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14．Feeling lonely has a bigger influence on older people's life expectancy（预期寿命） than smoking，top government adviser David Halpern said earlier this year．
This shocking fact，given that loneliness is reaching high levels in the UK-with 3.1 million over-65s going more than a week without seeing a friend or family member-has caused quite a debate．Later retirement age is one idea for how the government might respond，but I think we can make a change without waiting for a new law．
My solution？Yup，you guessed it：the web．OK，I'm not mad enough to suggest that a piece of electronic equipment is a magic bullet（灵丹妙药） to loneliness，but I do，hand on heart，think that encouraging more older people to get online is the simplest and cheapest tool we can equip them with so they can reawaken old，or form new，friendships．
One of my favorite jobs as Digital Champion is judging Age UK's Internet Champion of the Year Award．Looking through this year's shortlist，it was obvious that each participant had been suddenly filled with a desire to socialize because of the way the net had widened their social circle．Reading the shortlist，what also struck me was how far from rocket science getting older people online is．
One of this year's winners，Brenda，has a great story that's both totally special and also ver y typical．Brenda felt extremely lonely after her husband's death．Several months later，she got online．Having quickly got used to using the computer，Brenda amazingly managed to make contact with a soldier who had stayed with her family during the Second World War．Starting up their friendship again after more than half a century is the kind of miracle（奇迹） the Internet has made us almost take for granted-but which would have been almost unthinkable just ten years ago．
32．Why did the author suggest the web as a solution？D
A．It is an all-purpose tool．
B．It is strongly advised by the government．
C．It is the only way older people make new friends．
D．It can solve the problem of loneliness in an easy way．
33．What did the author learn from the shortlist？C
A．Participants had a similar social circle．
B．Participants found it difficult to get online．
C．Participants benefited greatly from the web．
D．Participants knew each other because of the net．
34．As a lonely old woman，BrendaD．
A．searched hard for her old friend        
B．became a new friend of a soldier
C．lived alone for more than half a century  
D．got in touch with an old friend on the net
35．What is the best title for the text？A
A．Friends Online                     
B．Debate on Loneliness  
C．Encourage Older People             
D．Help an Internet Beginner．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇科教类阅读，主要讲的是作者建议将网络作为一种解决老人孤独、寂寞的方法，让老人在网络世界中找到朋友．

解答 32-35．DCDA
32题答案：D根据文章第三段的encouraging more older people to get online is the simplest and cheapest tool we can equip them with so they can reawaken old，or form new，friendships．鼓励更多的老人上线是我们可以给他们装备的最简单也是最省钱的工具，这样一来他们就能再次唤醒年老或者是建立新的友谊．可知本题答案为D选项．
33题答案：C考查细节推理，根据文章第四段的Looking through this year's shortlist，it was obvious that each participant had been suddenly filled with a desire to socialize because of the way the net had widened their social circle看一下今年的候选人名单，很明显每一位参与者突然充满了想要社交的欲望--因为他们在网上联系的方式拓宽了他们的社交圈．可知本题答案为C选项．
34题答案：D考查细节推理，根据最后一段的Having quickly got used to using the computer，Brenda amazingly managed to make contact with a soldier who had stayed with her family during the Second World War．很快学会了使用电脑后，Brenda竟然能够和一位在第二次世界大战期间和她们一家人生活在一起的士兵取得联系．可知本题答案为D选项．
35题答案：A考查主旨大意，本文主要讲的是作者建议将网络作为一种解决老人孤独、寂寞的方法，让老人在网络世界中找到朋友．故本题答案为A选项．

点评 本文是一篇科教类阅读，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案．