full use has been made of the wisdom of older people
the wisdom of older people is not valued by American society
older people are no less intelligent than young people
the wisdom of older people is of great value to American society
第1题：
The invention of chopsticks reflects the wisdom of Chinese ancient people.
第2题：
C
They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessorise(配饰)。Yet these are ginrls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A gengration which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now faouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.
Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert , said ,“Wimen over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they old when they were young in the 1960s .In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter . It was an expensive item that they would puechase only every three or four years — now you can pick one up at the supernnackrt whosever you wish to .Fashion is a lot cheaper and peope fet tired of things more quickiy . ”
Fashion designer Angela Barnard ,who runs own fashion business in London ,said older women were much more affected celebrity(名流) style. than in previous years .
She said ,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties ,they want to follow them . Older women are much more aware of celebrities .There’s also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change theiy look,and many of my older customers do roga to stay in shape well in their fifties . When I started my business a fen years ago .my older customers wended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would caill ordinsry women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten yeare ago.”
59. Professor Twigg found that ,compared with the 1960s,_______.
A. the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%
B. the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%
C. people spend 30% less than they did on cotothes
D. the amount of chothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%
第3题：
We ear comude from the text that .
A. American cities are changing far the worse
B. people have different views on American cities
C. many people are now moving from American cities
D. the population is decreasing in older American cities
第4题：
第5题：
According to the second paragraph, life expectancy______.（ ）
[A] shows that an older man is expected to live to 84.8
[B] for men is longer than for women today
[C] for women was shorter than for men in 1900
[D] for people has been getting longer since 1900
第6题：
A. Young
B. rich
C. elderly
D. poor
第7题：
We can infer from the passage that in England （ ）
A． many plays are not for young people
B． many young people don’t like theatre
C． people know little about the plan
D． children used to receive good arts education
第8题：
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the reading passage?
A. Parents should be more tolerable towards their children.
B. The younger generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.
C. The generation gap is partly created by the older generation.
D. The generation gap should be avoidable in American society.
第9题：
Passage Three
No one knows exactly how many disabled (残废的) people there are in the world, but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people. As we get older, many of us will become less mobile (可动的), hard of hearing or have failing eyesight.
Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form. of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them.
Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts.
41. The first paragraph points out that ______.
A. it is possible to get an exact figure of the world's disabled people
B. there are many disabled people in the world
C. the number of disabled people in India is the greatest
D. India has not much more disabled people than Canada
41．答案为B。根据第一段中心思想，得出该项选择。选项A、C和D与原文不符。
第10题：