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11.Getting olderNo one really knows how and why people change as they get older.(36)G.Aging is a complex and varied process that varies in how it affects different people and organs.In fact,even in one person,different organ systems"age"at different rate.
At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken.(37)C.It may become more difficult for us to see and hear.The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury.In order to live longer,we have always tried to slow or stop this change that leads us toward the end of our lives.
(38)B.A good diet plays an important role.The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors.(39)A.But scientists studying the aging problem want to know:Why do people grow old?They hope that by studying the aging medical science they may be able to make the length of life longer.
(40)E.Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for living.Physical activity may become less,but often we get better understanding of the world and ourselves.
What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged some day soon who knows,with so many advances in medical science happening so quickly,life length may one day be measured in centuries,rather than in years!
A.Our living condition is yet another.
B.Many factors decide our health.
C.Our strength may become weaker.
D.As for diet,people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.
E.There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes.
F.Symptoms include a lack of energy,slow reactions and poor memory.
G.Also,no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the aging process.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了随着我们年龄的增长,我们的身体中的系统在逐渐老化,然而现在没有理论能充分解释所有的老化过程的变化.
解答 36.G 细节理解题,根据前文No one really knows how and why people change as they get older.可知没有人真的知道人们变老的原因,也没有理论充分解释了所有的老化过程的变化,故选G.
37.C 细节理解题,根据 前文At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to weaken可知在我们生命中的某个过程,我们身体中的系统可能会变弱,因此我们的力量可能会变弱,故选C.
38.B 细节理解题,根据后文A good diet plays an important role.The amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors.可知良好的饮食与运动量对我们的健康起着重要作用,由此可知前文讲述了许多因素决定我们的健康,故选B.
39.A 细节理解题,根据前文amount and the type of exercise we get are another two factors可知我们的运动量和类型是另外两个因素,而生活条件是另一个因素,故选A.
40.E 细节理解题,根据后文可知本段主要向我们介绍了随着年龄的增长我们已经没有什么可以害怕的了,故选E.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight(货物)yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head.Now I am thirty-two.I can still (36)A the brightness of sunshine.It would be (37)B to see again,but a (38)C can do strange things to people.I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes.I simply mean that the (39)C of them made me (40)D the more what I had.
Life,I believe,asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality.The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments,the more (41)C his own private world becomes.The adjustment is never (42)B.I was totally confused and afraid.But I was lucky.My parents and my teachers saw something in me-the (43)D to live-which I didn't see,and they made me want to (44)D against blindness.
The hardest (45)C I had to learn was to believe in myself.I am not talking about simply the kind of (46)B that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone.That is part of it.But I mean something bigger than that:the confidence that I am,despite being imperfect,a real,(47)D person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and (48)A this confidence.It had to start with the simplest things.Once a man gave me an indoor baseball.I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt."I can't use this."I said."Take it with you,"he(49)A me,"and roll it around."The words (50)B in my head."Roll it around!"By rolling the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought (51)D:playing baseball.At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I (52)A a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them,one at a time.I had to be clear about my (53)B.It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach (54)C that only invited the bitterness of failure.I would (55)Asometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.
36.A.remember | B.affect | C.measure | D.bring |
37.A.possible | B.wonderful | C.hopeful | D.reasonable |
38.A.question | B.mistake | C.disaster | D.situation |
39.A.importance | B.value | C.loss | D.attention |
40.A.record | B.expect | C.offer | D.appreciate |
41.A.natural | B.modern | C.meaningful | D.challenging |
42.A.necessary | B.easy | C.difficult | D.practical |
43.A.right | B.plan | C.place | D.potential |
44.A.guard | B.hit | C.argue | D.fight |
45.A.game | B.skill | C.lesson | D.knowledge |
46.A.self-control | B.self-confidence | C.self-defense | D.self-improvement |
47.A.modest | B.energetic | C.generous | D.positive |
48.A.strengthen | B.express | C.share | D.destroy |
49.A.urged | B.blamed | C.respected | D.admired |
50.A.held | B.stuck | C.bothered | D.knocked |
51.A.important | B.specific | C.common | D.impossible |
52.A.invented | B.confirmed | C.checked | D.noticed |
53.A.interest | B.limitation | C.experience | D.responsibility |
54.A.once | B.unless | C.because | D.though |
55.A.fail | B.try | C.act | D.continue |