Modern industrial society grants little status to old people. In fact, such a society has a system of built-in obsolescence. There is no formal system for continuing our education throughout our life in order to keep up with rapidly changing knowledge. When our education and job skills have grown obsolete, we are treated exactly like those who have never gained an education or job skills and are not encouraged or given the opportunity to begin anew.As a society becomes more highly developed, the overall status of older people diminishes. Improved health technology creates a large pool of old people, who compete for jobs with the young. However, economic technology lowers the demand for workers and creates new jobs for which the skills of the aged are obsolete, forcing older people into retirement. At the same time, young people are being educated in the new technology and are keeping pace with rapid changes in knowledge. Finally, urbanization creates age-segregated neighborhoods. Because the old live on fixed incomes, they must often live in inferior housing. All these factors — retirement, obsolete knowledge and skills, inferior standards of living — lower the status of the aged in society.A century ago, when one could expect to live only to 50 or so, the life span more or less coincided with the occupation and family cycle. But today the average life span allows for fifteen to twenty years of life after these cycles. It appears that our life span is outpacing our usefulness in society.

It can be deduced from this passage that one should________.

A．learn new skills

B．be open-minded

C．have a good personality

D．keep pace with the times

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     Hi, I am Andy. I am in Class 3, Grade 7. Welcome to our classroom. Isn't it big and clean? We all have

lockers in the classroom. The red lockers are girls'. And boys' lockers are yellow. Do you like the colours?

I have a locker, too. This one is mine. I put many things in it. There are some comic books, a football, and a

pair of shoes in it. Jacky's locker is beside mine. There are socks and some stickers in it. That one is Tom's.

There are many CDs and books in it. His glasses are in the locker, too.

     What is in Mary's locker? There is a yellow bag in it. What's in the bag? We don't know. I guess (猜) there

are lots of snacks (零食) in it.

1. Andy's locker is _____.

A. red

B. yellow

C. white

D. black

2. There are some stickers in _____ locker.

A. Jacky's

B. Andy's

C. Tom's

D. Millie's

3. Tom has many books and _____ in his locker.

A. a bag

B. a pair of shoes

C. CDs

D. trousers

4. Andy is in _____.

A. Class 3

B. Class 1

C. Class 7

D. Class 8

5. What is in Mary's locker?

A. A ball.

B. Some comic books.

C. A yellow bag.

D. A pencil-box.