13.America is growing older.Fifty years ago,only 4out of every 100people in the United States were 65or older.Today,10out of every 100Americans are over 65.The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways-education,medicine,and business.Quietly,the graying(老齡化)of America has made us a very different society-one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable 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 first 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.
25.It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in AmericaC.
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
26.The underlined word‘one'refers toA.
A.a society B.America C.a place D.population
27."Act your age"means people shouldB.
A.be active when they are old
B.do the right thing at the right age
C.show respect to their parents young or old
D.take more physical exercises suitable to their age
28.If a 25-year-old man become general manager of a big firm,the writer of the text would most probably consider itA.
A.normal B.wonderful C.unbelievable D.unreasonable.
分析 本文主要講的是美國的老齡化問題.美國正在變老.現在,每100個美國人中有十個人的年齡在65歲以上.人口老齡化將會在教育、醫(yī)學和經濟等許多方面給美國帶來影響.人們對某一年齡段應該做什么事情的看法也發(fā)生了改變.
解答 25-28CABA
25.C 短文將美國社會擬人化,把age和gray這兩個常用作名詞的詞當做動詞用時,比喻美國社會人口的老齡化,并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.
26.A 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.
27.B"Act your age"就是第一段最后一句話中所提到的idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.在不同的年齡什么樣的行為是合適的.
28.A 此題為一主觀題,要求考生判斷作者態(tài)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(tài)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.
點評 做閱讀時經常犯錯的主要原因是,僅憑讀過文章后殘留在腦海中的一絲印象來勾選答案,這樣便很容易掉入出題人故意設布下的題目陷阱.所謂閱讀理解,對于題目的理解一定要忠實于原文,因此,每一道題都應該與原文作全面的對比與核查,再得出答案.也就是說,閱讀理解的每一道題目,在原文都應該有明確的出處,我們把這一出處叫做原文相關句,(1)排除與原文相關句主題不一致的選項(2)排除與原文相關句態(tài)度相反的選項 (3)排除用于過于極端或負面的選項(4)注意結合文章主旨和主題去排除.