单选题
Directions:
In this part there are four passages, each followed with five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
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For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation's elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 40 years. By 2040, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. "In addition to the doctors, we're going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers," says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学).
Lawyers can specialize in "elder law", which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination (歧视). Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. "Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree, will have a license to print money," one professor says.
Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was "really bored with bacteria". So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, "I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying."
单选题 "...Old is suddenly in"(Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 该题具有一定难度。做对该题需正确理解文章开头两行。“对越来越多的美国大学生来说,‘老’这个词突然流行起来。原因很明显:美国人口的老龄化意味着工作机遇。”
单选题 With the aging of America, lawyers can benefit ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 依据为从第2段第1行开始的相关内容。
单选题 Why can businessmen make money in the emerging elder market?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 依据为从第2段第1行开始的相关内容。
单选题 Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节归纳题。该题的题干体现在第2段第5行,前面的内容也就是赚大钱的条件。
单选题 It can be seen from the passage that the expansion of America's elderly population ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 依据为第1段第6行。