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阅读理解 　　Drinking small amount of hard Japanese rice wine apparently(显然)never hurt 114-year-old Kamato Hongo any．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 Web site．Farris-Luse was 115 years, 56 days old． 　　Hongo, born 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(压力),” 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 lives 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 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． (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 (2) Who is considered to be the world’s oldest man alive in the passage? [　　] A． Maud Farris-luse． B． Shigechiyo Izum． C． Yukichi Chuganji． D． Kamato Hongo． (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． (4) What’s the meaning of the underlined word “estimated”? [　　] A． 估计的 B． 准确的 C． 大约的 D． 调查的 (5) The passage mainly talks about ________． [　　] A． the fact that women are living longer than men B． something about the Japanese oldest living lady C． the fact that Kagoshima is famous for longevity D． the secret of living longer

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答案：1．B;2．C;3．D;4．A;5．B;
解析：

(1)	词义猜测题。短文的前三段讲述了这位老人的生活习性，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。
(2)	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。到3月23日，友吉中元寺就整整113岁了。
(3)	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；她还喜欢跳传统的日本舞蹈。
(4)	从文章整体来看，这是个估计的数字。
(5)	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。