Question

13．British people are working to an older age．（61）Thenumber of working 70-74-year-olds has doubled in recent years．Around 10% of people in（62）their（they） early 70s now work．This is the（63）highest（high） figure on record．An important reason（64）whythe British work in their old age is that retirement pensions are becoming more difficult to live on．（65）Consequently（consequence） many older people have to work in order to survive．
Britain （66）has seen（see） great changes in the labor market during the last decade，（67）withfar more people working beyond their retirement age．While there are plenty who enjoy remaining in work，many need to earn extra cash because they cannot afford（68）to retire（retire） early．Older people need decent（体面地） jobs and pensions so that they can make a proper（69）choice（choose） about whether they remain in work．Now they are deciding on a career change later in life and are starting up their own businesses，（70）devoted（devote） to something they may have dreamed of doing for years．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述英国老人们在退休后因养老金难以维持生活，不得不在退休后继续工作以维持生存．

解答 61．The 考查冠词．句中谓语动词has doubled，主语应是单数形式，the number of意为"…的数量"，作主语．
62．their 考查代词．in one's 70s意为"在某人七十几时"，是固定搭配．
63．highest 考查形容词最高级．the后接形容词最高级．
64．why 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词reason表示原因，在从句中作状语，用关系副词why．
65．Consequently 考查副词．修饰句子要用副词．名词consequence的副词是consequently．
66．has seen 考查动词时态．根据句中时间状语during the last decade，要用现在完成时态，因主语Britain是单数形式，谓语动词也要用单数形式，助动词用has．
67．with 考查介词．此处是with复合结构，即with+名词（代词）+v-ing．
68．to retire 考查动词不定式，afford后接动词时，要用动词不定式，cannot afford to retire意为"还不能退休"．
69．choice 考查名词．不定冠a后接名词，动词choose的名词是choice．
70．devoted 考查过去分词．be devoted to意为"致力于…"，是固定搭配．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．