Most of the retired people are happy（）their quiet life in the country side.

Which of the following people would be most interested in this announcement？

A．A communications major

B．A retired radio announcer

C．A production manager

D．A computer specialist

The retired army officers gave him money

A．to show they were most generous．

B．to show they were most respectable．

C．to hide their confusion．

D．to show they were rich．

The passage says that most retired people______.

A．come to rural places to see wildlife

B．like to come to rural places to pay tax

C．prefer rural life with modern convenience

D．enjoy true rural life

When Jack and Chuck officially retired,

A．Brace had been meeting with influential investors.

B．Bruce had been giving most of the presentations to analysts.

C．Bruce was already involved in the management of the company.

When Jack and Chuck officially retired

A．Bruce had been meeting with influential investors.

B．Bruce had been giving most of the presentations to analysts.

C．Bruce was already involved in the management of the company.

nited States is true？

A. Many of them have a very hard life.

B. They cannot live a decent life without enough bank savings.

C. They rely mainly on their children for financial support.

D. Most of them live with their children and therefore are well looked after.

Retirement Brings Most a Big Health Boost

The self-reported health of the newly retired improves so much that most feel eight years younger, a new European study suggests.

This happy news was true of almost everyone except a small minority -- only 2 percent -- who had experienced "ideal" conditions in their working life, anyway.

"The results really say three things: that work puts an extra burden on the health of older workers, that the effects of this extra burden are largely relieved by retirement and, finally, that both the extra burden and the relief are larger when working conditions are poor," said Hugo Westerlund, lead author of a study published online Nov. 9 in The Lancet (柳叶刀). "This indicates that there is a need to provide opportunities for older workers to decrease the demands in their work out of concern for their health and well-being. "

But of course, added Westerlund, who is head of epidemiology at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University in Sweden, "not all older workers suffer from poor perceived health. Many are indeed remarkably healthy and fit for work. But sooner or later, everyone has to slow down because of old age catching up. "

Last week, the same group of researchers reported that workers slept better after retirement than before. "Sleep improves at retirement, which suggests that sleeping could be a mediator between work and perception of poor health," Westerlund said.

This study looked at what the same 15,000 French workers, most of them men, had to say about their own health up to seven years pre-retirement and up to seven years post-retirement.

As participants got closer to retirement age, their perception of their own health declined, but went up again during the first year of retirement.

Those who reported being in poorer health declined from 19.2 percent in the year prior to retirement to 14.3 percent by the end of the first year after retiring. According to the researchers, that means postretirement levels of poor health fell to levels last seen eight years previously.

The changes were seen in both men and women, across different occupations, and lasted through the first seven years of not punching the clock.

Workers who felt worse before retirement and had lower working conditions reported greater improvements as soon as they retired, the team found.

Most of the newly retired feel younger and healthier than before.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

o rural America bring "big city" demands that small towns cannot afford. The following cases describe some typical towns: Retired city people moving to Kimberling City often see wildlife close to their homes. Kelly and Bette Edgington, for example, see deer on their property. Also, they have identified more than one hundred kinds of birds around their comfortable home in the small, but fast-growing retirement town in the Ozark Mountains. Yet most of the retired people heading for beautiful rural places like this one enjoy being close to some of the convenience and activities of the cities. Kimberling has a small shopping center, a country club and a golf course. It is less than twenty miles from the School of the Ozarks, which has cultural events. Kimberling City had only about 600 people in 1970 but has nearly doubled since then. A local planning official estimates the towns population will reach 4 000 by the end of the 20th century. The newcomers are demanding more paved roads, says Mrs. Edgington, the $ 50-a-month mayor. A central sewer system is needed. These services require more money, but the town does not receive enough money from taxes. Even though industries could help provide taxes to pay for these services, the town is not seeking industries. Residents do not want industries and the traffic they bring. Most residents came to get away from the cities, and now they find the town has changed. "I came here to get away from Kansas City," says retired James Mitchell. "This was really rural when I came. Now its getting crowded. "

From the passage we know that residents living in the small town now______.

A．are satisfied with their present situation

B．regret their coming

C．are to leave

D．have complaints

听力原文： Every student of American history knows that George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were the first three Presidents of the United States, but what else do they know about these interesting men？ George Washington was a quiet man. He liked to hunt and fish. He liked to give parties, and he also liked to go to bed early. His parties always ended at 9:00 p.m. After he was retired, he lived on his farm.

John Adams was a bright and serious man. He liked to study law and history. After he was retired, he returned to his home in Boston. He liked to write about politics. He wrote many famous letters to the next president, Thomas Jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson was a very talented man. In some ways he was like George Washington. He liked living on a farm, and he liked riding horses and hunting. He had other interests, too. He liked to play the violin, liked to sing, and liked speaking foreign languages. After he was retired, he returned to one of his other interests, designing the buildings for the University of Virginia.

When you are studying history, remember that the people in the books are more than names. Don't be afraid to go to the library and find out more about their qualities.

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A．Washington, Adams arid Jefferson are most famous in the history of the United States.

B．Washington, Adams and Jefferson had many different interests.

C．Washington, Adams and Jefferson returned home after they were retired.

D．Washington, Adams and Jefferson were the first three Presidents.

听力原文： When Mr. French retired, he bought a small cottage at the seaside village. The cottage was built in the late 16th century, but it was in a very good condition. Mr. French Was looking forward to a quiet life. But in the summer holidays he got a shock. Hundreds of tourists came to the seaside village. Mr. French's cottage was the most interesting building in the village and many of the tourists came to see it. From morning till night there were tourists outside the cottage. They kept looking through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. French's garden. This was too much for Mr. French; he decided to drive the unwelcome visitors away, so he put up a notice in the window. The notice said: "If you want to satisfy your curiosity, come in and look around, price 5 pounds." Mr. French was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. The number of visitors increased, and Mr. French spend every day showing them around his cottage. "I come here to retire, not to work as a guide," he complained. In the end, he sold the cottage and bought a small modern house. It was not an interesting little place and no one wants to see it, but it is certainly quiet and peaceful.

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A．In the 15th century.

B．In the 16th century.

C．In the 5th century.

D．In the 6th century.