题文
America is growing older. Fifty - eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. To day, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect（影响）American society in many ways—education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适）at various , ages.A person s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which 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 used to be. 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 for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother— or my father— was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
小题1:It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ________ .A．has made people feel youngerB．has changed people’s social positionC．has changed people’s understanding of ageD．has slowed down the country’s social development小题2:The underlined word “one” refers to ________ .A．a societyB．AmericaC．a placeD．population小题3:“Act your age” means people should ________ .A．be active when they are oldB．do the right thing at the right ageC．show respect for their parents young or oldD．take more physical exercise suitable to their age小题4:If a 25 - year - old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ________ .A．normalB．wonderfulC．unbelievableD．unreasonable 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
小题1:C 推理题。根据第一段倒数两行和文章第二段内容people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适）at various , ages. 和Public ideas are changing.说明美国人对年龄的看法已经有了变化。故C正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different说明这里的one与前面的a very different society是一个同位语关系，就是指a very different society故A正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother— or my father— was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more.说明这里的“Act your age”是指做你所做的年龄该做的事情，现在这种情况已经有了很大的变化。故B正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据第二段最后三行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 for the first time. Public ideas are changing.说明人们对年龄的看法已经有了很大的变化，对于题目中的事情会感觉很正常。故A正确。
点评：文章介绍了美国的人口老龄化让每个人对待年龄的看法也起了变化。以推理题的考查为主，不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点，推理的根据来自于上下文，最主要的方法是根据词义关系推断具体细节。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“America is growing o.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
