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How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago , you were old at 35. That was the average life span then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced , the average life span increased to 45. In 1950 , 70-year-olds were really old. Today , a healthy , 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.
So, how old is old? The answer is one you've heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old ( or young) as you feel. ” The calendar simply tells you how many years you have lived. Your body tells you how well you've lived.
Old is a point of view. Alice Brophy said , “It makes me angry when people say, ‘Gee , you look young for your age.’What does that mean? Is there some model that you're supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80. ”
There are many myths about aging. Here are some of the more common myths and the facts.
Myth 1: Most older people are in poor health.
Fact 1: Not so. There are neither biological nor physiological reasons to connect poor health with growing older. Older people are more likely to be affected with illness , but old age itself is not a disease. It is possible to remain physically healthy through your life.
Myth 2: Older people are unable to change.
Fact 2: Older people are as easily-changed in their life-styles as young and middle-aged people. Though sometimes they deal with the very big pressuresdeath of close friends or jobs, financial or family problemsthey deal wonderfully well. Older people give up smoking and break other bad habits, just as successfully as younger people.
1.According to the article, which statement is TRUE?
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A.Aging does not mean you become unhealthy.
B.Older people are not as smart as younger people.
C.Most older people are physically healthy.
D.Your health can tell you how old you are.
2.Which question is not answered in this article?
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A.Do older people have more trouble breaking habits?
B.Is old age a disease?
C.How old is old?
D.What is the average life span today?
3.The reason why Alice Brophy got angry was that ________.
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A.she didn't think she looked young for her age
B.she hated being thought of her old age
C.she was 65 but people thought she was 75 or 85
D.she thought there was a model to follow to judge one's age
4.Which of the following does the second fact support?
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A.Older people have more pressures than younger people.
B.Younger people break old habits more easily.
C.Older people are not too fixed to change for new needs.
D.Younger and middle-aged people have the same problems as older people.
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Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their child-hood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shop-keeper and post-master in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school?--West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One maybe surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined (罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of U. S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions (决定). When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job. ”
1.How many American presidents are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
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A.Four. |
B.Five. |
C.Six. |
D.Seven. |
2.Who regarded the jobs of U. S. presidents as the tiring ones?
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A.Grant. |
B.Roosevelt. |
C.Eisenhower. |
D.Taft. |
3.In this passage, “keep an eye on”means ________.
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A.take care of |
B.see |
C.look at fixedly |
D.stare at |
4.The second paragraph mainly tells up ________.
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A.that Eisenhower became famous in the 2nd World War
B.how Grant became a general
C.that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates
D.that many of the U. S. presidents had served in the army
5.Which of the following is true?
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A.Eisenhower was one of the U. S. presidents in the 19th century.
B.Lincoln was elected the U. S. president after Grant.
C.West Point Military Academy was founded in the 2nd World War.
D.Washington was born in a very poor family.
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Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated (证实) that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins (维生素) to water without vitamins, even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant flavor (香味) was added to the vitamin—enriched liquid, the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it, even after the vitamins were switched (转) to the clear water. In time, however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.
In an experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria (自助食堂) with a wide selection of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but over a period of time they managed to select a well balanced diet (饮食).
So, in selecting food, rats and babies do seem to know and act on what's best for them. Clearly, there is a kind of "body wisdom" which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced (影 响) by long-established habits. Some people eat fox, dog and blackbirds, while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them.
(1)In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rat's drinking water to ________.
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A. encourage rats to drink it
B. find out what kind of flavor rats prefer
C. test whether rats know which drink is with fragrant flavor
D. demonstrate that vitamins are tasteless
(2)The expression "the habit" in the first paragraph refers to drinking water which __________.
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A. has no smell B. is tasteless
C. has vitamins D. is flavored
(3)As far as their eating habits are concerned, babies and rats are similar (相似) because ___________.
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A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet
B. both prefer flavored food and drink
C. both have the same eating patterns
D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors
(4)In the experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were _________.
A. given many choices of drinks
B. provided with various kinds of baby food
C. placed and fed in a cafeteria
D. trained to select a balanced diet
(5)According to the passage, adults' (成年人) eating habits differ from those of babies because ____________.
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A. adults know better than babies what kinds of food are good for their health
B. adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foods
C. adults' eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customs
D. adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns
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