16.As life expectancy increases nowadays,the average person lives well beyond the age of retirement.As a result,the elderly make up an ever-increasing percentage of society,which makes it more important than ever for a real effort to be made in improving the lives of senior citizens.
One way to deal with the situation would be to ensure that the elderly have enough money on which to live.Obviously,when a person stops working,they still require a source of income to cover their basic needs such as food,accommodation and heating.A clear solution to the problem is for the government to make sure that the state pension is adequate for these needs.
Steps should also be taken to overcome the health problems the elderly face.The government should also provide access to the best health care available,which may necessitate paying for residential homes where the elderly can have round-the-clock nursing,or,at the very least,providing medication free of charge to all people over a certain age.
The lives of old people could be improved if attempts were made to address the problem of social isolation.If we organised trips for the elderly to community centres,visits from social workers their problem of loneliness can be reduced a lot which marks the lives of so many old people living alone and far from their families.
One final suggestion,which would help enormously,is to change the attitude of the community towards its older members,who are all too often seen as a burden on society and dismissed as having little to do with modern life.We need to be taught from an early age to respect the views of old people,and appreciate their broader experience of life.This would help society as a whole,and encourage appreciation of the role that old people can still play today.
32.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?C
A.All the elderly can enjoy free medication.
B.The nurses can take good care of the elderly.
C.The elderly are in face of health problems.
D.The health care available to the elderly is good.
33.The underlined word"address"in Paragraph 4probably meansB.
A.find out
B.deal with
C.put down
D.pick up
34.What factors affected the old people's life?D
a.the state pension b.the basic needs c.the attitude of the community
d.the experience of life e.social isolation f.medical care
A.a,b,c,d
B.b,c,d,e
C.c,d,e,f
D.a,c,e,f
35.According to the last suggestion,the old peopleA.
A.should be respected by all of us
B.have to gather more life experience
C.may be regarded as our heavy burden
D.must change their attitude to the community.
分析 本文主要阐述了如何改善老年人的生活,包括养老金、医疗、社会隔离和社会态度.
解答 32:C 推理判断题.结合第三段第一句"Steps should also be taken to overcome the health problems the elderly face.",应采取措施来应对老年人在身体健康方面面对的问题.由此可推断,老年人正面对健康方面的问题.因此C项正确.A项,"所有老年人都能享受免费医疗".B项,"护士能够照顾好老年人".C项,"老年人接受的卫生保健服务很好".这几项都是通过采取措施旨在达到的效果,现阶段尚未达到.故错误.故正确答案为C.
33:B 词义猜测题.该句句意为:如果我们尝试着去_____老年人在社会上被孤立的问题,他们的生活才会得到改善.由此推断,只有试图去处理,问题才能得到解决,情况才能得到改善.因此该词含义应该等同于"处理(deal with)".find out 意为"搞清楚,弄明白",put down 意为"镇压,制止",pick up 意为"拾起,捡起",均不符合文意.故正确答案为B.
34:D 细节理解题.文章从退休金(a)、所在社区对待老年人的态度(c)、社会对老年人的孤立(e)、医疗(f)等影响老年人生活的几个方面出发,提出提升老年人生活质量、改善老年人生活状况的几点建议.文中并未提及基本生活需求(b)和生活经历(d)对老年人生活的影响和我们对此需要采取的应对措施.故正确答案为D.
35:A 细节理解题.结合最后一段第二句"We need to be taught from an early age to respect the views of old people,and appreciate their broader experience of life."可知,我们所有人都要尊敬老年人.故正确答案为A.
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