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Drinking small amount of hard Japanese rice wine apparently never hurt 114-year-old Kamato Hongo.She is now the world’s oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records.“Hongo inherited（继承）the title Monday after the death of the previous record holder, Maud Farris-Luse ,of Coldwater , Mich.,”the record-keeping company said on its website.Farris-Luse was 115 years and 56 days old then.
“Hongo, born on Sept .16,1887, was raised on a farm and counts drinking Japanese rice wine among her favorite things ─ along with black salt, pork ,sashimi（生鱼片）and green tea,”according to Guinness. “She also likes traditional Japanese dancing.”
“The key is not storing up stress,”said her 45-year-old grandson Tsuyoshi Kurauchi. “If you do that, you can eat or drink anything.”
“Hongo mothered seven children, more than 20 grandchildren, and even outlived her eldest daughter, who died two years ago while in her 90s,”according to Kurauchi, who described Hongo as a “warm, caring grandmother”.
She lived in a nursing home in Kagoshima, a city about 615 miles southwest of Tokyo on the island of Kyushu, which has reputation for record-breaking longevity among its residents.
Hongo was born in the nearby town of Isen, home to the late Shigechiyo Izumi, who also held the Guinness record as the world’s oldest person. He died in 1986 at the age of 120.
Recently , another Kyushu resident was regarded as the world’s oldest man. Retired silkworm farmer Yukichi Chuganji graduated into the spot on Jan . 4 with the death of his predecessor, Antonio Todde of Italy. Chuganji turns 113 on Saturday.
There are an estimated 15,000 Japanese over the age of 100, and women make up about 80 percent of the total.
小题1:The sentence “The key is not storing up stress.”in Paragraph 4 means “ ___________”.A．The most important is to mind everything that has been done.B．The most important is to forget the unpleasant things.C．The most important is to reduce the heavy load of learning and work.D．The most important is to remember what brings you unhappiness.小题2:Who is considered to be the world’s oldest man alive in the passage?A．Maud Farris-Luse.B．Shigechiyo Izumi.C．Yukichi Chuganji.D．Kamato Hongo.小题3:Which of the following is not true about Kamato Hongo?A．She is the world’s oldest person alive.B．She loves drinking Japanese rice wine.C．She is fond of traditional Japanese dancing.D．She cares about everything that happens around her.小题4: The passage mainly talks about ___________________ .A．the fact that women are living longer than menB．something about the Japanese oldest living ladyC．the fact that Kagoshima is famous for longevityD．the secret of living longer 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
小题1:句意猜测题。短文的前三段讲述了这位老人的生活习惯，从而得出第四段门真本乡老人45岁的孙子津吉仓内的一段话：长寿的关键是不要把不高兴的事情堆积在心里，只要做到这一点，你就会有好胃口。
小题2:推断题。根据短文倒数第二段可知：最近，一位名叫友吉中元寺的九州岛老人被列为世界上最长寿的男人。前记录保持者意大利的安东尼奥·托德今年1月4日去世后，这位名叫友吉中元寺的养蚕人便获得了这一头衔。
小题3:事实归纳题。短文中提到：门真本乡老人平时喜欢喝一点烈性的日本米酒；目前是在世的世界上最长寿的老人；她还喜欢传统的日本舞蹈。
小题4:主旨题。从全文的结构上分析，短文开头介绍了门真本乡老人是目前仍在世的“世界上最长寿的人”，然后介绍了她的生活习惯、她的家庭情况和她生活的小镇素以居民的长寿而闻名。由此综合可知答案为B
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阅完材料后，将所阅材料浓缩，摘要，做出所阅材料的书面或口头梗概。
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