根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How old is “old” ? How old is “old” ? ____16____Two hundr
英语试题 03-08
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How old is “old” ?
How old is “old” ? ____16____Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span(长度) 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(日历) simply tells you how many years you have lived. ___17___
Once an unknown author wrote , “ ___18___Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their goals.”
___19___Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City commission for the Aging, said, “It upsets me 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 wrong ideas about aging. ___20___Here are some of the more common ones. For example, most older people are in poor health, or older people are unable to change.
A. Old is a point of view.
B. It’s extremely terrible to be grown old.
C. The answer has changed over the years.
D. Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.
E. Older people are stubborn, unable to change.
F. Youth is not a time of life but it is a state of mind.
G. These ideas stereotype (固化) people on the basis of age.
【答案】16. C 17. D 18. F 19. A 20. G
【解析】
本文为夹叙夹议文。本文讲述了到底多大才算是老年人，后来总结出心态比实际年龄更重要这一观点。并以“aging”为话题展开讨论，意在教育人们要保持一颗不老的心灵；永怀远大理想。
【16题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空是后面一段的中心句。根据后面的内容“Two hundred years ago,…At the turn of this century, …In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.”可知，对于"老年"的定义，多年来一直在变。分析选项，可知C（老年的定义这些年一直在变）符合题意，故选C。
【17题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上文“The calendar（日历） simply tells you how many years you have lived”可知，日历只告诉你活了多少岁，但是身体告诉你，自己是有多年轻。分析选项可知D项（Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.）符合题意，故选D。
【18题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据下句“Nobody grows old by living a number of years； people grow old by giving up their goals”可知“没人因为活了许多岁变老了，只是由于无法实现自己的目标知道自己老了”。可知，青春不是你活了多久，而是一种精神状态。分析选项，可知F符合题意，故选F。
【19题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空格是一段的中心句。根据后面文章的内容可知，老还是年轻，是取决于自己的观点。分析选项可知，A项（老是一种观点）符合题意，故选A。
【20题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本小题也是一段的中心句。根据“For example，most older people are in poor health，or older people are unable to change”。可知，这些想法都是根据年龄作的比较常见的评价。由此可知，对于年老这件事，许多都是人们对此的固化想法。分析选项可知G项（这些基于年龄的观点是固有的）符合题意，故选G。
How old is “old” ?
How old is “old” ? ____16____Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span(长度) 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(日历) simply tells you how many years you have lived. ___17___
Once an unknown author wrote , “ ___18___Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their goals.”
___19___Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City commission for the Aging, said, “It upsets me 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 wrong ideas about aging. ___20___Here are some of the more common ones. For example, most older people are in poor health, or older people are unable to change.
A. Old is a point of view.
B. It’s extremely terrible to be grown old.
C. The answer has changed over the years.
D. Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.
E. Older people are stubborn, unable to change.
F. Youth is not a time of life but it is a state of mind.
G. These ideas stereotype (固化) people on the basis of age.
【答案】16. C 17. D 18. F 19. A 20. G
【解析】
本文为夹叙夹议文。本文讲述了到底多大才算是老年人，后来总结出心态比实际年龄更重要这一观点。并以“aging”为话题展开讨论，意在教育人们要保持一颗不老的心灵；永怀远大理想。
【16题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空是后面一段的中心句。根据后面的内容“Two hundred years ago,…At the turn of this century, …In 1950, 70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy 70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.”可知，对于"老年"的定义，多年来一直在变。分析选项，可知C（老年的定义这些年一直在变）符合题意，故选C。
【17题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据上文“The calendar（日历） simply tells you how many years you have lived”可知，日历只告诉你活了多少岁，但是身体告诉你，自己是有多年轻。分析选项可知D项（Your body tells you how well you’ve lived.）符合题意，故选D。
【18题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。根据下句“Nobody grows old by living a number of years； people grow old by giving up their goals”可知“没人因为活了许多岁变老了，只是由于无法实现自己的目标知道自己老了”。可知，青春不是你活了多久，而是一种精神状态。分析选项，可知F符合题意，故选F。
【19题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本空格是一段的中心句。根据后面文章的内容可知，老还是年轻，是取决于自己的观点。分析选项可知，A项（老是一种观点）符合题意，故选A。
【20题详解】
考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本小题也是一段的中心句。根据“For example，most older people are in poor health，or older people are unable to change”。可知，这些想法都是根据年龄作的比较常见的评价。由此可知，对于年老这件事，许多都是人们对此的固化想法。分析选项可知G项（这些基于年龄的观点是固有的）符合题意，故选G。
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