题文
Retirement AgeRetirement is the point where a person stops employment completely．The " standard" retirement age varies from country to country, but it is generally between 50 and 70, according to the latest statistics, 2011．However, for a long time, people have got into an argument about whether the age of retirement should be increased or reduced in their own countries．
There are several arguments for allowing older people to continue working as long as they are able．Many people think that older employees have a large amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to a business or organization if they are made to retire．Besides, older employees are often extremely faithful employees to and are more willing to implement company policies than the young．A more important point is regarding the attitudes in society to old people．To force someone to resign or retire at 60 or 65 indicates that the society does not value the input of these people and that effectively their useful life is over．
Allowing old people to work indefinitely （无限地）, however, is not always a good policy．Some people took the strong view that age alone is no guarantee of ability．Many young employees have more experience or skills than older staff, who may have been stuck in one area for most of their working lives．Having compulsory retirement allows new ideas in an organization．On the other hand, older people should be rewarded by society for their life' s labor by being given generous pensions and the freedom to enjoy leisure．They can have time to do whatever they like, that is, they can have their own plans or roles and achieve their retirement goals．
With many young people unemployed or frustrated in low-level positions, there are often calls to compulsorily retire older workers．However, this can affect the older individual' s freedom—and right—to work．In my opinion, giving workers more choices over their retirement age will benefit society and the individual．
小题1:According to the passage, older people should go on with work because ____.A．they will help the business not to fail quicklyB．they have grasped much practical experienceC．they need to have a sense of achievementD．they want to learn more knowledge小题2:The underlined word "implement" in Paragraph 2 probably means "______".A．take overB．work onC．get rid ofD．carry out小题3:The third paragraph is mainly to tell us that ______．A．older people can' t do their work wellB．young people usually have new ideasC．it is better for older people to retire on timeD．older people would like to do something else小题4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
这篇文章讨论了老人应不应该推迟或减少退休时间，两种观点都给出了理由。
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子：Many people think that older employees have a large amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to a business or organization if they are made to retire．可知老人应该继续工作的理由是他们掌握很多实用的经验。选B
小题2:猜词题：句意：老人更容易实施公司的政策。"implement"="Carry" out，选D
小题3:段落大意题：从第三段的句子：They can have time to do whatever they like, that is, they can have their own plans or roles and achieve their retirement goals．可知这段讲的是老人应该准时退休。选C
小题4:文章结构题：文章第一段是提出话题：第二段是认为老人应该继续工作的观点，给出了三个理由，第三段是认为老人应该准时退休，给出了两个观点，最后一段是总结，所以选A
点评：这篇文章讨论了老人应不应该推迟或减少退休时间，两种观点都给出了理由。本文主要还是考查了细节题和推理题，注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据段落大意，结合语境，做出准确的判断。要求考生在仔细阅读文本的基础上，仔细审题和每个选项，做适当的延伸，做出合理的判断推理。第4题是文章结构图，要弄清每段的大意就可以明白文章的结构图。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Retirement Age Retir.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
