2009届高考英语阅读理解测试十二

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1、学考100网www.xk100.com最权威的信息最丰富的资源最快捷的更新最优质的服务最真诚的交流2009届高考英语阅读理解测试十二AAmericaisgrowingolder.Fiftyyearsago,only4outofevery100peopleintheUnitedStateswere65orolder.Today,10outofevery100Americansareover65.TheagingofthepopulationwillaffectAmericansocietyinmany　ways—education,medicine,an

2、dbusiness.Quietly,theagingofAmericahasmadeusaverydifferentsociety—oneinwhichpeoplehaveaquitedifferentideaofwhatkindofbehaviorissuitableatvariousages.Aperson’sagenolongertellsyouanythingabouthis/hersocialposition,marriageorhealth.There’snolongeraparticularyearinwhichonegoestoscho

3、olorgoestoworkorgetsmarriedorstartsafamily.Thesocialclockthatkeptusontimeandtolduswhentogotoschool,getajob,orstopworkingisn’tasstrongasitusedtobe.Itdoesn’tsurpriseustohearofa29-year-olduniversitypresidentora35-year-oldgrandmother,ora70-year-oldmanwhohasbecomeafatherforthefirstti

4、me.PublicideasarechangingManypeoplesay,“Iammuchyoungerthanmymotherormyfatherwasatmyage.”Noonesays“Actyourage”anymore.We’vestoppedlookingwithsurpriseatolderpeoplewhoactinyouthfulways.1.ItcanbelearnedfromthetextthattheagingofthepopulationinAmerica________.A.hasmadepeoplefeelyounge

5、rB.haschangedpeople’ssocialpositionC.haschangedpeople’sunderstandingofageD.hassloweddownthecountry’ssocialdevelopment2.Theunderlinedword“one”refersto________.A.asocietyB.AmericaC.aplaceD.population3.“Actyourage”meanspeopleshould________.A.beactivewhentheyareoldB.dotherightthinga

6、ttherightageC.showrespecttotheirparentsyoungoroldD.takemorephysicalexercisessuitabletotheirage4.Ifa’25-year-oldmanbecomesgeneralmanagerofabigfirm,thewriterofthetextwouldmostprobablyconsiderit_________.A.normalB.wonderfulC.unbelievableD.unreasonableBBillJavistookoverourvillage’sn

7、ews-agencyatatimeoflifewhenmostofusonlywantedtorelax.Hejustthoughthewouldlikesomethingbutnottoomuchtodo,andthenews-agencywasready-made.Thebusinessproducedlittleenoughforhim,butBillwasamanwhoonlywantedthesimplicityandorderandregularityofthejob.Hehadbeenalong-servingsailor,andallh

8、islifehaddoneeverythingbytheclockEverydayheopen