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A person’s age no longer tells you something about                           1．________

his social position, marriage or healthy．There’s no longer                        2．________

a particular year which one goes to school or goes to                             3．________

work or gets married or start a family．The social clock                         4．________

that kept us on time and told us when go to school, get                           5．________

a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it was used to be．                      6．________

It doesn’t surprise us to hear a 28-year-old university                             7．________

president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or 70-year-old                            8．________

man who has become a father for the first time．What we                       9．_______

all know, public’s ideas are changing nowadays．                                10．________

   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 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 keeps us on time and tells 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' any more. We've stopped looking with surprising at older people who act in youthful ways."

1. It can be learnt 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 things at the right age

   C. show respect for their parents young or old

   D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age

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

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

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or order. 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(人口老化) 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 position, marriage or health. There is 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” any more. We’ve stop looking with surprise at older people, who act in youthful ways.
50. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.
   A. has changed people’s social position       B. has changed people’s understanding of age
   C. has made people feel younger            D. has made people feel older
51. The underlined word “one” in paragraph 1 refers to ______.
   A. a society           B. America           C. a place            D. population
52. “Act your age” means people should ______.
   A. show respect for their parents young or old
   B. do the right thing at the right age
   C. be active when they are old
   D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
53. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text 
would most probably consider it ______.
   A. unbelievable        B. wonderful        C. normal           D. unreasonable

America is growing older. Fifty-eight 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 (变老) of the population will affect (影响) American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior (行为) is suitable (合适) 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 been 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” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

64. According to the passage, 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

65. The underlined word “one” refers to _____.

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

66. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _____.

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