8．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．

41．What is the passage mainly about？C
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．
42．According to the passage，how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people？D
A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire．
B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years．
C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old．
D．Make available pensions for those who have retired．
43．The underlined word"viable"most probably means"B"．
A．impossible      B．practical    C．useful     D．important
44．What can be concluded from the passage？D
A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money．
B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age．
C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people．
D．There is no single solution to the problems of the old．
45．What is the writer's main purpose in writing this article？C
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．

分析 文章講了社會(huì)養(yǎng)老問(wèn)題并就如何提高老人的生活質(zhì)量提出了一些建議．

解答 41-45 CDBDC
41  C    主旨題．文章是總分結(jié)構(gòu)，文章首段提出問(wèn)題："A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their Lives．"，后面段落給出一些改善老人生活的建議，由此可知文章的主要大意是"怎樣提高老人的生活質(zhì)量"，故答案為C．
42    D   細(xì)節(jié)題．由題干中的"the government"定位答案于第四段，此段第二句明確指出"This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions．"，即"政府通過(guò)稅收增加老人的養(yǎng)老金"，由此可知，D項(xiàng)是此句的同義轉(zhuǎn)述，故為答案．
43   B   詞義理解題．由題干中的"viable"定位答案于第四段，此段最后一句"The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly，particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young"說(shuō)明了由政府忙于照顧年輕人，沒(méi)有資金照顧老人，所以這措施是行不通的，沒(méi)有可操作性，故選B．
44   D   推理題．文章第二至第五段提出了五種提高老人生活質(zhì)量的建議，最后一段說(shuō)"…all these options have advantages and disadvantages…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．"，由此可以推斷"解決老人問(wèn)題沒(méi)有單一的方法"，故D項(xiàng)為正確答案．
45    C   主旨題．文章首段的最后一句有明顯表寫(xiě)作目的句子"I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem．"，可知作者寫(xiě)這篇文章的目的是對(duì)社會(huì)重要的問(wèn)題討論一些可能的解決方法．故C為正確答案．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速的瀏覽全文，把握文章主旨大意，帶著問(wèn)題回到原文，尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案，最后要理清作者寫(xiě)作思路．

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B．by comparison         
C．by example                
D．by process．

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