It has been        that at least 30 percent of the elderly live in      housing.

Many more        themselves of essentials to keep their homes in        .The American dream        older people that if they worked hard enough all their lives，things would        out well for them. Today's elderly were        up to believe in pride，self-repliance and        .  Many are tough,        individuals who manage to          against adversity. But even the tough ones reach a        where help should he          to them.

     Age discrimination in           is unresrained,with arbitrary retirenment practices and bias          hiring older people for available jobs.Social Security         the old by reducing their          checks as soon as they          more than $2400 a year.jobtraining           don’t want the clderly (or the middle-aged,for that        ),so there is no         to learn new skills .Employers rarely        concessions for the possible physical           of other wise valuable older emoloyees,and           they are fired ,retired or          to resign.

A.survive       

B.programs       

C.brought        

D.against

E.detennined     

F.emploment     

G.repair          

H.estimated

I.limitations      

J.forced         

K.tum            

L.independence

M.penalizes      

N.deprive        

O.opportunity      

P.promised

Q.substandard     

R.makes        

S.point            

T.instead

U.income         

V.matter        

W.earn            

X.available

（1）The chiarman of the board of directors was forced to resign ,            the power struggle among the directors.

（2）Intelligent and hard-working,he passed             in degree examinations.

（3）No one          for the loss of the game;each had done her best.

（4）He enjoyed great popularrity among the students ,         speaking five foreign languages.

（5）At first she was so          the cockney accent that she understood nothing of what the taxi drivers said.

（6）“           can we find the money to pay the bospital bills ?”

（7）When the pickpocket was cornered in the bus ,he took out a knife and           the conductor .

（8）Vitamin C pills are no          for fruits and vegetables.

（9）By his nasty behavior the govermor has          himself in everyone’s eyes.

（10）I tried         to get George to join the earnpaign to end fox-hunting in Britain.

（11）With her excellent performance she could          a professional dancer.

（12）Fighting the Japancse invaders           everything else.

（13）We must          forests not only for the present but for future generations .

（14）AIDS is expected to be          from the world in the coming centary.

（15）The two daughters sweet words          king Lear into believing that they really loved him more than anything in the world.

A.pass for          

B.conserve       

C.lulled        

D.Where on earth

E.unaccustorned     

F.with honors     

G.was held to blame        

H.falling victim to

I.being credited witn      

J.substitule      

K.cheapened        

L.went for

M.in vain   

N.took preccdence over    

O.cradicated

He        the dust from his hat before entering the house.

A.flicked         

B.plucked

He just sat there           his thumbs .showing no interest in the discussion.

A.turning   

B.twiddling

The boys         a coin to decide who should make the first move.

A.lossed    

B.threw