首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of ever
[originaltext] America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of ever
游客
2023-07-20
66
管理
问题
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 graying 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.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is the percentage of people above 65 in America today?
30. What can we know from the passage?
31. What does the passage imply?
选项
A、The birthrate is on the decrease recently in America.
B、Age is no longer an indication of one’s marriage.
C、The society demands more and more nowadays.
D、The aging of population causes many social problems.
答案
B
解析
选项中的birthrate,marriage,aging of population,social problems等表明,本题可能与社会社会现象或社会问题有关。短文中提到,人口老龄化对美国的社会产生了很大的影响,人们对年龄的看法也发生了很大的变化,一个人的年龄不再透露出他或她的社会地位(social position),婚姻状况(marriage)或是健康状况(health),故答案为[B],其中的indication of与tells…anything about对应。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2852348.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]WhenIwasachild,IoftendreamedofthetimewhenIcould
[originaltext]M:Hi,Linda,areyougoingtoteachafteryougraduatefromthat
[originaltext]W:Iwanttotrysomethingnewintheproject.What’syouropinio
[originaltext]M:Benborrowedhisfather’scarwithoutpermission,andthencra
[originaltext]M:Excuseme.Doyouneedsomehelp?W:Well...I’mtryingtoget
[originaltext]M:You’reinsuchagoodmoodtodaythatIalmosthadnoheartto
[originaltext]Whenastormiscoming,mostpeopleleavetheareaasquickly
[originaltext]Myfriend,EmmaDaniels,spentthesummerof1974travelling
[originaltext]M:I’msorry,Madam.Thetrainisbehindschedule.Takeaseat,a
[originaltext]M:Thankyouforyourhelpfulassistance.Otherwise,I’dsurelyh
随机试题
( )是需求分析阶段研究的对象。A.软件的功能和性能 B.软件项目的用户要求
男性,52岁,上腹部不适近2年,超声检查如图所示,诊断考虑为 A.胆囊结石
对考核不合格的医师,县级以上人民政府卫生行政部门可责令()。A.辞退或解聘
对于《普通高中语文课程标准(实验)》提出的“表达与交流”方面的实施建议,下列理解
用萋-尼抗酸染色法染色,抗酸菌染成()A.蓝色B.紫色C.黄色D.红色E.绿色
王医生在做化脓性阑尾炎阑尾切除术中,手套不慎接触到脓液。正确的做法是A.重新洗手
各种运输方式内外部的各个方面的构成和联系,就是( )。 A.运输系统
关于质量管理体系审核的基本术语,下列叙述正确的有()。 A.审核是指为获得审
下列因素中,直接影响房地产供给量的首要因素是()。A.房地产市场价格 B
同步发电机的短路特性是( )。A.正弦曲线 B.直线 C.抛物线 D.无
最新回复
(
0
)