Retirement Age
Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely．The " standard" retirement age varies from country to country, but it is generally between 50 and 70, according to the latest statistics, 2011．However, for a long time, people have got into an argument about whether the age of retirement should be increased or reduced in their own countries．
There are several arguments for allowing older people to continue working as long as they are able．Many people think that older employees have a large amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to a business or organization if they are made to retire．Besides, older employees are often extremely faithful employees to and are more willing to implement company policies than the young．A more important point is regarding the attitudes in society to old people．To force someone to resign or retire at 60 or 65 indicates that the society does not value the input of these people and that effectively their useful life is over．
Allowing old people to work indefinitely （無限地）, however, is not always a good policy．Some people took the strong view that age alone is no guarantee of ability．Many young employees have more experience or skills than older staff, who may have been stuck in one area for most of their working lives．Having compulsory retirement allows new ideas in an organization．On the other hand, older people should be rewarded by society for their life' s labor by being given generous pensions and the freedom to enjoy leisure．They can have time to do whatever they like, that is, they can have their own plans or roles and achieve their retirement goals．
With many young people unemployed or frustrated in low-level positions, there are often calls to compulsorily retire older workers．However, this can affect the older individual' s freedom—and right—to work．In my opinion, giving workers more choices over their retirement age will benefit society and the individual．
小題1:According to the passage, older people should go on with work because ____.
A．they will help the business not to fail quickly
B．they have grasped much practical experience
C．they need to have a sense of achievement
D．they want to learn more knowledge
小題2:The underlined word "implement" in Paragraph 2 probably means "______".
A．take overB．work onC．get rid ofD．carry out
小題3:The third paragraph is mainly to tell us that ______．
A．older people can' t do their work well
B．young people usually have new ideas
C．it is better for older people to retire on time
D．older people would like to do something else
小題4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：這篇文章討論了老人應不應該推遲或減少退休時間，兩種觀點都給出了理由。
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Many people think that older employees have a large amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to a business or organization if they are made to retire．可知老人應該繼續(xù)工作的理由是他們掌握很多實用的經(jīng)驗。選B
小題2:猜詞題：句意：老人更容易實施公司的政策。"implement"="Carry" out，選D
小題3:段落大意題：從第三段的句子：They can have time to do whatever they like, that is, they can have their own plans or roles and achieve their retirement goals．可知這段講的是老人應該準時退休。選C
小題4:文章結構題：文章第一段是提出話題：第二段是認為老人應該繼續(xù)工作的觀點，給出了三個理由，第三段是認為老人應該準時退休，給出了兩個觀點，最后一段是總結，所以選A
點評：這篇文章討論了老人應不應該推遲或減少退休時間，兩種觀點都給出了理由。本文主要還是考查了細節(jié)題和推理題，注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)段落大意，結合語境，做出準確的判斷。要求考生在仔細閱讀文本的基礎上，仔細審題和每個選項，做適當?shù)难由欤龀龊侠淼呐袛嗤评�。�?題是文章結構圖，要弄清每段的大意就可以明白文章的結構圖。
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