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　　Old Americans are separating into two classes. Retirement can be either heaven or hell. “I do believe on the whole the retirees (退休者) of tomorrow will be wealthier and healthier than the same group of 30 years of age. ”says Robert Friedland, director of the National Academy on Ageing, “But that’s only part of the picture. There's also a large group whose household income (收入) hasn’t been growing very much. For them the future is unhappy. ”

　　“Nature is not always kind. ”says Dr Robert Butler. an expert in medical care of old people. who was a founding director of the National Institute on Ageing. The relationship between socio-economic position and life expectancy (估计生命) has been known for a long time. Race (种族) is also connected. ．And education is powerful, too in lengthening life.

　　The reality is that poor people get sick easily as they age because they live in dirty neighborhoods and have dirty jobs, they are left unprotected (未得到保护) from environmental pollution (环境污染), and the pressure of being poor wears down people's health, according to Karen Davis, president of the Common Wealth Fund, which studies health problems. “Cigarette smoking has a great effect because it is more common in lower socio-economic groups, says Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health. ”If you live in a state of hopelessness and helplessness and don’t think about the future, you are more likely to take up life-threatening habits.

　　“Race and income have large effects on death. ”a team of researchers reported in the New English Journal of Medicine in 1996, after researching on 24 million whites and 2. 1 million blacks.

　　With the exception of black women, the highest income group had the lowest death rates and the lowest income group had the highest death rates regardless of race. For black women there was no consistent pattern across income group.

1．The sentence“Retirement can be either heaven or hell”means ________

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A．If a man is out of work, he or she will feel unhappy.

B．If an American retires from his job (post), he or she will lead a miserable life.

C．Old people in America have to choose a life style.

D．Some old people in America lead a hard life, or others may lead a happy life.

2．According to Dr. Robert Butler's opinion, ________ plays the most important role in people’s life expectancy.

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A．nature

B．race

C．education

D．color

3．The reason why poor people are more likely to get ill as they grow old is that ________ .

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A．they live in the countryside

B．they work with their hands

C．their families are too large

D．they suffer a lot from being poor

4．What Elizabeth Whelan says means that ________ .

A．smoking makes people poor and hopeless

B．smoking is popular among poor people

C．poor people should give up smoking

D．rich people in America never smoke

5．Which is the best title for the story?

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A．Terrible life leads to short expectancy.

B．Income differences produce life expectancy.

C．The life expectancy can be decided by race.

D．Americans don't like to retire.

Answer 1

答案：D;C;D;B;B