戴尔美语练功坊 英检中级阅读试题(5/10日) 下面7个阅读克漏字填充题，内容取自生活英文，程度大约在英检中级程度， 同学可试做看看，了解自己的程度。 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 (1) of the population will affect American society in many ways - education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has (2) us a very different society- (3) in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages. A person's age no longer (4) you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There's no longer a particular year (5) 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 (6) . 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 (7) the first time. Public ideas are changing. 1. (A) age (B) aging (C) aged (D) ages 2. (A) caused (B) done (C) made (D) found 3. (A) it (B) this (C) one (D) each 4. (A) tells (B) says (C) informs (D) notifies 5. (A) which (B) of when (C) at which (D) in which 6. (A) used to be (B) was used to be (C) was used to being (D) used to being 7. (A) at (B) on (C) in (D) for 中文翻译 美国正逐渐高龄化。五十年前每一百个人之中只有四个人是六十五岁以上， 到了今天，每一百个美国人之中有十个人是六十五岁以上。 人可老化在许多方面会影响美国社会-在教育，医疗，商业等方面。悄悄地， 美国的人口老化使我们变成一个非常不同的社会，在这个社会中的人对於 什麽样的年龄该有什麽样的行为有相当不同的看法。 一个人的年龄不在能告诉你他或者她的社会地位、婚姻、健康状况。不再有 特定的年龄该去上学，工作，结婚，或开始成家。以往使我们按部就班， 教导我们何时上学、工作、退休的社会时序，现在不像过去那样强势了。 现在听到有人二十九岁担任大学校长，三十五岁当祖母，七十岁初为人父， 都不会令人惊讶。大众的想法正在改变。 1. 答案：B 解析： (A) age n. 年龄 (B) aging n. 老化 (C) aged adj. 年老的 2. 答案：C 解析：make + O + (become) + N 使~成为… 1. Hard work made him a billionaire. (努力工作使他成为富翁。) 2. Pollution made the fertile field a wasteland. ( 污染使良田变成荒地。) 3. 答案：C 解析：one = a society，代名词one可以代替「a + 单数名词」 1. Although he is not a scholar, he acts like one ( = a scholar). (虽然他不是学者，他言行上却像个学者。) 2. If you like a hot dog, I can get you one (= a hot dog). (如果你想吃热狗，我可以帮你买一支。) 4. 答案：A 解析：tell + sb. + sth. 告诉某人某件事情 I told him a story. ( 我跟他讲一则故事。) = I told a story to him. 5. 答案：D 解析：a particular year in which one goes to school = when 说明 : 下面是关系副词when出现的条件： 1) 关系代名词which之前有介系词，也就是出现「介系词 + which」。 2) 先行词是表示「时间」的名词，例如time, day, date, week, month, year, season等，此时「介系词 + which」可等於关系副词when 。 句型：时间名词+ 介系词 + which ~ = when 1. October is the month in which I am most relaxed. when 先行词是时间名词 ( 十月是我最轻松的月份。) 6. 答案：A 解析：S + used to +原形V 以前曾经~ 说明 : used to +V 表示以前曾经如此，但现在已不复如此的行为或状态。 1. I used to smoke, but I quit three years ago. (我以前抽烟，但三年前戒了。) 2. I used to live in Taipei. (我以前住过台北。) 7. 答案：D 解析：for the first time 首次 --

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