America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying(老龄化) of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

　　A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his / her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

　　Many people say, "I am much younger than my mother-or my father- was at my age." No one says "Act your age" anymore. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

　　1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.

　　A. has made people feel younger B. has changed people’s social position

　　C. has changed people’s understanding of age D. has slowed down the country’s social development

　　2. The underlined word ‘one’ refers to _______.

　　A. a society B. America C. a place D. population

　　3. "Act your age" means people should _______.

　　A. be active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right age

　　C. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

　　4. If a 25-year-old man become general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _______.

　　A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable

　　【答案与解析】本文介绍了美国即将进入老龄化的社会及此后对年龄观点的变化。

　　1. C。判断题。根据第2段的描述：上学、工作、结婚、生儿育女等都已没有年龄的界限，从而可推知此题答案为C。

　　2. A。词义猜测题。在句中one 为a very different society 的同位语，可推知此题答案为A。

　　3. B。推断题。第2段的描述：人们所做的一切事情都已与年龄不相称，现在人们也不再说Act your age了，说明它意思为做与年龄相称的事，从而推知此题答案为B。

　　4. A。推断题。根据文章第2段最后一句 It doesn't… 可知答案为A。

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