People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up-to-date will be more likely to keep their jobs, claims David Willetts, the higher education minister. He said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted, making a degree course “great value” for older people. His comments followed a government report which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and economists have warned thatthe ageing population will place a heavy burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension age is to rise to 67 by 2028. Ministers have warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr Willetts, who is accompanying David Cameron in India, urged workers older
than 60 to give further education serious consideration.“There is certainly a
pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled，”he said.“Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up-to-date with knowledge and skills you will be more employable.”
Mr Willetts said a university course had “wider” benefits, making people more likely to lead healthy lives.“Education is such a good thing that it is not reserved for only younger people，” he said.“ There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning.” Under previous rules, students in England would get a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54.
Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain. Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
1.We can learn from Paragraphs 1 & 2 that older workers ________.
A．have no chance to get a loan to cover tuition fees
B．may hold back the country's future economic success
C．are encouraged to go back to university and retrain
D．should be retrained after retirement
2.According to the passage, a person who is over ________ years old can draw a
pension in 2028 in Britain.
A．54 B．67 C．65 D．60
3.What does Mr Willetts think of education?
A．People of all ages can receive different education.
B. There is no need for workers older than 60 to receive further education.
C．University courses have nothing to do with a healthy life.
D．Education is only provided for younger people.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Britain: entering the ageing state
B．Over60s are told: go back to university and retrain
C．The situation of education in Britain
D．The system of pension in Britain
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
People in their sixties should go to university to retrain because they will be expected to work for longer before retirement, the Government has suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills up-to-date will be more likely to keep their jobs, claims David Willetts, the higher education minister. He said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted, making a degree course “great value” for older people. His comments followed a government report which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and economists have warned thatthe ageing population will place a heavy burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension age is to rise to 67 by 2028. Ministers have warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr Willetts, who is accompanying David Cameron in India, urged workers older
than 60 to give further education serious consideration.“There is certainly a
pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled，”he said.“Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay up-to-date with knowledge and skills you will be more employable.”
Mr Willetts said a university course had “wider” benefits, making people more likely to lead healthy lives.“Education is such a good thing that it is not reserved for only younger people，” he said.“ There will be people of all ages who will want to study. There is great value in lifelong learning.” Under previous rules, students in England would get a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54.
Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates starting courses last year were older than 60, out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain. Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
1.We can learn from Paragraphs 1 & 2 that older workers ________.
A．have no chance to get a loan to cover tuition fees
B．may hold back the country's future economic success
C．are encouraged to go back to university and retrain
D．should be retrained after retirement
2.According to the passage, a person who is over ________ years old can draw a
pension in 2028 in Britain.
A．54 B．67 C．65 D．60
3.What does Mr Willetts think of education?
A．People of all ages can receive different education.
B. There is no need for workers older than 60 to receive further education.
C．University courses have nothing to do with a healthy life.
D．Education is only provided for younger people.
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Britain: entering the ageing state
B．Over60s are told: go back to university and retrain
C．The situation of education in Britain
D．The system of pension in Britain
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many people have come to realize that they should go on ___ balanced diet and make ___ room in their day for exercise.
A.a;/ B.the;a
C.the;the D./;a
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Some of my friends are making big decisions in their life: Which universities should they apply to? I also notice that many high school students in China are thinking of studying at universities abroad. Unluckily, from what I’ve seen, the information given by some websites and other media about studying abroad is very limited and sometimes even wrong.
There was once a Chinese girl who hoped that she could go to Columbia University in the US because she wanted to major in journalism. However, they have no journalism program at the undergraduate level! What’s more, in both Canada and the US, it’s not suggested that students throw themselves into journalism right after high school. School say that students should take in more knowledge about the world and writing before entering that field.
The University of Waterloo, a Canadian university famous for its engineering program, is another example. The emphasis (重视)of engineering in this school may go beyond your expectations. According to our teachers, this university spent millions of dollars building a library just for engineering students. The school’s computer science, mathematics and accounting are also great programs for students.
But, to be honest, according to my friends who have visited this university, the campus and the food are not very nice. Maybe this is because the school stresses its academic( 学术)strengths too much, thereby paying little attention to personal comforts.
Now you see, choosing a university is really not that easy. We need to do good research and consult as many people as possible before making a decision.
1.For high school students it’s very important to __________.
A.choose a proper university
B.study at American universities
C.learn the information about websites
D.supply the information about studying abroad
2.Who can major in journalism program in Columbia University?
A. Chinese girls. B. Graduates.
C. Undergraduates. D. High school students.
3.From Paragraphs 3 and 4 we can learn in the University of Waterloo _______.
A.engineering program is as famous as computer science
B.engineering students are the most intelligent
C.the campus is very small and dirty
D.the library for engineering students is very good
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Choosing a university is not easy.
B.How to study at universities abroad.
C.A Chinese girl and Columbia University.
D.Academic strengths of the University of Waterloo.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Students go to colleges and universities to have valuable experiences and learn to live in their own. Go to college often means having the opportunity to meet with different peoples from different parts of the country. They learn to communicating and co-operate with each other. For most students, we guess, it is the first time that they had been away home. They are faced by many new situations and have to learn to solve them independently, making decisions on our own and dealing with various things themselves. So colleges and universities help with them grow up.
高三英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
41. _____ you have the chance to go to university in the future, you must take it.
| A．Will | B．Should | C．Would | D．Could |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
It is not rare in_____ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education．
| A．90s ; the | B．the 90s; / | C．90s; their | D．the 90s ; their |
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It is not rare in_____ that people in ______ fifties are going to university for further education．
A．90s ; the B．the 90s; / C．90s; their D．the 90s ; their
高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People worldwide are living longer. Today, most people can expect to live into their sixties and beyond. By 2050, the world’s population aged 60 and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015.
While this shift in proportion (比例) of a country’s population towards older ages---known as ageing---started in high-income countries, for example in Japan, 30% of the population are already over 60 years old, it is now low- and middle-income countries that are experiencing the greatest change. 1.At the biological level, ageing results from molecular (分子的) and cellular damage over time.
This leads to a growing risk of disease and eventually death. 2. That’s why we say there is no “typical” older person. While some 70 year-olds enjoy extremely good health, other 70 year-olds are weak and require a lot of help from others.
3. Retirement, relocation and the death of friends and partners are some of the possible reasons. For example, moving older people to a better house, which seems an admirable behavior, may do harm to their health eventually.
4. Some people believe older people can be active and productive. A longer life brings opportunities, both for older people themselves and for society. They can pursue new activities such as further education or a new career. They also contribute in many ways to communities. 5. This can lead to discrimination against older people. Therefore, society as a whole needs to address the ageist attitude by developing sound policies and offering various opportunities so that older people can experience fulfilling ageing.
A. Nobody can ever escape from the ageing process.
B. But these changes are only loosely linked to a person’s age.
C. Yet the extent of their contribution depends heavily on their health.
D. Beyond biological changes, ageing is also related to other life changes.
E. Although ageing is a universal trend, views towards older people divide.
F. However, to others, older people are weak, dependent, and a burden to society.
G. By 2050, many countries like Chile and China will have a similar rate of older people to Japan.
高三英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. People who like country things prefer to live outside the city.
B. People who work in London prefer to live in the country.
C. Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London, some people who work in London prefer to live inside London.
D. Because of certain advantages of living outside London, many people who work in London prefer to live outside London.
2.One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.
A. getting a small flat with a garden B. having a small flat with a garden
C. renting a small flat without a garden D. buying a small flat without a garden
3.When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.
A. who live in the country
B. who have spent time working in the garden
C. who have a garden of their own
D. who have been digging, planting and watering
4. People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live it outside London.
A. their life was meaningless B. their life was invaluable
C. they didn’t deserve a happy life D. they were not worthy of their happy life
5.The underlined word “rest” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A. the rest time B. the rest people
C. the rest of the country D. the rest of the parks and of the sea
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening．
One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper．Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent．With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own．
Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town．Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country．If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden．Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature．
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants．Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London．An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks） visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night．
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．People who like country things prefer to live outside the city．
B．People who work in London prefer to live in the country．
C．Because of certain disadvantages of living outside London, some people who work in London prefer to live inside London．
D．Because of certain advantages of living outside London, many people who work in London prefer to live outside London．
2.One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country．
A．getting a small flat with a garden
B．having a small flat with a garden
C．renting a small flat without a garden
D．buying a small flat without a garden
3.When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature．
A．who live in the country
B．who have spent time working in the garden
C．who have a garden of their own
D．who have been digging, planting and watering
4.People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live it outside London．
A．their life was meaningless B．their life was invaluable
C．they didn’t deserve a happy life D．they were not worthy of their happy life
5.The underlined word “rest” in the last paragraph refers to ________．
A．the rest time B．the rest people
C．the rest of the country D．the rest of the parks and of the sea
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析