16．As life expectancy increases nowadays，the average person lives well beyond the age of retirement．As a result，the elderly make up an ever-increasing percentage of society，which makes it more important than ever for a real effort to be made in improving the lives of senior citizens．
One way to deal with the situation would be to ensure that the elderly have enough money on which to live．Obviously，when a person stops working，they still require a source of income to cover their basic needs such as food，accommodation and heating．A clear solution to the problem is for the government to make sure that the state pension is adequate for these needs．
Steps should also be taken to overcome the health problems the elderly face．The government should also provide access to the best health care available，which may necessitate paying for residential homes where the elderly can have round-the-clock nursing，or，at the very least，providing medication free of charge to all people over a certain age．
The lives of old people could be improved if attempts were made to address the problem of social isolation．If we organised trips for the elderly to community centres，visits from social workers their problem of loneliness can be reduced a lot which marks the lives of so many old people living alone and far from their families．
One final suggestion，which would help enormously，is to change the attitude of the community towards its older members，who are all too often seen as a burden on society and dismissed as having little to do with modern life．We need to be taught from an early age to respect the views of old people，and appreciate their broader experience of life．This would help society as a whole，and encourage appreciation of the role that old people can still play today．
32．What can be inferred from Paragraph 3？C
A．All the elderly can enjoy free medication．
B．The nurses can take good care of the elderly．
C．The elderly are in face of health problems．
D．The health care available to the elderly is good．
33．The underlined word"address"in Paragraph 4probably meansB．
A．find out
B．deal with
C．put down
D．pick up
34．What factors affected the old people's life？D
a．the state pension b．the basic needs c．the attitude of the community
d．the experience of life e．social isolation f．medical care
A．a(chǎn)，b，c，d
B．b，c，d，e
C．c，d，e，f
D．a(chǎn)，c，e，f
35．According to the last suggestion，the old peopleA．
A．should be respected by all of us
B．have to gather more life experience
C．may be regarded as our heavy burden
D．must change their attitude to the community．
分析 本文主要闡述了如何改善老年人的生活，包括養(yǎng)老金、醫(yī)療、社會隔離和社會態(tài)度．
解答 32：C 推理判斷題．結(jié)合第三段第一句"Steps should also be taken to overcome the health problems the elderly face．"，應(yīng)采取措施來應(yīng)對老年人在身體健康方面面對的問題．由此可推斷，老年人正面對健康方面的問題．因此C項正確．A項，"所有老年人都能享受免費醫(yī)療"．B項，"護士能夠照顧好老年人"．C項，"老年人接受的衛(wèi)生保健服務(wù)很好"．這幾項都是通過采取措施旨在達到的效果，現(xiàn)階段尚未達到．故錯誤．故正確答案為C．
33：B 詞義猜測題．該句句意為：如果我們嘗試著去_____老年人在社會上被孤立的問題，他們的生活才會得到改善．由此推斷，只有試圖去處理，問題才能得到解決，情況才能得到改善．因此該詞含義應(yīng)該等同于"處理（deal with）"．find out 意為"搞清楚，弄明白"，put down 意為"鎮(zhèn)壓，制止"，pick up 意為"拾起，撿起"，均不符合文意．故正確答案為B．
34：D 細節(jié)理解題．文章從退休金（a）、所在社區(qū)對待老年人的態(tài)度（c）、社會對老年人的孤立（e）、醫(yī)療（f）等影響老年人生活的幾個方面出發(fā)，提出提升老年人生活質(zhì)量、改善老年人生活狀況的幾點建議．文中并未提及基本生活需求（b）和生活經(jīng)歷（d）對老年人生活的影響和我們對此需要采取的應(yīng)對措施．故正確答案為D．
35：A 細節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合最后一段第二句"We need to be taught from an early age to respect the views of old people，and appreciate their broader experience of life．"可知，我們所有人都要尊敬老年人．故正確答案為A．
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