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挑战自己,练练速度吧! 2.Which is the number one cause of keeping working? Unit1学业质量评估卷 A.Finance B.Age C.Social position. D.Health (时间:90分钟满分:120分) 3.What do we know about most older workers? 第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分) A.They like to stay in the previous company. 第一节(共15小题:每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) B.They hope to earn over 100,000 a year. 审 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B,C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 C.They want to work in a new environment. A D.They will work for free in society. In America,the age of 65 is the traditional age for most people to retire.However,a growing number of Americans expect to work past their 65th birthdays and never retire,according to a Life can bring us down from time to time.At some point,you may find yourself in what you recent study. will consider as your darkest hour.As you try to find your way out of that bad situation,you should The Associated Press with the NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research polled 1,075 people, try to remind yourself that there will always be a reason to be grateful. aged 50 and older.One-fourth of them said they never plan to retire.It is even more true for low-in- If you look at your situation now and compare it with someone else who is in much deeper come earners in that age group compared with those people who can earn much more in society. trouble than you,I am sure that you'll find something to be thankful for.We all have our share of Sixty percent of people aged 50 to 64 said they expect to work past their 65th birthday.More problems,but complaining about them so much only makes us blind to the fact that there are the than half of those who are already older than 65 said they plan to keep working,too.They say they miracles(奇迹)which happen around us each day. 的 are working for an average of 31 hours per week.Those 50 years of age or older note financial situa- When all your needs are provided,then you should be content and happy.If you have a roof tion of the family is the most important factor in the decision to when to retire.After all,they need over your