A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?
A．The problems faced by the old in society.
B．Why we should take responsibility for the old.
C．How we can improve the lives of the old.
D．Where the old can go to get their pensions.
小題2: The underlined word "viable" most probably means"       ".
A．impossibleB．practicalC．usefulD．important
小題3:What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article?
A．To point out the need for government support for old people.
B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.
C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.
D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.
小題4:The text is most likely to be found in a book about____.  
A．social scienceB．historical events
C．political problemD．political systems

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文是一篇議論文。當今社會需要特別強調的問題是關注老人并改善他們的生活。 文章從四個方面分析了做好這些工作的方法及其可行性，而且指出了這些方法的優(yōu)點和不足。
小題1:主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段中的 “I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem”, 再結合下文中提到的四個方面的內容可知C項正確。
小題2:詞義猜測題。 根據(jù)本句話的意思以及其所在的語境可知該詞的意思是 “實際的，可實行的“。句意：不幸的是，我們國家目前的狀況表明，這不是一種真正可實行的解決方法。因此B項正確。
小題3:意圖推斷題。 作者提出了關注老人及其生活的問題，并提出了一系列的措施，總的看來，它們都有優(yōu)缺點，結合使用就會有好的效果。由此可知，作者是討論一個重要社會問題的一些可能的解決方法選C
小題4:文章出處題：這篇文章討論當今社會需要特別強調的問題是關注老人并改善他們的生活的問題。應該出自關于社會科學的書。選A
點評：文章分析了具體的原因。測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系，對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑氶喿x短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點。
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