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I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman. Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.

A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty used to be.” He had made an inspirational (有灵感的) point. Am I over the hill ? People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.

“You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.

And so as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net, I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you, I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older, of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact, a poet name Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:

Grow old along with me !

The best is yet to me.

Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”

1.The author seems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that ______.

A.time alone will tell                       B.time goes by quickly

C.time will show what is right                D.time makes one forget the past.

2.When the author turned fifty, people around him ________ .

A.tried to comfort him                     B.got inspiration with him

C.were friendlier with him                  D.found him more talkative

3.The author considers his fifty years of life _________.

A.peaceful          B.ordinary          C.satisfactory        D.regretful

4.We can infer from the passage that ________ .

A.the old should lead a simple life

B.the old should face the fact of aging

C.the old should take more exercise

D.the old should fill themselves with curiosity

5.Which of the following statements is WRONG?_______.

A.It’s hard for the author to jump over the six-feet high-jump bar now.

B.The author is optimistic about his future.

C.the author used to think 50 was far away from him.

D.Most elephants live less than 50 years.

 

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文讲述了自己50岁的时候对生活的理解,慢慢接受了自己变老的现实,要好好生活。

1.B 推理题。根据Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.说明我没有想到自己这么快就到五十岁了,说明时间过得很快。故B正确。

2.A 推理题。根据文章第二段A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty used to be.”和第三段“You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers.说明我周围的人们都在安慰我,故A正确。

3.C 推理题。根据文章最后一段前3行Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.说明他认为自己五十岁的生活是黄金的生活,故C项正确。

4.B 细节题。根据文章最后一段3,4,5行I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”中的accepting my aging说明我们要接受自己变老的现实,故B正确。

5.D 细节题。根据文章前2行I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman.说明50岁对大象来说只是生命的一半,那么大象应该能过100岁左右,故D项的说法是错误的。

考点:考查人生哲理类短文阅读

点评:本文介绍了作者对变老的理解,要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上,把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思,从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索,这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工,由表入里,由浅入深,从具体到抽象,从非凡到一般,通过分析、综合、判定等,进行深层处理,符合逻辑地推理。不能就是论事,断章取义,以偏概全。要忠实于原文,以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。

 

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