Where is Las Vegas?（）。

this was not an issue because most elderly persons remained at home where they could be close to family. In contemporary times, parents and grown children go their separate ways, staying in touch through the telephone and, more recently, through e-mail. Every year, more than 400,000 adults who are 55 or older move out of their home state and relocate.

Florida leads all states in the proportion of elderly people-19 percent over 65 years of age, most of whom relocated from other places. Thus, Florida cities have become known as retirement centers. Among those prominently mentioned are Boca Raton, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Naples, and Ocala where between 20 and 25 percent of the residents is over 65 years of age. Two other Florida cities, Saint Petersburg and Sarasota, have even higher proportions-25 percent and 32 percent respectively. Other cities that have gained reputations as retirement centers with large number of elderly are Savannah, Georgia, Prescott and Scottsdale, Arizona, Palm Springs, California, and Asheville, North Carolina. Even tourist centers like Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, where residents pay no income tax and no inheritance or estate taxes, are attracting growing numbers of seniors.

There are also many smaller private development communities that are-packaged as state-of-the-art retirement communities with such amenities as golf courses, lakes for fishing and boating, cultural and recreation activities. They go by such names as Sun City Grand near Phoenix, Arizona, Sun City Palm Desert near Palm Springs California, Sun City Summerland near Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ford's Colony close to Williamsburg, Virginia among others.

To the extent that the proportion of retired elderly people in towns and regions continues to grow, certain consequences tend to follow. Where such communities are essentially residential, their revenue base depends largely on the individual wealth of their residents. For this reason, the economies of such communities are becoming increasingly dependent on the rise and fall of pensions, Social Security, and Medicare payments. Retirees are also likely to block future industrial development efforts since their priorities emphasize nice climate and attractive places to live and recreate. They are inclined to reject the noise and congestion that comes with new factories and the jobs they bring to the economy.

Which of the following can be best used as the title of the passage？

A．Retired People.

B．Retirement Centers.

C．The Increase of Aging Population.

D．A Demographic Trend.

听力原文：M: Hi, Mary. How's everything？

W: Fine. You know, John, I'm planning to go to Las Vegas for a holiday and would like to stay in a large hotel. Anything to recommend？

M: Er？ the Hilton Hotel there is quite a large one. It has some 3, 174 bedrooms. It also has 12 restaurants and about 125, 000 square feet of convention space. There're a 10-acre recreation deck and a stage show dining hall. Over 3, 600 people now work for it.

W: Oh, great] Is it the largest hotel in the U. S. ？

M: Yes,it is. But it may not be the largest in the world. As far as I know, the Hotel Rossiya in Moscow is larger than Hilton. It is a 12-story building that has 3, 200 rooms. It can provide accommodation for 6, 000 guests. It takes nearly 8 years and a half to spend one night in each room. Besides, there's a 21-story"Presidential tower" in the central courtyard. It has 15 restaurants and 93 elevators. And it employs about 3, 000 people. The ballroom is known as the world's largest. Russians are not allowed to live in that hotel. And foreigners are charged 16 times more than the very low rate charged Russian officials.

W: It's unbelievable ？ [ fade out ]

Who is going to Las Vegas？

A．John.

B．Mary.

C．Tom.

D．Peter.

请阅读短文，完成第题。

More and more gadgets seek to replicate the sorts of things your mother used to needle youabout: getting exercise， eating more slowly or brushing your teeth. Now one company has decided toembrace that image——it has named its product "Mother".

The device， from a firm called Sense， caught my eye at a press preview for the 2014 ConsumerElectronics Show in Las Vegas， in part because of its unique design. It looks like a cross betweenWALL-E"s girlfriend EVE and Russian nesting dolls. Mother has slightly creepy glowing eyes——butsurely has your best interest at heart？ Mother"s potential use is intriguing: Each Mother unit talkswirelessly to a set of smaller tracking devices， dubbed cookies， which can sense motion andtemperature. You can put cookies on things and people——on your body to gather data about how muchyou walk， on your coffee machine to track many espressos you drink， on your front door to trackwhenever it is opened， on your toothbrush to see how often and how long you brush ... and so forth.

Whenever the cookies get close to the Mother unit， they wirelessly send back their data to theInternet.

The company says users of Mother， which is supposed to start shipping in the spring， will beable look at all their information at once， or drill down on certain topics. And if something is reallyimportant， you can have an alert sent to your phone when a sensor detects a change.

So what does all that data do for you？ That"s a question that bedevils many Internet of Thingsgadgets on display here at CES. Mother"s makers say the data she tracks can help you gain peaceof mind by answering specific questions in your life， such as，"Am I drinking enough water？" or，"Did somebody open my secret drawer？"

Lots of companies want to connect parts of your body， home and life to the Internet——a trendcalled the "Internet of Things". Mother"s maker， Rafi Haladjian， told me he thinks having separatedevices for all these things is too expensive and too cumbersome because they can"t talk to eachother."There are not so many needs that are worth $200" for a distinct Internet-connected device，he said.

Mother， which costs $222 for a base unit and four cookies， is designed to be repurposed asnew challenges or needs spring to mind， he said. It"s kind of like a mobile device that can run anever-changing array of apps.

Where did the name come from？ "We need a device that does all sort of things，" Haladjiansaid. "The metaphor that matched this noble caring figure is the mother. She is not a nurse， agardener or a cop——she is everything at the same time."

What can we infer from the first paragraph？ 查看材料

A.The company that produces "Mother" is better than others.

B.The electronic devices today are more and more humanized.

C."Mother" can do everything what your mothers can.

D."Mother" must be more caring than other similar devices.

Questions are based on the following passage．

The housing market exited the trauma ward （急救室） in 2013. Prices rose as muchas 30 percent in some areas， bidding wars broke out and the foreclosure rate （丧失赎取权率 ） halved from its peak. But the patient is by no means fully recovered. In fact， fiveyears after the housing bubble collapsed， one in five mortgage holders still owe more thantheir home is worth.

At its worst in early 2012， almost 16 million Americans were under water on theirmortgage. In some of the hardest hit neighborhoods， such as Las Vegas， Phoenix， andDetroit，70 percent of homeowners owed more than the value of their home. Since then，rising home prices have pushed 5 million homeowners back into the black， but 11 millionout of a total of 50 million mortgage holders remain in what financial folks call a negativeequity （负资产） position. "This is the new normal in the housing market，" said SvenjaGudell， director of economic research at Zillow， an online real estate database， "We willhave high levels of negative equity for some time."

With mortgage rates rising and expected to hit 5 percent late next year， manyeconomists predict a more subdued （萧条的 ） housing market in 2014. That means pricegains should moderate and it could take a while longer for homeowners who are underwater to recover. Out of the 75 million homeowners in America， about one in seven staytrapped in their homes， unable to move or sell.

Housing prices have gone up and down over the decades， but until the financial crisisof 2008， it was rare to owe a bank more than a home is worth. For all of the 19th centuryand even during the Great Depression， this was virtually unheard of.

Until all the negative equity disappears， the housing market won"t be back to normal.It looks like we still have years to go.

Why doesn‘t the author think the housing market is fully recovered？ 查看材料

A.In some places， housing prices rose as much as 30%.

B.There were bidding wars broke out frequently.

C.The foreclosure rate halved from its peak.

D.Some homeowners owe more than the value of their home.

根据下面内容，回答题：

There is no shortage of tipsters around offering "get-rich-quick" opportunities. But if you are a serious private investor， leave the Las Vegas mentality （19）________ those with money to fritter. The serious investor needs a "proper portfolio" —— a well —— planned selection of investments， （20）________ a definite structure and a clear aim. （21） exactly how does a newcomer to the stock market go about achieving that？

Well， if you go to five reputable stock brokers and ask them what you should （22）your money， you"re likely to get five different answers even if you give all the relevant information about your age， family， finances and what you want from your investments. Moral？ There is no one right way to structure a portfolio. （23） ________ there are undoubtedly some wrong ways， and you can be sure that （24） of our five advisers would have suggested （25 ）________all （or perhaps any） of your money into Periwigs.

So what should you do？ We"ll assume that you have （26）________out the basics —— like mortgages， pensions， insurance and {27）________ to sufficient cash reserves. You should then establish your own individual aims. These are partly a matter of personal circumstances， partly a matter of psychology.

For instance， if you are older you have less time to recover from any major losses， and you may well wish to （28） ________your pension income. So preserving your capital and generating extra income are your main 15 priorities. In this case， you"d probably construct a portfolio with some shares （but not high risk ones）， along with gifts， cash deposits， and perhaps convertibles （29） ________the income shares of split capital investment trusts. If you are younger， and in a solid financial position， you may decide to take an （30） ________ approach but only if you"re blessed with a sanguine disposition and won"t （31） sleepless nights over share prices. If you recognize yourself in this description， you might include a couple of heady growth stocks in your 20 portfolio， alongside your more pedestrian investments. Once you have decided （32） your investment aims， you can then decide （33） ________ to put your money. The golden role here is to spread your risk —— if you put all of your money into Periwigs International， you"re setting yourself up as a hostage of fortune.

"Periwigs" is the name of a fictitious company.

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A.in

B.on

C.to

D.upon

以下属于视频处理软件的有()。

A.Adobe Premiere

B.会声会影

C.Photoshop

D.Sony Vegas

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B.v

C.delete

D.c

A.Stroke

B.Write-on

C.Brush

D.Stroke Vegas

A.Stroke

B.Write-on

C.Brush Stroke

D.Vegas

A.“G”

B.“D”

C.“F”

D.“B”