15．The Age of Unreason
Charles Handy
In his book The Age of Unreason Professor Handy describes   the   dramatic changes that are taking place in our lives today and warns that we must adapt to these changes if we  want  to survive in the future．Handy believes that in the future less than 50% of the workforce will   be employed full-time by an organization．These full-time employees will be the qualified     professionals，technicians，and managers who are essential to an organization．Their working lives will be a lot more demanding than today，but in return they will be well-paid and they will retire earlier．The rest of the workforce will Be self-employed or will work part-time，providing organizations    with    the products and services they require on a contract basis．Handy  forecasts  a  big  increase in the number of working mothers in future and believes there will be a large number of unemployed．
Handy gives us plenty of figures to worry about．He estimates that by the year 2040，one person in five will retire，and one in ten will be over seventy-five years old．There will be one retiree to every three people of working age，and even more than that in countries such as Germany and Switzerland，where the proportion will be as much as one  to  two．Retirees will remain healthy and active for longer than they do today and many will live to be a hundred years old，a fact which leads Handy to suggest that the term retirement will no longer be appropriate．He suggests the third age is a more appropriate description，since it will be as important a part of our lives as the first age of learning and the second age of working are for us today．
69．Professor Handy wrote the book most probably toA
A．warn us of potential social problems in the future
B．predict the leading professions in the coming years
C．describe the effect of unemployment on society
D．suggest a better term for future retirement
70．According to Protcssor Handy，the future workforce willC
A．a(chǎn)dapt to the changes in retirement easily  B．be mainly self-employed
C．have fewer full-time workers than today  D．work on a contract basis
71．Prom the last paragraph，we learn that about 30 years from now，B
A．the number of retirees will double in many countries
B．a(chǎn)geing will be a common and serious problem
C.10% of the population will live to be 100years old
D．the third age will be the most important part of our lives．

分析 本文以較多的具體數(shù)字主要向我們介紹了我們未來潛在的社會問題：未來老齡化會越來越嚴(yán)重．他預(yù)測到2040年，1/5的人將退休，1/10的人將超過75歲．工作年齡段內(nèi)每三個人就有一人退休，這個比例甚至超過德國和瑞士這樣的國家．文中Handy認(rèn)為第三階段是更加恰當(dāng)?shù)拿枋�，因�(yàn)樗偷谝浑A段的學(xué)習(xí)、第二階段的工作一樣對我們很重要．

解答 69．A  判斷理解題：根據(jù)第一段Handy describes the dramatic changes that are taking place in our lives today and warns that we must adapt to these changes if we  want  to survive in the future．Handy描述了正發(fā)生在我們今天生活中的戲劇性的變化，警告說，如果我們想在未來生存，我們就必須適應(yīng)這些變化．可知handy寫這本書的目的是為了警告我們未來潛在的社會問題． 選A．
70．C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第一段Handy believes that in the future less than 50% of the workforce will   be employed full-time by an organization他認(rèn)為，在未來，不到50%的勞動力將由一個組織全職雇用．可知未來的全職工作者將會變少． 選C．
71．B 推理理解題：根據(jù)Handy gives us plenty of figures to worry about．He estimates that by the year 2040，one person in five will retire，and one in ten will be over seventy-five years old．他給出了很多讓人擔(dān)憂的數(shù)字．他估計，到2040年，每五中有一人退休，每十人中有一人將超過75歲．可知handy推測未來老齡化會越來越嚴(yán)重．選B．

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72．Fill in the blanks in ①with one word．（根據(jù)上下文意思，在①處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~）
who．
73．Put the underlined sentence②into Chinese．（將畫線的句子②譯成漢語）很難相信，在這樣一所著名的大學(xué)沒有一個人幫助我．
74．Put the underlined sentence③into Chinese．（將畫線的句子③譯成漢語）我和我的朋友都在同一天參觀了這所大學(xué)，但我們有兩種完全不同的經(jīng)歷．
75．How many people did the writer ask for help in the Arts building？（回答問題）
Two．
76．According to the middle-aged woman's reply，please describe her with one word．（根據(jù)中年婦女的回答，用一個單詞描述一下她．）She isrude．

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