綜合類C級:概括大意訓練題Old Man Myths

　　1 When does a middle-aged mall become an old man? Officially，of course.itt when we reach retirement age.But，as we all know， this is a fairly blunt(生硬的)method of decision making.As life expectancy(預期壽命)increases，retirement planning needs to be changed.This is because being an old mail today is very different from what it was a generation or so ago.

　　2 Sixty—five is the new middle-aged man.These days people are talking about the young—old，that is ages 70-75.and those over 75 as the old-old.The young-old frequently continue in good health and maintain strong links with fiends and family， The old-old have a much higher chance of poor health and social isolation.

　　3 Although men are living longer， there are still more old women than old men.This fact alone should arouse interest as to why.Relatively little is actually known about why this is the case or about the experiences of the old man.Sure， we are aware that the old man experiences anxiety，financial problems，loneliness，etc.but thatt really about all we know.

　　4 It is usually believed that the old man often complains about their health.In fact，most old man think their health is good even though most are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness.The physical health of the old man is strongly affected by their health behavior when they were younger.

　　23 Paragraph 1_____

　　24 Paragraph 2_____

　　25 Paragraph 3_____

　　26 Paragraph 4_____

　　A New Definitions of the Old Man

　　B Changing Concept of the Old Man

　　C Health of the old Man

　　D Happy Old Man And Sad Old Man

　　E Limited Knowledge of the OId Malls Experiences

　　F Contempt for the Old Man

　　27 Nowadays men generally live longer than_____

　　28 A man in his mid-60s is now regarded as_____

　　29 More research should be done on the experiences of_____

　　30 Most old men consider themselves to be_____

　　A in good health

　　B in the past

　　C in the wrong

　　D the old man

　　E a middle-aged man

　　F a young man

　　參考答案：

　　23 B 文章第一段主要講的是，隨著預期壽命的增加，“老年男人”的概念與以往相比已經發生了很大的變化。

　　24 A 文章第二段主要講是對“老年男人”的概念重新進行了界定。

　　25 E

　　文章第三段主要講的是，盡管男人的壽命較之過去延長了，而且我們也知曉老年男人會面臨焦慮、孤獨以及經濟等問題，但相對而言，我們對老年男人的體驗還是知之甚少的。

　　26 C 文章第四段主要講老年男人的健康問題。

　　27 B 從文章的頭兩段可以得知，現在男人通常比過去更長壽。

　　28 E 文章第二段的頭一句講到，現如今男人65歲仍被視為中年人。

　　29 D 文章第三段講人們對老年男人的體驗仍知之甚少，因此可以說這方面的研究還有待加強。

　　30 A 文章第四段中的第二句說，盡管大多數男人至少患有一種慢性病，但多數仍舊認為自己的健康狀況良好。