What kind of physical activities may NOT help seniors relieve tension?（　）

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is highly probable that the two pets will get along [swimmingly]. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn't all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission.

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other's language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk "Cat".

What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom（梳理）each other.

The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _____.

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is highly probable that the two pets will get along [swimmingly]. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn't all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission.

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other's language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk "Cat".

What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom（梳理）each other.

The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

Some cats and dogs may fight when _____.

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is highly probable that the two pets will get along [swimmingly]. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn't all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission.

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other's language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk "Cat".

What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom（梳理）each other.

The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

What is found surprising about cats and dogs?（　）

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is highly probable that the two pets will get along [swimmingly]. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn't all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission.

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other's language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk "Cat".

What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom（梳理）each other.

The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

It is suggested in Paragraph 4 that cats and dogs _____.

Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about adopting a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is highly probable that the two pets will get along [swimmingly]. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.

However, it wasn't all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals are just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals aggression, while a dog doing the same signals submission.

In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other's language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk "Cat".

What's interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other's body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other's presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same water bowl and in some cases groom（梳理）each other.

The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets-to people who don't get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?（　）

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books-specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy "proper", books, too,

printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling．Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being "the biggest bookshop in the world" to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time．Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

"Londoners are great readers means that_____.

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books-specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy "proper", books, too,

printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling．Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being "the biggest bookshop in the world" to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time．Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

Charring Cross Road_____.

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books-specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy "proper", books, too,

printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling．Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being "the biggest bookshop in the world" to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time．Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

If you want to buy really cheap second-hand books, you must?（　）

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books-specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy "proper", books, too,

printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling．Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being "the biggest bookshop in the world" to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time．Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

The book sellers on Farringdon Road_____.

Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books-specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy "proper", books, too,

printed on good paper and bound between hard covers.

There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling．Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London．Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being "the biggest bookshop in the world" to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dicken's time．Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet.

Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books on the small barrows（流动售货车）which line the gutters（街沟）. And the collectors, some professional and some amateur, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住）upon the dusty cascaded（一叠叠图书）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.

The best topic for this passage is_____.

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born a hundred years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary（当代的）societies people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile or too weak to care for themselves, they Greate grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent（康复的）hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored（赞助）by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply dumping（倒

垃圾的）grounds for the dying in which care is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.

What was the cause to the population growth according to the passage?（　）

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born a hundred years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary（当代的）societies people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile or too weak to care for themselves, they Greate grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent（康复的）hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored（赞助）by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply dumping（倒

垃圾的）grounds for the dying in which care is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.

It can be learned from the passage that in some traditional societies（　）.

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born a hundred years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary（当代的）societies people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile or too weak to care for themselves, they Greate grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent（康复的）hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored（赞助）by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply dumping（倒

垃圾的）grounds for the dying in which care is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.

What does the word "senile" in the first line of the last paragraph mean?（　）

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born a hundred years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary（当代的）societies people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile or too weak to care for themselves, they Greate grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent（康复的）hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored（赞助）by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply dumping（倒

垃圾的）grounds for the dying in which care is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.

The phrase "this need" in the last paragraph refers to（　）.

Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born a hundred years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birth rates, that has led to the population explosion.

Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary（当代的）societies people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often go on welfare if they have a serious illness.

When older people become senile or too weak to care for themselves, they Greate grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent（康复的）hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored（赞助）by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply dumping（倒

垃圾的）grounds for the dying in which care is given by poorly paid, overworked, and under-skilled personnel.

What is the author's attitude toward the nursing homes and convalescent hospitals mentioned in the paragraph?（　）