首页
登录
职称英语
In Britain, within the lifetime of all the old people alive today, our life
In Britain, within the lifetime of all the old people alive today, our life
游客
2024-10-31
1
管理
问题
In Britain, within the lifetime of all the old people alive today, our life expectancy has rapidly shot up from an average of forty years to an average of seventy years. Although, in the last century, it was accepted that the body had been programmed to last for seventy years, until the 1960s it was all too obvious that very few bodies ever did, and for a man to en-joy good health in old age was exceptional.
Many of today’s old people had such rough starts, such small scraps of education, such low wages and so few possessions generally, that they feel they are ending their days in luxury, although they may not be doing so in other people’s eyes. "Manage" is word they often use, and having "managed" then, they manage now more easily. They will describe their poor and exhausting working lives for you without any feeling of hatred. Some are proud if they never cheated; and some are proud if they did and got away with it. However, many find that now is the deprived time. They are aware of gradual losses and of everything being taken away from them or placed out of reach by degrees. They are no longer considered as individuals. Constantly, as one talks to old people, one feels this struggle to claim their dignity and importance at the present time and not just to recall what they have been in the past.
Perhaps, as the young begin to realize that they are likely to "old" for twenty or more years, they will bring about the radical changes needed if the aged are to have the supportive conditions in their old age that they would really like. At present, both our treatment of "the old" and the way we talk about them sometimes echo the actions and attitudes of our nineteenth-century ancestors, when they were considering" the poor". "The problems of the old are not our problems" is what we are often saying——politely and humanly, of course. [br] Perhaps young people will make changes for the old because _______.
选项
A、they are radical about the old age problem
B、they feel it necessary to do something for the old
C、they are sympathetic towards the old
D、they want to ensure their own social position when they get old
答案
D
解析
见原文第三段“...they will bring about the radical changes needed if the aged are to have the supportive conditions in their old age that they would really like”.因此D为正确选项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3825403.html
相关试题推荐
Howmanypeoplediedinlastmonth’sriot?[br][originaltext]AnEthiopian
LocalgovernmentinBritainistheresponsibilityofelectedlocalauthoritie
Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliest
Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliest
Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliest
Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliest
Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeople
Whatpeoplefirstlyusedflexibleworkinghours?[br][originaltext]Flexibl
Whatpeoplefirstlyusedflexibleworkinghours?[originaltext]Flexiblework
Fewpeoplerealizethat______.[br][originaltext]Peopleallovertheworl
随机试题
Morethantenpercentofmotorwaydeathsarecausedbydriversfallingsleep
Thegovernmentistobanpaymentstowitnessesbynewspapersseekingtobuy
Theobjectinthesentence"ShewishestolearnEnglishfromyou"isA、she.B、Eng
Thehumannoseisanunderratedtool.Humansareoftenthoughttobeinsensi
【B1】[br]【B4】[originaltext]RecentlyagroupofSwedishresearchscientists
十进制数12.5对应的二进制数是()。A.1100.1 B.1011.0
教学评价是教育过程中的一个重要环节。下列选项中,不属于教学评价功能的是()。
脂质体的缓释性通过什么途径来实现A.可长时间吸附于靶向周围 B.可充分渗透到靶
我国资产管理公司设立时,分别收购、管理和处置四家国有商业银行和交通银行的部分不良
关于慢性粒细胞白血病说法错误的是A、慢性粒细胞白血病各年龄都可发病,以中年最多
最新回复
(
0
)