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What does it feel like to be approaching the wrong end of middle age? For the　moment at least, the differences between the young diplomat of 30 years ago and　the aging writer of today are more psychological than physical. Naturally. I can　hardly ignore the inevitable change in my outward appearance. My hair has gonewell, silver; the whites of my eyes occasionally look more like yolks; and I’ve　got heavier round the middle. But all this is merely on the surface inside. I’m　not really conscious of feeling very much older than I did my younger days.

　　Mentally, however, it’s another story. It is no longer a surprise to come into　a room and to find that I’m the oldest person in it, but notice the fact all the same. It’s a long time since I stopped worrying about policemen being younger　than me; when, on the other hand, I find generals, archbishops and High Court judges in the same happy situation. I tend to grow thoughtful …

　　Now for the compensations. And there are plenty of them, and by no means the least is a new found independence. Until now, responsibilities seem to have increased year by year; now, thankfully they begin to diminish, and are replaced by new opportunities.

　　These are positive compensations; there are also negative ones which can be appreciated just as much. Immense pleasure can be got from Putting Things Behind One. My own recent decisiontaken with immense reliefhas been to give up all efforts to understand modern music. There is more than enough music from the17th, 18th and 19th centuries to keep me happy for the rest of my life. Now, at　last, I can face the fact that I just don’t like 20th century music.

　　Finally, it’s goodbye to hypochondria. When I was young I constantly worried about my health and imagined I had all sorts of terrible diseases. Now those days　are over. I love every moment of my life and want it to go on for as long as possible until I become senile or a burden to my family and friends, at which point I would like it to stop at once. I can honestly say that I have had and am still having a wonderful time.

　　26.In the passage, what is the writer mainly talking about?

　　A) We should take an objective attitude towards the problem of getting old.

　　B) We can have compensations while getting old.

　　C) Getting old is a terrible thing.

　　D) We should refuse to accept the fact of getting old.

　　27.According to the passage, the changes of the writer while getting old

　　are the following except ____.

　　A) the hair has become white

　　B) the whites of the eyes look like yellow

　　C) the man becomes fat

　　D) the difference between the young and the aging writer is more in his o

　　utward appearance than in his inside

　　28.According to the writer, what is not the advantage of getting old?

　　A) New opportunities take the place of responsibilities.

　　B) Immense pleasure can be got from negative compensations.

　　C) Generals, archbishops and High Court judges are all happy while getting old.

　　D) Hypochondria will not disturb you any longer.

　　29.What is the meaning of Putting Things Behind One?

　　A) To put things that should be done after another one. B) To give up.

　　C) To do the things as you like. D) To delay the time of finishing the work.

　　30.What is the writer’s attitude towards the problem of getting old?

　　A) Optimistic.B) Pessimistic.C) Indifferent. D) Tolerant.

答案：

26. 答 案 A。

　　【參考譯文】 在短文中，作者主要談?wù)摰氖鞘裁?

　　【試題分析】本題是道考查綜合能力的邏輯推理題。

　　【詳細(xì)解答】作者在文章的一開(kāi)始就直接提問(wèn)：What does it feel like to be approaching the wrong end of middle age?(人到老年將是什么樣的感覺(jué)?)此句點(diǎn)出本文所討論的將是人到老年的問(wèn)題。接著作者介紹了人到老年將會(huì)有是變化，用了大量的筆墨闡明了人到老年也有其有利的一面，其目的在于說(shuō)明人到老年并非是一件極其可怕的事情，應(yīng)該客觀地面對(duì)它，因此A項(xiàng)對(duì)待人變老的問(wèn)題應(yīng)該采取客觀態(tài)度是本題的最佳答 案。B項(xiàng)人變老有補(bǔ)償只是作者用于陳述自己觀點(diǎn)的理由，因此不全面，不能作為本題的答 案。C項(xiàng)人變老是一件可怕的事和D項(xiàng)我們應(yīng)該拒絕接受人變老的事實(shí)，這兩項(xiàng)明顯與原文不相符，應(yīng)該排除。

　　27. 答 案 D。

　　【參考譯文】 根據(jù)短文，作者變老時(shí)與年青時(shí)相比，____是錯(cuò)誤的。

　　【試題分析】本題測(cè)試的是對(duì)句意的理解。

　　【詳細(xì)解答】文章在第一段中介紹了人進(jìn)入老年的各種變化。Naturally, I can hardly ignore the inevitable change in my outward appearance. My hair has gonewell, silver;the whites of my eyes occasionally look more like yolks, and I’ve got heavier round the middle. (自然，我無(wú)法回避人到老年外表上的變化：頭發(fā)花白，眼白開(kāi)始變黃，肚子越來(lái)越大。)本題四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中A、B和C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)均與此相符。文章在第一段中還說(shuō)明了… the differences between the young diplomat of 30 years ago and the aging writer of today are more psychological than physical. (… 從30年前的年輕的外交官變成了今天的中老年作者，這種變化更多的是心理上的，而非生理上的。)由此可見(jiàn)，D項(xiàng)所提及的外表變化要多于內(nèi)部變化是錯(cuò)誤的，符合題意，是本題的答 案。

　　28. 答 案 C。

　　【參考譯文】 根據(jù)作者的觀點(diǎn)，變老的不利因素是什么?

　　【試題分析】本題是道是非辨別題。

　　【詳細(xì)解答】文章中介紹了老有老的好處。第三段中提到… now, thankfully, they begin to diminish, and are replaced by new opportunities. (現(xiàn)在，謝天謝地，它們開(kāi)始消失，取而帶之的是新的機(jī)遇。)這里they指的是前文所提的responsibilities(責(zé)任)。因此A項(xiàng)符合原文。B項(xiàng)也同樣與文章內(nèi)容相符，其根據(jù)在文章的第四段：… there are also negative ones which can be appreciated just as much. Immense pleasure can be got from Putting Things Behind One.同樣文章的最后一段也提到 Finally, it’s goodbye　to hypochondria. I find generals archbishops and High Court judges in the same　happy situation, …這里in the same happy situation(處于同樣的形勢(shì))指的是都在變化，因此C項(xiàng)符合題意，是本題的正確答 案。

　　29. 答 案 B。

　　【參考譯文】 Putting Things Behind One的意思是什么?

　　【試題分析】本題測(cè)試的是根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)詞義的能力。

　　【詳細(xì)解答】Putting Things Behind One 從字面上看與A項(xiàng)的意思相同，但是仔細(xì)看下文我們就可以知道在文章中A項(xiàng)的解釋并不準(zhǔn)確。My own recent decision taken with immense relief has been to give up all efforts to understand modern music.這是作者所舉的一例，用以說(shuō)明Immense pleasure can be got from Putting Things Behind One.因此，本題的正確答 案應(yīng)該是B項(xiàng)，意為放棄。

　　30. 答 案 A。

　　【參考譯文】 作者對(duì)人變老的問(wèn)題的態(tài)度是什么?

　　【試題分析】本題是道推測(cè)作者觀點(diǎn)的題目。

　　【詳細(xì)解答】通讀全文，我們不難感覺(jué)到作者在文中透露出來(lái)的樂(lè)觀情緒。作者在第一段最后說(shuō)：… inside, I’m not really conscious of feeling very older than I did in　my younger days.(從內(nèi)心來(lái)說(shuō)，我并未比年輕時(shí)候感到更老些。)接著作者列舉了人到老年的好處，同時(shí)文章在最后再次表達(dá)了 I can honestly say that I have had and am still having a wonderful time.(我能老實(shí)地說(shuō)我已擁有并且仍在擁有生命中的美好時(shí)光。)因此不難判斷出本題的最佳答 案應(yīng)該是A項(xiàng)，盡管文章中并未直接明確說(shuō)明。