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Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age-in some cases as low as 55-is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners. People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet，millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent(有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true,
A. make old people even more dependent on society
B. intensify conflicts between the young and the old
C. have adverse financial impact on business companies
D. bring a marked increase in the companies revenues

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Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age-in some cases as low as 55-is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners. People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet，millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent(有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true,
A. offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice
B. senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent life
C. giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly
D. senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount

[简答题]Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. (Passage 1)

[填空题]·has its handbook criticised

[简答题]The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows has not meant economic freedom.

[填空题]Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not (11) for the old to be unhappy. With old age should come wisdom and the ability to help others with (12) wisely given. The old have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can (13) their grandchildren (14) around them; and perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, feel the happiness of having come through the (15) of life safely and having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving others to continue the battle.