本文为说明文。根据最近的一项研究，近年来越来越多的中国老年人成为微信的活跃用户。

【7题详解】

考查时态。句意：根据最近的一项研究，近年来，越来越多的中国老年人成为了微信的活跃用户。in recent years"在最近几年里"通常使用现在完成时态。故填have become。

【8题详解】

考查介词。固定搭配：spend time on sth. "在某事上花时间"。故填on。

【9题详解】

考查现在分词。此处与主语report构成逻辑主谓关系，应使用现在分词，表主动。故填suggesting。

【10题详解】

考查形容词。此处做表语，意为"耐心的"，应使用形容词。故填patient。

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　It was a cold day, and I had no desire to drive up the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn's house. But she had insisted that I come to see something at the ____11____ of the mountain.

　　So here I was ____12____ to make the two-hour journey through ____13____. By the time I saw how thick it was near the top, I'd gone too far to turn back.

"I'll stay for lunch, but I'm heading back down as soon as the fog lifts," 
I ____14____ when I arrived.

　　"But I need you to drive me to the garage to pick up my car," Carolyn said. "Could we at least do that?"

　　"How ____15____?" I asked.

　　"About three minutes," she said. "I'll drive-I'm used to it."

　　After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her ____16____. "I thought you said three minutes."

　　She smiled. "This is a different route."

Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and ____17____ out. We walked along a path that was thick with old pine needles. Huge black-green pines ____18____over us. Gradually, the