题文
A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?A．The problems faced by the old in society.B．Why we should take responsibility for the old.C．How we can improve the lives of the old.D．Where the old can go to get their pensions.小题2: The underlined word "viable" most probably means" ".A．impossibleB．practicalC．usefulD．important小题3:What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article?A．To point out the need for government support for old people.B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.小题4:The text is most likely to be found in a book about____. A．social scienceB．historical eventsC．political problemD．political systems 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
本文是一篇议论文。当今社会需要特别强调的问题是关注老人并改善他们的生活。 文章从四个方面分析了做好这些工作的方法及其可行性，而且指出了这些方法的优点和不足。
小题1:主旨大意题。根据第一段中的 “I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem”, 再结合下文中提到的四个方面的内容可知C项正确。
小题2:词义猜测题。 根据本句话的意思以及其所在的语境可知该词的意思是 “实际的，可实行的“。句意：不幸的是，我们国家目前的状况表明，这不是一种真正可实行的解决方法。因此B项正确。
小题3:意图推断题。 作者提出了关注老人及其生活的问题，并提出了一系列的措施，总的看来，它们都有优缺点，结合使用就会有好的效果。由此可知，作者是讨论一个重要社会问题的一些可能的解决方法选C
小题4:文章出处题：这篇文章讨论当今社会需要特别强调的问题是关注老人并改善他们的生活的问题。应该出自关于社会科学的书。选A
点评：文章分析了具体的原因。测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“A serious problem fo.....”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。
