1、阅读理解练习试卷 5及答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the squ
2、are brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 0 Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly. Now, Brown and other U. S. medical schools are plugging geriatric (老年 ) courses into their curricula. The U.S. Census Bure
3、au projects the number of elderly Americans will nearly double to 71 million by 2030. The first members of the Baby Boomer generation, so named for the explosion in births in the years after World War Two, turn 65 in three years. In addition, people are living longer than ever. “The first ripples of
4、 the silver tsunami are lapping at the shores of our country, but there is not a coordinated or strategic response taking place in America,“ said Richard Besdine, who is direetor of the geriatrics division at Brown University medical school in Providence. Geriatries has never been a field of choice
5、for young doctors. Elderly care doctors are paid less than most other physicians and surgeons and the aged can be hard to treat. They have complicated medical histories and their ailments, even such routine illnesses as pneumonia (肺炎 ), can be more difficult to diagnose because they may be masked by
6、 other conditions. Also, drugs can affect them differently than middle-aged adults.“ Its a hard job; its not paid very well; its complicated; and theres very little status within the hierarchy of medical specialties to being a geriatric physician,“ said Gavin Hougham, senior program officer and mana
7、ger of medicine programs at the John A. Hartford Foundation. Out of 800 000 doctors in the United States, roughly 7 000 are geriatricians, Hougham said. The country needs another 13 000 to adequately care for todays older population, according to the American Geriatrics Society. The shortfall could
8、reach 36 000 by 2030. To help counter that, private groups are bankrolling medical schools emphasis on aging. The Hartford Foundation has given more than $40 million to 27 schools to train faculty in elderly care, and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given more than $100 million to 30 schools t
9、o include more geriatrics content. “If they dont learn it, they still have to deal with it,“ Hougham said. “Its not that not learning geriatrics will cause these older people to go away. Theyre coming whether were ready or not. “ 1 What does the word “inkling“ mean in paragraph 1? （ A） Inadequate tr
10、aining. （ B） Profound knowledge. （ C） Extensive education. （ D） Slight understanding. 2 What does Richard Besdine mean in paragraph 3? （ A） The large amount of the elderly has created a big problem in America. （ B） The number of the elderly has been growing beyond the capacity of America. （ C） Ameri
11、ca is not ready to cope with the growing number of the elderly. （ D） America is not the ideal place for the elderly to spend the rest of their lives. 3 The main point of paragraph 4 is _. （ A） why geriatric physicians are paid less than other physicians （ B） why doctors show little interest in being
12、 geriatric physicians （ C） what are the major problems with the elderly care industry （ D） what can be done to ensure the healthy development of elderly care 4 It can be learned from the passage that in the U. S. , _. （ A） there is a shortage of geriatric physicians （ B） more training is needed for
13、geriatric physicians （ C） demand for geriatric physicians varies across states （ D） care for the elderly will depend more on geriatric physicians 5 The fact that private groups have provided money to medical schools _. （ A） highlights the inadequacy of government support （ B） emphasizes the importan
14、ce of more professional training （ C） demonstrates the increasing impact of private money （ D） indicates the growing awareness of the related problem 6 According to Hougham, the challenge posed by the elderly is _. （ A） temporary （ B） universal （ C） unavoidable （ D） controllable 6 In the 1970s many
15、of us thought working outside the home would be liberating for women, freeing them from financial dependence on men and allowing them roles beyond those of wife and mother. It hasnt worked out that way. Womens labor has been bought on the cheap, their working hours have become longer and their famil
16、y commitments have barely diminished. The reality for most working women is a near impossible feat of working ever harder. There have been new opportunities for some women: professions once closed to them, such as law, have opened up. Women managers are commonplace, though the top boardrooms remain
17、male preserves. Professional and managerial women have done well out of neoliberalism. Their salaries allow them to hire domestic help. But more women, such as the supermarket or call centre workers; the cooks, cleaners and hairdressers, all find themselves in low-wage, low-status jobs with no possi
18、bility of paying to have their houses cleaned by someone else. Even those in professions once-regarded as reasonably high-status, such as teaching, nursing or office work, have seen that status pushed down with longer hours, more regulation and lower pay. Womens right to work should not mean a famil
19、y life where partners rarely see each other or their children. Yet a quarter of all families with dependent children have one parent working nights or evenings, many of them because of childcare problems. The legislative changes of the 1960s and 1970s helped establish womens legal and financial inde
20、pendence, but we have long come up against the limits of the law. A more radical social transformation would mean using the countrys wealth much of it now produced by women to create a decent family life. A 35-hour week and a national childcare service would be a start. But it is hard to imagine the
21、 major employers conceding such demands. Every gain that women have made at work has had to be fought for. Womens lives have undergone a revolution over the past few decades that has seen married women, and mothers in particular, go from a private family role to a much more social role at work. But
22、they havent left the family role behind: now they are expected to work even harder to do both. 7 In paragraph 2, “It hasnt worked out that way. “ means that women at present _. （ A） are facing worsening conditions （ B） are still dependent on men financially （ C） prefer staying at home as housewives
23、（ D） find it hard to get fair treatment 8 The author suggests that the benefits of womens working _. （ A） mean that women are able to realize their dreams （ B） have been exaggerated in the past few decades （ C） are shared only by a limited number of women （ D） will be better seen in the years to com
24、e 9 According to the passage, womens working _. （ A） has resulted in a closer family tie （ B） has helped their family financially （ C） has caused more problems than before （ D） has adversely affected their family life 10 According to the author, a 35-hour week and a national childcare service _. （ A
25、） will be put into practice in the near future （ B） can only be made possible with government support （ C） have been turned down by most employers （ D） represent a progress, but wont be achieved easily 11 The passage is mainly written to _. （ A） call on more women to work outside the home （ B） stres
26、s the necessity for women to work harder （ C） point out the problems faced by working women （ D） analyze the roles played by professional women 12 The authors tone in writing the passage is _. （ A） ironic （ B） sympathetic （ C） relieving （ D） angry 阅读理解练习试卷 5答案与解析 一、 Reading Comprehension Directions:
27、 There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET. 【知
28、识模块】 阅读理解 1 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第一段说几年前布朗大学医学院的毕业生对如何照顾老人还只是略有所知，而现在布朗大学医学院和美国其他一些医学院正在把老年医学课程加入学校的课程表。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第三段 Richard Besdine说如今银色浪潮的第一波已经开始拍打美国的海岸，但是美国还没有一个协调的或战略性的对策。说明美国还没有准备好应对这一大潮。银色浪潮指的是老年人口的增长。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 第四段主要分析了年轻医生不愿做老年病医生的原因：和其他科的医生相比收入低、地位低、病人病程
29、长、病情复杂等。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第五段说在美国 80万医生中只有约 7000名老年医学专家。为使老年人得到充分照顾，现在还需要 13000名老年病医生。到 2030年，老年病医生缺口将达到 36000名。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 倒数第二段说为了缓解老年医学人才不足的状况 ，私人组织向医学院提供资金支持以开设相关课程，提供培训。说明人们已经逐渐开始认识到相关的问题。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 最后一段 Hougham说： “即使他们不学这些内容，也必须面对这个问题。并不是说不学老
30、年医学课程就能让老年人走开。不管我们是否准备好，他们都将到来。 ”也就是说老年人带来的问题不可避免。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第二段第二、三句说女性劳动力廉价，工作时间更长，但 是家庭负担却几乎没有减轻。绝大多数工作女性面临的现实是必须更加拼命地工作，而这几乎就是不可能完成的事。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 第二段第四句说对某些女性来说新的机遇摆在眼前：以前一些只有男性进入的职业为她们打开了大门。职业女性和女性经理人也颇为常见。这些都是就业带来的好处。但第三段却指出对多数女性来说，收入低、地位低却是难以
31、解决的问题，说明女性就业的好处并没有惠及大多数人。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 第四段 说女性有工作的权利并不应该意味着夫妻或家人没有时间见面。而四分之一有未成年子女的家庭面临的处境却是总有一位家长要上夜班，主要是因为照顾孩子的问题。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 10 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 倒数第二段最后三句说应该首先从每周工作 35小时和全国托儿服务开始。但是很难想象多数的雇主们会同意这样的要求。女性在工作中获得的每次胜利都是努力斗争得来的。 【知识模块】 阅读理解 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 文章说女性需兼顾家庭和职业，面临很多问题。 【 知识模块】 阅读理解 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 作者讲述了女性目前就业情况以及她们所面临的问题，可以看出作者对她们的处境充满同情。 【知识模块】 阅读理解
