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
2024-02-16
63
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/3454702.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Somecountriesmayhaveoneuniformfishinglawcoveringthe
[originaltext]Somecountriesmayhaveoneuniformfishinglawcoveringthe
[originaltext]Somecountriesmayhaveoneuniformfishinglawcoveringthe
[originaltext]AnAmericanfriendhasinvitedyoutovisithisfamily.You’v
[originaltext]AnAmericanfriendhasinvitedyoutovisithisfamily.You’v
[originaltext]W:Goodmorningandwelcometotoday’sprogram.(22)Haveyoualw
[originaltext]W:Whatdidyoudoattheofficetoday?M:Ihadareallybusyda
[originaltext]W:Whatdidyoudoattheofficetoday?M:Ihadareallybusyda
[originaltext]AlanTongwastheworstdriverintown.Hehadanaccidentof
[originaltext]AlanTongwastheworstdriverintown.Hehadanaccidentof
随机试题
ReadingPassage2hassixparagraphs,A-F.Choosethecorrectheadingforeachp
Thebiggestsafetythreatfacingairlinestodaymaynotbeaterroristwith
交流三相电压/电流传感器可用于监测供电电源为AC380V的消防设备,如风机、泵类
某桥梁的技术状况等级评定为四类桥,按规定应进行承载能力评定。()
现场配制混凝土时,如果不考虑集料的含水率,会降低混凝土的强度。()
关于我国的PMI指数,下列说法正确的有()。 ?Ⅰ.2012年1月份的中国制
关于片剂等制剂成品的质量检查,下列叙述错误的是A.栓剂应进行融变时限检查 B.
对风湿性疾病具有诊断意义是A.皮肤的损伤情况 B.痛的伴随症状 C.痛的性质
关于劳动监察的说法,错误的是()。A.劳动监察的对象仅仅是用人单位 B.劳动
多台起重机共同抬吊一重40t的设备,索吊具重量0.8t,不均衡荷载系数取上、下限
最新回复
(
0
)