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 American society in many ways: education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have quite a 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.” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1.It can be learned 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 to their parents young or old.

D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age.

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

【解析】

試題分析: ：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生了改變。

1.C細節理解題。根據第一段最后“one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages”可知，現在的美國人對某一年齡段應該做的事情有了不同的理解，根據第二段最后“Public ideas are changing.”可知，人們的觀念正在發生改變，故選C

2.A猜測詞義題。根據破折號前面的“...has made us a very different society”可知，劃線詞指的是社會，老齡化已經讓美國變成了另外一個社會，故選A項。

3.B猜測詞義題。根據最后一句“We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.”可知，人們對老年人以年輕人的方式生活的現象已經見怪不怪了，說明人們不再認為應該在相應的年齡做該做的事情，故選B

考點：社會類閱讀。