1、Unit 8Section I1年龄最大的一批在美国二战后生育高峰年代出生的人今年将满 60 岁。2美国和许多工业化国家的退休人口都在增长，而这种增长预计还将持续。3当这一代人到达传统 退休年龄65 岁时，他们的人数将占美国人口的 20%。4战后生育高峰年代出生的人拥有住房的比例高于全国平均水平，其中 1/4 的人拥有一处以上的房产。5很多战后生育高峰年代出生的人觉得自己现在还很健康，并且相信如果继续保持积极的心态，他们将更加长寿、生活得更愉快。Section IIDialogue 1-6 T F T F F T 7-12 F T T T T TPassage 1. As a fairly g
2、eneral rule, homes appreciate about four or five percent a year, varying from neighborhood to neighborhood, and region to region.2. Of course, you are making mortgage payments and paying property taxes, along with a couple of other costs.3. If you have been moving money between accounts during that
3、time, there may be large deposits and withdrawal in some of them.4. You may be required to produce some seemingly inconsequential data, which could get quite tedious.5. For most people, changing employers will not really affect your ability to quality for a mortgage loan.C C D B DSection IIIItem 1:
4、A. a research which has found chemical evidence to support that those deprived of affection when young can later find life much harder to cope with.B. Hypothesis: Children deprived of affection when young find later life much harder to cope with.Method: an orphanage/ being taken in by families/ thei
5、r family-raised peersFindings: very depressed/ regulating stress/ managing social interactionsfar less/ cuddled/ adoptive parents/ relaxingItem 2: A. the success of Harry Potter series and its impact on the publishing industry.B. 1. Because the Harry Potter fans are waiting for the arrival of the la
6、test book in the series2. People from different parts of Britain, including the young and not so young, and some teenagers who have traveled over from the Netherlands.3. Bloomsbury, the books publishers.4. 35 million dollars.5. The previous five books in the series have sold more than 250 million co
7、pies worldwide and have been translated into 62 languages.6. Thanks to Potter, there has been a 10-fold increase in childrens book publishing across the board.Item 3: Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of the Golden Globe.T F F F T TSection IVPart I: why working with families can be bad for the busines
8、s.T T F F T F T FPart IIDictation:1. Last year for the first time, women earned more than half the degrees granted statewide in every category.2. Just as they might consider race or geographical diversity in building freshman classes, they similarly look for gender parity.3. Talk of gender is fraugh
9、t with social, legal and political minefields. For one thing, female inequities persist.4. Most of those tracking the issue agree that getting males into the college pipeline is best addressed in elementary and secondary schools.5. The disparities on campuses worry some admissions officers, particularly at liberal arts colleges where gaps are widest.T F T T F T T F
