Question

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect （影響） American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society— one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行為）is suitable （合適）at various ages. A person's age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There's no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school ,get a job, or stop working isn't as strong as it used to be. It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the firs time. Public ideas are changing. Many people say, 'I am much younger than my mother - or my father - was at my age.' No one says ‘Act your age’ anymore. We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1.It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America_________  .

A.has made people feel younger

B.has changed people's social position

C. has changed people's understanding of age

D. has slowed down the country's social development

2.The underlined word ‘one’ refers to_________.

A. a society        B. America                C. a place                 D. population

3.‘Act your age’ means people should_________.

A.be active when they are old

B.do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect for their parents young or old

D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age

4.If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ______.

A.normal            B.wonderful              C.unbelievable                   D.unreasonable

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.A

【解析】

 試題分析：講述美國社會老齡化問題以及這一變化對人們的舉動，思維等各方面都發生了極大的影響。

1.從第三行 the graying of America ....people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行為）is suitable （合適）at various ages,說明了人口老齡化給整個社會，特別是給人們對年齡問題的理解帶來的變化。

2.one用以代替上文中所提到過的一個名詞a （different）society，是泛指的用法，并不特指美國社會。而且one后面跟了一個定語從句，可以通過剖析句子結構得出正確答案。

3.根據第四行所提到的people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages．“Act your age”就是指人們在適當的年齡做合適的事情。

4.此題要求考生判斷作者態度。第二段的最后兩句話和最后一段的最后一句都反映了作者的態度，“It doesn’t surprise us to hear of…”和“We’ve stopped looking with surprise at…”。由于人們對年齡問題的觀點的變化，25歲的年輕人成為一家大公司的總經理已不再令人驚訝。

考點：文化類短文閱讀。